SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean music industry is paying tribute to prominent Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who recently passed away. Rock musician and radio show host Bae Chul-soo posted a photo of himself together with the late composer on social media. Taeyong from K-pop boy group NCT posted a picture of [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A zebra that escaped from Seoul Children’s Grand Park’s zoo in eastern Seoul last month has become a star at the zoo. Last week, the zoo was filled with visitors trying to find Sero, a three-year-old zebra who made international headlines following a recent zoo escape. Sero didn’t seem [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — New guidelines have been set to prevent city workers from pruning street trees down to their trunks. The Ministry of Environment and the National Institute of Biological Resources proposed that more than 75 percent of the tree branches should be kept intact when pruning street trees. Excessive pruning has [...]
JEJU, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A new coastal bridge has been built at Wimi Port, located on the southern coast of Jeju Island looking out over the South Sea. The Jeju provincial government said Wednesday it had completed the construction of a new pedestrian bridge at Wimi Port, located along Jeju’s Olle Trail 5. [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO DX Co., a unit of South Korea’s leading steelmaker POSCO, said Wednesday it would develop a roadkill prevention system for wild animals that incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) technology in tandem with the Korea National Park Service. The company, formerly POSCO ICT Co., will set up LiDAR sensors around [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Netizens who were saddened by the story behind Sero, a zebra that made international headlines for escaping from its zoo enclosure and running through city streets, have created pictures of consolation for the zebra using artificial intelligence. According to local AI startup Lion Rocket, users of the company’s web [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — With travel resuming in the post-pandemic era, a number of multinational hotel chains are opening new properties in South Korea. Last November, a 15-story building near the Chinese Embassy in central Seoul became the new home of Le Méridien & Moxy Seoul Myeongdong. Le Méridien & Moxy are two [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are joining the Earth Hour campaign, in which people turn off the lights to raise awareness about the dangers of climate change. Hyundai Motor Co. announced that it will turn off all of the lights at company headquarters in southern Seoul for one hour on Saturday [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steelmaker POSCO is taking proactive measures to improve the food served at company cafeterias to promote the well-being of its employees. Since January, the company’s steel plant in the southeastern city of Pohang has been holding a weekly event at the cafeteria in which it introduces a [...]
JEONJU, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Saemangeum reclaimed land on the southwest coast is rising as a prospective site for a Hollywood-scale film set. The U.S.-South Korea joint venture OCT E&M is currently planning to construct a large-scale film set in Saemangeum, and recently met with North Jeolla Province Gov. Kim Kwan-yong for a [...]