SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A presidential candidate of the minor opposition party made a surprising appearance on Danggeun Market, a popular online secondhand marketplace. Ahn Cheol-soo, chief and the presidential candidate of the People’s Party, uploaded a post titled ‘Ahn Cheol-soo on sale’ after being authorized for transaction activity in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul [...]
CHANGWON, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A new production facility will be set up to upcycle oyster shells into high-value resources. South Gyeongsang provincial office said Monday that the city of Tongyeong will invest 15 billion won (US$12.6 million) to build an oyster shell recycling facility in the Beopsong General Industrial Complex by 2023. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has launched a drive to demonstrate wave power generation using the force of waves hitting a seawall. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on Tuesday held the completion ceremony for a 30-kilowatt-class demo plant designed to generate electricity using the force of waves hitting a seawall in [...]
BUCHEON, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Bucheon, a Gyeonggi Province city on the southwestern outskirts of Seoul, is moving forward with a project to produce electricity from the wind generated by the odor control system at a wastewater treatment facility. The project was designed to produce electricity using the wind generated by a deodorizer, which [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have succeeded in producing biodegradable plastic using radiated livestock excrement. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute said Thursday it transferred the technology to a local eco-friendly plastic maker for 30 million (US$25,630) won and a royalty of 2.5 percent of sales. Amid a surge in plastic [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Thursday that it had developed an internet-of-things (IoT)-based smart buoyancy band to help castaways float in sea water and send their location information when marine accidents such as shipwrecks occur. The smart buoyancy band is designed to help save lives when [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Smart keeper’ and ‘smart shoe insert’, two GPS devices distributed by a municipal office to help keep tabs on dementia patients, are contributing to shortening the time spent tracking them when they go missing. The watch-type smart keeper and the smart shoe insert provide location information, helping search activities [...]
GOYANG, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipal government in Goyang, north of Seoul, has set up a curtain vine at a local elementary school, a move that has been welcomed by the community. The green vine curtain at Yangil Elementary School was created by growing hyacinth beans, which were first planted in May. The [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Value consumers and suppliers interested in the protection of the environment are standing up to oppose the traditional practice of throwing away ‘ugly’ agricultural products that do not fit ‘market standards.’ A separate market for ‘ugly’ produce is growing as more suppliers are delivering ‘ugly fruits and vegetables to [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Haeundae District received a design award in Hong Kong for an upcycling project that turns old clothes into bags. The ‘Upcycle Closet Project,’ co-hosted by the district and the Haeundae Technology Education Center, won the Social Innovation Award at the 2020 Future Tense Design Award. The award from [...]