SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean law firm on Thursday called on the government to adopt its proposed test measures to find out the cause of fires in BMW vehicles amid growing safety concerns about cars made by the German luxury brand. In a press conference held in Seoul, Barun Law LLC., [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — What started as a humble congregation of 20 Christians at a fringe neighborhood in Seoul 40 years ago has now grown into arguably the world’s biggest Presbyterian church. Myungsung Church now stands on tens of thousands of square meters of land in the southeastern district that became a populous [...]
ULSAN, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An arboretum near Taehwa River, designated as a “local garden” by the city of Ulsan earlier in the year, is dyed in purple hues after lily turfs came into full bloom in the area. The spectacular scene has been impressing visitors as the blooming flowers create an illusion of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that the size and shape of people’s skulls in South Korea has changed over the years. Koreans who were born in the 1970s were found to have 6 percent larger skulls in terms of cranial cavity, which is the space within the skull, and [...]
CHUNCHEON, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In July, a man in his 70s was reported missing on a small mountain in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. Rescue workers were mobilized to help find the missing man, but the rugged terrain made the operation difficult. Gangwon Province’s fire department then deployed John, a 7-year-old search and rescue dog, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new survey has found that due to the nation’s low birth rates since the early 1980s, the country’s overall population will continue to decline even if birth rates in the future increase. According to a new report released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, South [...]
YEONGDONG, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A gigantic zelkova tree in North Chungcheong Province is known as the “independence fighter tree,” having been around for approximately 350 years in the small village of Bakgye-ri in Haksan-myeon, Yeongdong-gun. The tree got its nickname after villagers climbed up to keep watch over Japanese military police during the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Tuesday issued an order to suspend the operation of all BMW vehicles that have yet to receive safety inspections amid dozens of German cars catching fire. Last month, BMW said it will start recalling 106,317 vehicles next Monday after making emergency safety checks on all models [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government and ruling party lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would strengthen punitive damages against carmakers amid lingering public safety concern about BMW cars, officials said Monday. Youn Kwan-suk, a lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party and a member of the parliamentary committee on Land, Infrastructure [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Sejong has kicked off the first bicycle sharing service in the nation featuring IoT technology. According to the municipal government of Sejong, the smartphone application “New Eoulling,” an upgraded version of the existing bike sharing service, allows users to access shared bicycles by tracking them via [...]