SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Energy Co. a wholly owned subsidiary of the country’s leading oil refiner SK Innovation Co., announced on Thursday that it will begin a new project to supply eco-friendly energy at its gas stations and My Truck House, a service station for cargo trucks. For the new project, SK [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Among major listed companies in South Korea, only 15 percent have jumped into projects related to key technologies of the fourth industrial revolution over the past 10 years, according to a recent report. The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) studied the data of 132 companies listed on the Korea [...]
INCHEON, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean version of Silicon Valley will be created in Incheon. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Thursday that Tomorrow City complex in Incheon’s Songdo District, has been selected as the result of a public offering by local governments nationwide. To this end, the “2019 Start-up Park Creation [...]
DAEJEON, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A ‘Next Generation Korean Dielectric Analysis System’ will be established to reduce the cost of dielectric analysis, which helps manage various diseases. The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) announced on Thursday that it was selected for the government project to develop a new dielectric analysis system. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided Friday to raise the minimum wage for next year by 2.9 percent, the slowest growth in a decade, as it took into account an economic slowdown and sluggish job growth. The Minimum Wage Commission, involving labor and business representatives and experts, set the minimum wage at [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A survey found that 33.5 percent of infants aged 0 to 5 had to wait before finding a spot at a daycare center or kindergarten. According to a survey conducted by Korea Institute of Child Care and Education and released Wednesday, 33.5 percent of those surveyed had experience waiting [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The 119 Emergency Medical Counseling Service is available to Korean nationals who travel abroad. Since its implementation, the service has helped people in emergency situations, an average of five Koreans per day. The National Fire Agency (NFA) reported Wednesday that 1,758 people have used the service since it was [...]
JEJU, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — An endangered species has been found near the planned site of the Jeju Animal Theme Park project, raising calls for a precise ecological survey to be carried out. A task force opposing the theme park said Wednesday that it found stag beetles while working on repairing banners across the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court ruled that a recently divorced female immigrant can extend her visa status as a married immigrant by proving that the Korean ex-husband was ‘mainly responsible’ for the divorce. The court overruled a previous decision on a case filed by a Vietnamese woman against Seoul Southern Immigration [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean apparel received major attention at Milano Unica Rho 2019, Italy’s top-end textile fair. Students from Istituto Marangoni in Milan, one of world-class fashion schools, used Korean fabric to create five exquisite garments for the Korean exhibition hall. The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) joined hands with the [...]