SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Polar Research Institute introduced Tuesday a new technology that uses a unique reaction caused by ice to eradicate toxins and retrieve useful substances. The institute, along with Hallym University and the California Institute of Technology, discovered that a frozen solution of chrome and iodine suppresses chrome’s toxicity [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s multiplex chain CJ CGV has unveiled the industry’s first attempt to recycle old projection screens. The company announced on Thursday that it will unveil two types of little bags made of old screens. According to CGV, the number of theater screens that were discarded over the past [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a transparent glass barrier that is almost invisible to the human eye, but stands out to birds, and which can be used as a transparent obstacle to prevent bird collisions. The National Institute of Ecology announced Tuesday the development of optical arrays designed to [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Gyeongsang Province said Monday that it will provide free mediation service for residents suffering from apartment noise. With a simple phone call, the mediation service will arbitrate in a dispute related to apartment noise within seven days to draw up a resolution, regardless of the type of noise [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Floor-to-floor apartment noise has been a long-standing social problem in South Korea, and it is worsening as more people are spending longer hours at home. The Korea Environment Corporation reported 895 cases of complaints related to apartment noise last year, up by approximately 80 percent since 2019 (507 cases). [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. announced that it had made a set of exclusive name tags using a dismantled aircraft, a first in South Korea. The country’s top flag carrier recently sold through its mileage mall the name tags made in April. The name tags were made using the skin [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s southeastern Songpa district said Thursday it will collect and sort cans and plastic bottles automatically using artificial intelligence (AI)-based resource circulation and collection robots. The district office will install a couple of such robots within its district. The AI-based robots will automatically sort, compress and store cans and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that it will release a mobile app that offers a wide variety of information on public transport, including alerts that are issued when the user’s routes overlap with those of confirmed COVID-19 patients. The mobile app ‘My-T’ is scheduled to be released [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jung district office in the port city of Busan announced on Tuesday that it will re-launch a program that encourages participants to exchange disposable take-out cups for standard plastic garbage bags. This move is a part of efforts to promote recycling under circumstances in which the use of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A declining population is leading local authorities to come up with new policies as the plunging birth rate threatens to undermine the competitiveness of a number of cities, and could even lead to their dissolution. The southeastern city of Changwon is stepping up to offer special loans to stimulate the [...]