SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — It was April 8 at the Dongsan Hospital in the southeastern city of Daegu, the epicenter of the virus outbreak here. A nurse dressed in a Level D protective suit and a complement of protective gear looked on stoically. But before entering the ward, she clasped her hands together [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a highly efficient artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor that can be used in high-end servers and Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced Tuesday that a joint research team from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), SK Telecom Co. [...]
JEJU, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Koreans are essentially banned from travelling overseas due to the coronavirus outbreak, the southern island of Jeju is becoming an increasingly popular honeymoon destination. As more newlyweds are considering spending time on Jeju, local hotels are scrambling to offer wedding packages. The Shilla Jeju’s April sales for [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Text message notifications of parcel delivery will include information on how to sort and throw away waste materials such as paper boxes. As a growing number of customers are shopping online following the coronavirus outbreak, public and private authorities have teamed up to instruct customers on how to properly [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean mobile medical van has been donated for the first time to help respond to the novel coronavirus outbreak in Madagascar, an island country in the Indian Ocean. The Madagascar branch of the non-profit organization Africa Future Foundation provided a mobile medical van with X-ray equipment on April [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An analysis of the ranking of real-time search words on portal sites by age group showed that there are distinct differences in the main interests of each generation. South Korea’s leading portal operator Naver Corp. revealed on Wednesday its analysis of 2019’s popular search words. Those in their teens [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean hospitals are reporting financial difficulties as their outpatient numbers have dropped significantly due to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to a survey of 62 hospitals conducted by the Korean Medical Association (KMA) the number of outpatients dropped by an average of 16.3 percent (44.5 [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — At the height of the recent controversy over commission fees for food delivery applications, consumers are expressing divided thoughts on the matter. Some worry the burden put on the self-employed with commission fees could be passed on to consumers, while others point out that the problem is only focused [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are anticipating layoffs at the South Korean unit of Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo, which has been hit hard by last year’s national boycott movement against Japanese products. Chief executive of FRL Korea, an operator of Uniqlo Korea, recently mentioned the term ‘restructuring’ in an email. The email written [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A local power company has embarked on a project to set up power facilities for hydrogen fuel cells using domestic technology. South Korea’s state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) announced Tuesday that it has extended the hydrogen pipelines installed in the Ulsan Industrial Complex and connected them with [...]