POHANG, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has found that if current levels of fine dust pollution in South Korea persist, the number of premature deaths caused by fine dust exposure could triple by 2050 compared to present levels. A research team led by professor Lee Hyung-joo from the Department of Environmental Engineering at [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s leading food delivery platform, Baemin, has announced that its delivery riders working over 40 hours per week earned an average monthly income of 3.93 million won from January to April this year. This figure represents a notable increase of 400,000 won (11.3%) compared to the same period in [...]
ISTANBUL & SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –Turkey has expressed its intention to export the domestically produced Altay tank, which incorporates technology from South Korea’s ‘Black Panther’ (K2) main battle tank, to various European countries. In a recent interview with Turkey’s state-run TRT Haber broadcaster on Friday, Haluk Gorgun, the head of the Defence Industry [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –A Greenpeace investigation has revealed that parts of the Baekdudaegan protected areas, a crucial ecological corridor on the Korean Peninsula, are being deforested for commercial forestry plantations. In a report titled “Unprotected Protected Areas,” released ahead of World Environment Day on June 5, Greenpeace found that 74,947 hectares of South [...]
DAEJEON, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) signed two memorandums of understanding on June 4, bolstering its collaborations with emerging scientific institutions in Kenya to address pressing global issues. One agreement was inked with the board of the Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kenya-AIST), an institution [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on May 4 that it will produce its bottled drinking water brand Arisu in 100% recycled plastic PET bottles. Last year, the city supplied Arisu in bottles made with 30% recycled plastic, which had received certification from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly one in three South Koreans born in the 1960s fear dying alone, according to a recent survey, highlighting growing anxieties about inadequate care and financial instability for a cohort known as the last to have supported their parents and the first to receive little assistance from their children. The [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Tuesday it will host a forum this week to explore opportunities for South Korean companies to invest and do business in Africa, as part of efforts by Seoul to advance economic ties with the region. The 2024 Korea-Africa Infrastructure Forum will [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Tuesday it will push for a law revision allowing compensation for any citizen who suffers damage from North Korea’s trash-carrying balloons. During a party meeting, PPP floor leader Choo Kyung-ho noted the lack of legal grounds to compensate South Korean citizens who [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry is expected to announce a plan Tuesday to accept the resignations of trainee doctors, a source close to the matter said, in a move to help them seek other career paths or return to hospitals. For months, the government has ordered trainee doctors, who have remained [...]