SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, more people are shunning direct contact with others. In turn, drive-through services where people can purchase goods and services from their own cars is gaining popularity. Pohang Jecheol Middle School, located in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, distributed school materials to families of [...]
HOENGSEONG, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A closed national highway will turn into a space for recreation and sports activities. Hoengseong County in Gangwon Province plans to invest 2.7 billion won (US$2 million) to turn the old National Route 42 into an eco-friendly luge riding facility with a parking lot. The new facility, scheduled for [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seocho District has established a city gallery to decorate a secluded area with lights and paintings. The district’s new gallery, located in the underground walkway that connects Yangjaecheon Bridge and Express Bus Terminal Station, uses augmented reality (AR) technology to communicate with visitors and residents. The gallery is [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Woowa Brothers Corp., the operator of delivery app Baedal Minjok, launched new eco-friendly delivery containers called “Green” Wednesday through its food and materials shopping mall. The “Green” products consist of a total of six types of containers, including a soup container for soups and steamed food, and a sealed [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the world’s first drive-through test center for coronavirus, South Korea has developed the world’s first walk-through test center where a person enters a booth for a quick test for COVID-19. H Plus Yangji Hospital in Seoul introduced the first walk-through test center, which minimizes physical contact between patients [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of drunk driving accidents is rapidly skyrocketing as the police have reduced drunk driving checkpoints in the wake of the spread of the novel coronavirus. In response, a local police agency has introduced a new type of enforcement for drunk driving, similar to a “drive-through,” increasing the [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a technology that uses genetic markers to find lost cats. Genetic markers refer to a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced Tuesday that it [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A mask that can be reused and still maintain its filtering function after being washed more than 20 times has been developed. Much attention is paid on whether the new mask filter can solve the problem mask shortages amid the growing coronavirus outbreak. A team of researchers from the [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, drive-throughs have been used on many different occasions to tackle the novel coronavirus. For one, an Army boot camp at the 6th Infantry Division decided to ask families and friends to drop off new recruits from their cars without permitting vehicles to be parked. Family members, [...]
ULJU, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Ulju County staff in the city of Ulsan are proposing a variety of ideas to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The county collected 47 ideas from staff, seven of which were chosen to be carried out. One of the proposals includes using 20 caravans at a local campground [...]