SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government is attempting to release contaminated water from a disabled nuclear power plant in Fukushima. The primary reason, as anticipated by experts, is the low cost. It costs less to release the water to the sea than by air. Initially, the Japanese government considered three separate means [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the recent deaths of several deliverymen and media reports on how they worked in a poor, extreme environment, more people are calling on delivery businesses to rein in excessive efforts to come up with ‘faster’ delivery services. Some consumers even vowed on social media to boycott early morning [...]
SUWON, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The novel coronavirus has had a significant impact on the lives of teenagers. The Suwon Youth Foundation conducted a survey of 1,724 students from elementary, middle and high school and 1,779 parents, which showed that study time each day had dropped by 36 minutes (2 hours and 18 minutes) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy is flaring up over Google Inc.’s alleged profit-sharing collusion with local mobile carriers and smartphone makers. Rep. Yoon Young-chan of the ruling Democratic Party disclosed in the National Assembly’s parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Science and ICT held on Friday that Google, in collaboration with local mobile [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Some types of thermal imaging cameras with facial recognition functions turned out to be collecting what some deem as excessive personal information automatically in the process of checking body temperatures. The Personal Information Protection Commission is set to launch an investigation over the functions of the face recognition thermal [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid an increase in the number of South Koreans who are engaged in direct purchases of electronics goods and home appliances from foreign countries, the most popular item turned out to be audio devices such as wireless earphones. The Korea Consumer Agency received a total of 5,002 cases of [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — All of the dogs rescued from the Gupo Dog Meat Market in the southern port city of Busan that was shut down last year have been successfully adopted overseas. The Busan branch of the Alliance for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced that all of about 80 dogs rescued [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent statistics have revealed that despite having a far lower obesity rate than men, South Korean women account for an absolute majority in the use of drug-type anorexic agents. According to the data that Rep. Nam In-soon of the ruling Democratic Party received from the Ministry of Food and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s green fees for public golf courses are more than twice as expensive as those in Japan, according to recent data. Green fee is a common term used at all golf courses. It is the set fee golfers must pay at the pro shop or clubhouse in order [...]
HAPCHEON, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A municipal government in South Korea was recently engulfed in controversy over a horse carriage at a theme park that was misunderstood by some as being a case of animal abuse. Recently, a photo of a horse-drawn carriage at a theme park was posted on a social media platform, [...]