SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s first brainwave-based in-vehicle healthcare technology, developed by Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s leading auto parts maker, will be utilized for psychological consultations with children. The company on Wednesday announced the delivery of its brainwave-based driver monitoring system, M.Brain, to six childcare organizations nationwide. The design and comfort [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) —Songpa-gu in Seoul unveiled on Sunday a new grant to support young adults born in 2004 as they enter the workforce. Aptly named the Coming-of-Age Support Grant, the program aims to provide aid to those who meet the district’s specific criteria. Eligible applicants will receive vouchers for Songpa Sarang, a [...]
JEJU, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The “pet beach” program on the southern resort island of Jeju, in which businesses, organizations, and schools take care of an allocated beach, will expanded, officials said Thursday. The program, initiated by the Jeju provincial government in 2020, is now celebrating its fourth anniversary. Currently, 13 businesses and organizations [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The mushroom medium that is dumped after harvesting mushrooms can be recycled as a bedding material for barn floors, a local research institute said Thursday. The medium refers to the culture soil used for growing mushrooms, which mainly consists of sawdust. Typically, after harvesting mushrooms, the medium is disposed [...]
JEJU, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The provincial government of Jeju Island has outlined a plan to gradually replace plastic parcel packages with reusable materials in order to minimize plastic usage. The provincial office on Wednesday announced its target of reducing plastic usage by 50 percent by 2040 while increasing the recycling rate to 100 percent. [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seongdong District announced on Wednesday the establishment of a collaborative network between the public and private sectors, marking the country’s first cork recycling project in its pursuit of zero carbon emissions. The district entered into an agreement with S-Build, a sports facility construction company specializing in cork recycling [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL), South Korea’s state-owned railway operator, said Tuesday it will begin offering jobs to homeless people living near subway stations in Seoul, Busan, and eight other locations. KORAIL, in collaboration with local governments and support centers for the homeless, will provide jobs to 100 homeless individuals [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In a display of community engagement, the Seoul Autonomous Police Committee held the highly anticipated “2023 Seoul Dog Patrol Team Launching Ceremony” on Sunday. With an impressive 700 teams in attendance, this innovative program combines the daily walks of dogs with crime prevention activities to spot and report crimes [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) —The use of the virtual world known as the metaverse has been proposed as a potential tool to alleviate the psychological strain on students subjected to school violence during police investigations, according to a recent publication titled “Police Investigation of School Violence Victims Using Metaverse,” featured in the journal Police [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A ‘blue hydrogen’ production facility has been established in the southeastern city of Changwon, the first of its kind in South Korea. Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, but emissions are eliminated by capturing and storing the emitted carbon. The Ministry of Environment and the Changwon city government [...]