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SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the temperatures continuing to rise nationwide, local governments are doing their best to keep their communities cool. From automatic shades that spread open when sensors detect a rise in temperatures to special rooftop paint that reflects sunlight, everyone is chipping in to help lower the temperature by even [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – With temperatures hovering around the 35-degree mark for the last few days, South Koreans have been cranking up the air conditioning and staying indoors in a bid to escape the sweltering heat. But for those who are less fortunate, the heat can be just as bad or even worse [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will be pushing for the registration of “candlelight vigils” in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme, an international initiative to protect the documentary heritage of humanity. The historical and cultural asset division of the SMG has commissioned experts to carry out initial research to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of salaried employees in South Korea work on the weekend despite the country’s push to help workers strike a balance between work and their personal lives, a poll showed Friday. According to the survey of 2,004 office employees by job search portal operator JobKorea Corp., 53.8 [...]
EUMSEONG, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — When a heat wave warning was issued for all of North Chungcheong Province on Tuesday afternoon, poultry farm owners in the region were naturally on high alert. At one poultry farm measuring 800 square meters in size situated in Maengdong-myeon in the province’s Eunseong-gun, over 17,000 chickens were seen [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As traces of asbestos continue to be discovered in school classrooms even after the removal of asbestos wall finishes, the government has decided to enforce stronger measures by requiring the steel frames that held the asbestos in place to be dismantled. In addition, the government has ordered schools to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s seven leading entertainment companies said Thursday they will launch a joint venture to oversee the global distribution and management of their music videos. The seven entertainment firms — SM, YG, JYP, Big Hit, Mystic, FNC and Star Empire — signed an agreement to launch what is tentatively [...]
NAMWON, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A rare type of puffball mushroom has been discovered yet again this year in Korea at an apple orchard near the foot of Mt. Jiri in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. This is the 15th mushroom of the same category found in the same region over the last five years. [...]
NAJU, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Residents of Bitgaram-dong in Naju, South Jeolla Province are reportedly having a hard time sleeping. In addition to the sweltering heat that has consumed the entire nation, the croaking cries of bullfrogs that have taken over the marsh areas and ponds in the neighborhood have left the residents tossing [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Fast Retailing Co., which owns Uniqlo, is set to launch the first Korean store of its budget brand, GU, this year as the Japanese retailer moves to expand the smaller chain’s presence in the global market, the company said Thursday. Launched in 2006, GU currently has 374 stores in [...]