SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and other major shipbuilders are scurrying to develop eco-friendly power systems for ships in order to clinch more deals amid toughened emission regulations. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted mandatory steps under which carriers are required to operate a fleet of vessels designed to [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The board of South Korea’s state-run utility firm Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) on Tuesday approved a business project to build two units of coal power plants in Indonesia despite controversies over profitability and the environment. KEPCO clinched a deal with Indonesia-based PT Barito Pacific in May 2019 to [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread throughout the Greater Seoul Metropolitan Area, almost all major beaches in South Korea are expected to open next month. The government and local authorities in charge of the beaches are scrambling to come up with ideas for quarantine at the beach. Gangwon Province’s Gyeongpo [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will start compiling big data from the clinical and genome information of 10,000 people, health authorities said Monday. The two-year national pilot project that will run through 2021 will cover data on people with genetic anomalies and those with rare diseases that are linked to their genome. [...]
BUSAN, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A female dolphin was found in the waters off Jeju Island carrying a deceased calf. The National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS) Cetacean Research Institute discovered a female dolphin attempting to take a deceased calf to the water’s surface on June 11, during observation of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins near [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The NC Dinos, so far the top team in South Korean baseball, are also leading everyone in overseas sales of merchandise, data showed on Monday. In response to growing international interest, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) launched an English-language version (http://kbomarket.com/us) of its official merchandise site, the KBO Market, [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Monday it will eliminate asbestos from all military facilities by 2025 to ensure the health and safety of service members. Around 11,600 military structures, including accommodations and sentry posts, were found to contain the carcinogenic material, according to an inspection last year. Of them, 5,450 [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s leading refiner and chemical company, will invest another US$940 million in expanding its electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the United States, a U.S. official has said. Georgia Gov. Brian P. Kemp said the new project is in addition to SK Innovation’s $1.67 billion [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean professional sports leagues on Sunday welcomed the government decision to reopen stadiums to fans, albeit on a limited basis, and vowed to ensure safe experience for their fans. Baseball, football and golf have been in action since May during the coronavirus pandemic, but fans haven’t been able [...]
ANSAN, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people infected with a strain of E. coli bacteria rose to 57 south of Seoul, while the source of the bacteria is still unknown, health authorities said Saturday. Health authorities have widened a probe into the E. coli outbreak in the city of Ansan, about 50 [...]