SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Passengers on Korean Air Lines Co. flights will now be able to board airplanes by scanning their palms, instead of producing a boarding pass. The South Korea’s national flag carrier said Tuesday that it will introduce the country’s first ‘Bio Self-boarding Service’ for domestic flights, in which passengers can [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will repurpose discarded ocean-bound fishing nets in its Galaxy devices as part of its efforts to expand the use of eco-conscious materials and make its business more environmentally friendly. The world’s largest smartphone maker said the use of a new material “marks another [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An old military barracks that used to guard the coastline against the intrusion of North Korean spies has been renovated into a gallery. The Haeundae District in the southeastern city of Busan said Tuesday that an old barracks, abandoned on the coast of Cheongsapo Beach, has been renovated into [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Alternative tourism’ is gaining popularity with South Korea reaching the third year of travel restrictions following the coronavirus outbreak. Major travel agency Interpark Tour said Monday it had released ‘Toy Story’, a unique tourist package that asks foreign customers to send dolls to ‘take the trip for them’. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline, said Monday it had created pouches that can carry 11-inch tablet PCs by recycling old uniforms worn by flight attendants. The tablet pouches were designed after the official uniform worn by flight attendants at Asiana. The company plans to give them out [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said Monday that a research team had developed a portable ‘electronic nose’ that can check whether meat has spoiled in real-time. The electronic nose can even detect a tiny amount of cadaverine and putrescine, which generate bad odors caused by meat [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called ‘token economy’ is expanding, in which companies give out tokens that can be exchanged for tangible and intangible goods to provide incentives to consumers to draw out certain behavior. Home training service platform Yafit Cycle, run by online education startup Yanadoo, is selling tablet PC-equipped cycling machines [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is holding an unusual promotion event for its all-electric IONIQ 5 in which the model uses its “vehicle-to-load” technology to supply electricity to a small cabin deep in the woods. South Korea’s biggest carmaker recently joined hands with Studio Puisto Architects, a Helsinki architecture studio, to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The unabated buying boom for luxury products has led to the emergence of new part-time jobs in which individuals are paid in return for waiting in line for entry to famous foreign luxury brand shops on behalf of customers. Customers who want to purchase luxury products can hire such [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run railway research body has developed new technology that can reduce both the noise and fine dust generated around railroad and subway tracks. The Korea Railroad Research Institute said Monday that it had developed a ‘noise reduction-type fanless dust collector.’ With a minimal thickness, the fanless dust collector [...]