SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — On July 19, the Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced that with the collaboration of professor Yoon Ik Jin and his team, a cornea transplant from a pig to a Philippine monkey has shown no side effects after 234 days. It is the first recorded case where a cornea transplant [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As the market for electric cars heats up, charging stations are springing up all over the country. Everything moves fast in Korea and the growth of electric cars is no different. A country that had a mere 458 electric cars registered has seen that number explode by a factor [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — “Returning Home”, a movie produced in Korea about the sex slave victims of the Japanese military, will be screened in Taiwan for the first time. Grandmothers’ House, a museum of Taiwan sex slave victims, said it would host theInternational Sex Slave Human Rights Film Exhibition from August 3 to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean law enforcement agencies have revealed that 108 collegesentered into illicitagreementscredit card companies, and received rebates for givingthem exclusive rights to processing tuitionpayments by credit card. Financial authorities are considering imposing administrativesanctions on the card companies for their impropertransactions. The Southern Gyeonggi Provincial Police Agency revealed on July 20 that [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of large hospitals in South Korea are ramping up their technological prowess to attract patients amid growing competition in the medical industry, by releasing mobile apps boasting features ranging from doctor appointment scheduling to virtual reality experiences. According to sources in the medical community, the high smartphone [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report has revealed that Koreans who are heavy internet users are also more likely to read print newspapers and books. According to a report on media consumption patterns among heavy internet users conducted by the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), over 35 percent said they regularly [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new environmental research project is set to be launched that will study the positive effect of urban forests on tackling the fine dust problem in the South Korean capital. The Seoul Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, a division of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, announced on Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Global smartphone giants are expected to compete fiercely in the second half of 2017, industry watchers said Friday, as South Korea’s top two players are fixing the release dates of their latest flagship smartphones next month. Samsung Electronics Co. said it will showcase the presumed Galaxy Note 8 in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of scientists have greatly improved the capacity and performance of lithium ion batteries based on the Nobel Prize-winning concept called “mechanical bond,” the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Friday. The team led by Choi Jang-wook and Ali Coskun integrated molecular pulleys, called polyrotaxanes, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it introduced commercial robots to Incheon International Airport, announcing the move will work as a stepping stone for the company to tap deeper into the industry. The South Korean tech giant said it deployed five cleaning and information robots, respectively, to South Korea’s main [...]