CHUNCHEON, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangwon Provincial Agricultural Research and Extension Services (GWARES) said Wednesday that it will launch a trial project to distribute biodegradable mulch film to corn and sorghum farms in three areas within the province as part of efforts to reduce soil pollution caused by agricultural waste. Mulch film refers [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Vowing for carbon neutrality by 2050, the steel industry is scrambling to develop hydrogen reduction iron and steel production technology. POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, recently joined hands with Hyundai Motor Group to develop steel production technology that uses hydrogen instead of coal to produce iron. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Plastic bottles collected by GS25, a convenience store chain run by GS Retail Co., will be upcycled into hiking clothes designed by outdoor apparel maker Black Yak. GS Retail announced Monday that it had signed a contract with Black Yak to collaborate on a project to scrap plastic bottles and develop [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangnam District Office in Seoul said Monday that it had decided to install in-ground LED traffic lights at 101 children protection zones over the next five years, starting with the ones in the crosswalks at 32 elementary schools within the district. In-ground LED traffic lights enable pedestrians to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s leading auto parts maker, has succeeded in developing the world’s first automotive tail lamp that can be bent like a thin film. The company said Sunday that it developed an HLED that can perform the roles of both brake light and rear light simultaneously, [...]
SINAN, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Sinan County in South Jeolla Province has attached stickers to buildings inside its county office complex to prevent wild birds from flying into glass windows. Wild birds often fail to recognize building windows as obstacles, posing as a serious risk factor. Since birds fly at a speed of 36 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Wednesday that it will start distributing high-performance biodegradable fishing nets that can be used to catch blue crab and yellow corvina from next month as part of an initiative to protect marine wildlife. The biodegradable fishing nets naturally decompose into water and [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed new technology that transforms plastic bags into high-quality industrial oil. A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research announced Sunday that they had developed a new technology that can produce more oil from plastic bags by maintaining a certain temperature for an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An eco-friendly egg tray made by Marine Innovation Co., a social venture supported by SK Innovation Co., a South Korean refinery-to-battery company, was recently honored at the 2021 WorldStar Global Packaging Awards. The WorldStar Global Packaging Awards are held annually by the World Packaging Organization (WPO) to promote the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Public phone booths, seen as an outdated legacy of the past following the introduction of mobile phones, are turning into workspaces and playgrounds. KT Linkus, a public phone arm of KT Corp., jointly with a local office-leasing company Ara WorkNAll, will upcycle public phone booths into one-person workplaces. Named [...]