ULSAN, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ulsan city government said Tuesday it will reutilize transparent plastic dividers that were once used to enforce social distancing measures. The city will join hands with local manufacturing company Hanguk Mold Co. to start a project to upcycle plastic waste. It will collect used plastic dividers from public [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle-aged individuals living alone are less satisfied with their lives than those who live with family members. Professor Hong Seong-pyo from the Catholic University of Korea and professor Lim Han-ryeo from Seoul National University conducted a survey of 1,378 middle-aged, single-person households over 40 years of age and 6,382 [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Instances of workplace harassment have modestly decreased for the past three years after the implementation of a workplace anti-bullying law in 2019, a poll showed Friday, though the degree of abuse felt by the victims is still serious. According to the recent poll of 1,000 salaried workers by pollster [...]
BUSAN, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Once touted as touchpoints where the auto industry gathered to promote new vehicles and technologies, South Korea’s traditional auto shows are on the wane and in need of an overhaul as more automakers turn to electrification. In recent years, global auto shows have been cancelled, scaled down or made [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., operator of South Korea’s most popular messaging app KakaoTalk, has decided to remove an external payment link from the Android version of the software, following a standoff with Google over the U.S. tech giant’s new in-app payment policy, sources said Wednesday. The standoff between the two companies [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean students studying abroad and their parents are taking the brunt of the weakening Korean won, as the home currency is hovering around the lowest level against the U.S. dollar in 13 years. After hitting a 13-year low of 1,301.8 won against the greenback on June 23, the [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday announced plans to develop and install unmanned digital terminals and kiosks for the elderly, people with disabilities and digitally vulnerable people in a bid to cope with the digital divide problem. The city government said it will first develop unmanned terminals by year’s [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Many young South Koreans are turning to online blogs to write journals. The country’s top internet portal operator, Naver Corp. reported that following the ‘weekly journal-writing challenge’ program that encouraged bloggers to write journal entries every week, the number of new blogs jumped by 14 percent, 80 percent of [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are known for their coffee craze that has made the country the third-largest coffee market in the world after the United States and China. Trendy espresso bars dot Seoul and other major cities, and some shops offer drip coffee brewed by robot baristas. The explosive growth, coupled [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese-produced TV series available on Disney+, the flagship streaming service of U.S. media giant Walt Disney Co., has sparked a controversy after being accused of copying a Korean program and distorting culture. South Korean online communities have recently been sharing negative views on “Delicacies Destiny,” a Chinese drama [...]