ULSAN, South Korea, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) has the perfect solution for an unwanted problem with its sewage-to-currency technology. The technology is currently being exported to China. The institute recently announced that it signed a business agreement with Chinese firm Xi Jia International Trade Co., Ltd. for [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – With an insufferable heat wave striking the Korean Peninsula, millions of farmed fish have succumbed to the scorching temperatures this summer. According to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, over 3 million fish have died across Korea’s fisheries this year thus far, with sea water temperatures rising to 30 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer, or CFRP, is an extremely durable light plastic, and its use has spread across various manufacturing industries, from aviation and automotive, to sports and audio equipment. But despite its impressive properties, CFRP is infamous for its complex disposal and recycling. While high-temperature processing to reclaim [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is among the countries most affected by the Cold War. The decades that followed the Korean War, which split the Korean peninsula in two, were a time of tension, mistrust, and agitation in South Korea, and not only with the enemies to the north; South Koreans turned [...]
SUWON, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Humans have given machines yet another opportunity to triumph over their creators, this time in music composition. Emily Howell, an AI program that creates its own musical compositions, is challenging the indisputable classical period genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Wednesday night at the Gyeonggi Arts Center. During the night’s [...]
SEOUL, August 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent automobile accident in Busan that resulted in three fatalities and a dozen injuries may have been caused by a seizure suffered by a 53-year-old driver named Kim, who had been diagnosed with epilepsy. Back in mid-May, a tour bus crashed into vehicles at the entrance of Bongpyeong Tunnel [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – CU, a convenience store franchise operated by BGF Retail, has joined hands with luxury karaoke business Su Karaoke to launch Korea’s first ‘Karaoke Convenience Store’. Located in one of Seoul’s most vibrant and youth-driven areas, Hongdae Street of Youth, the karaoke building houses a CU store on its ground [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of neuropsychiatry scientists from Seoul National University Hospital in Bundang has developed a standard brain model for Korea’s elderly population, after analyzing the MRI results of 96 citizens over the age of 60 without brain-related illnesses. According to the team, the shape and size of an average [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of scientists from KIST (the Korea Institute of Science and Technology) has revealed prototype components of a new device that might ultimately be used to develop a contact lens-like diabetes sensor that would use teardrops to diagnose diabetes. The final product will measure the glucose concentration in [...]
ULSAN, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Walking through a rain storm is not a pleasant experience. Not only do you need to hold tight to the safe haven that is your umbrella, you also need to continuously adjust how you hold it to maximize protection against changing winds that gust from all directions. With this [...]