SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s municipal government said Saturday it has translated its guidelines on separate disposal of food waste into 10 foreign languages for distribution to foreigners living in the capital. The 10 languages are English, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Russian, Mongolian, French, Malay, Hindi and Thai. The government said the move comes [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of middle and high school students have either played games or watched YouTube videos during online classes. The Institute for Progressive Education conducted a survey of 560 elementary school students, 844 middle and high school students, 785 teachers, and 696 parents from May 20 to [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two largest electronics firms, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., have agreed to drop complaints against each other over a TV advertisement, the country’s corporate watchdog confirmed Friday. The Fair Trade Commission said it decided not to further process the complaint cases after the two companies [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Friday it will enter the medical imaging market after investing in Nanox Imaging Ltd., an Israel-based digital X-ray system developer. SK Telecom said it became the second-largest shareholder of Nanox after investing a total of US$23 million. “We passionately seek [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co.’s push to reshape its business portfolio is stirring concerns over the feasibility of the overhaul plan whose centerpiece is reduction of its mainstay coal and nuclear power businesses and expansion of its clout in the renewable energy realm. In return for 3.6 trillion [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s food and beverage industry has fallen in deep love with the traditional Korean snack “dalgona.” The coffee industry, in particularly, is releasing a series of dalgona coffee products, which are enjoying rising popularity, especially among young people. Dalgona is increasingly being used in a variety of forms, [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hydrogen filling stations will now be able to open convenience stores or cafes similarly to gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stations. The government decided upon 35 measures to resolve various issues faced by newly emerging industries at a meeting on Wednesday. Previously, local authorities failed to approve convenience [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul-based international vaccine research institute said Thursday that it will start clinical trials of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus in South Korea. The first and second phase clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate, dubbed INO-4800, are expected to kick off here by the end of this [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Health and Welfare has a bit of welcome news for smokers who are caught smoking in non-smoking areas and face the risk of paying a huge fine. Starting from Thursday, smokers will see their fines reduced by 50 percent if they attend anti-smoking education classes. In [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state employment insurance scheme could run out of money this year if the novel coronavirus continues to hit the country’s job market until year-end, a report said Thursday. The report from the National Assembly Budget Office estimated that the number of unemployment benefit recipients could reach 1.84 [...]