SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Bukchon Village has been designated as a model town for the city’s IoT city project, said government officials on April 5. The city will establish various measures to solve noise and littering problems caused by a recent influx of tourists into Bukchon Village, by developing IoT platforms for the town. [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seongnam Art Center is presenting a Music Animation Machine, a new type of classical music performance, at its Ensemble Theater from April 22 to 25. The performance is composed of classical music performers and animated graphic patterns moving in accordance to the rhythm and dynamics of the performed music. [...]
ILSAN, South Korea, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Motor Show, the largest auto event in South Korea, kicked off on April 3 with about 30 local and foreign automakers competing to draw the spotlight to their latest cars and new technologies. The carmakers will display some 370 cars during the biennial event to [...]
ULSAN, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Ulsan Metropolitan City is promoting a special campaign to improve citizens’ health by urging them to kick jegi, a Korean-style shuttlecock. The city government expects that the campaign will contribute to the prevention of obesity and chronic diseases. For the campaign, the city will place 22 jegi boxes around the [...]
Jeju, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) – A seabed crater has been found in Korean waters for the first time. The crater is located 4 kilometers off the south-east coast of Pyoseon Harbor in Seogwipo city. With a total area surpassing that of 16 football fields, the crater is estimated to be 5000 years old, as [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Haeundae Beach will house a temporary astronomical observation center equipped with eight astronomical telescopes and staffed with astronomers on April 4, when the partial lunar eclipse will occur. The eclipse will start at 7:15 PM and last for three hours, with viewers expected to flock to see the [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Pangyo district in Seongnam city will be developed into a 5G networked model complex by KT. Upon the completion of the Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center, KT’s support center for ICT venture companies, the company decided to establish a 5G network in Pangyo Techno Valley. KT will also establish facilities [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Invasive alien species such as bluegills and bass are set to be hunted down by bounty seekers in Daegu, as city officials have declared war on plants and animals that are harming indigenous species. The city government will pay 5,000 won for one red-eared slider and one kilogram of bluegills and [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors, Korea’s second-largest carmaker, started to sell its seven-seat Carnival Limousine in domestic market from March 30, providing more options for consumers seeking to buy premium minivans. Kia Motors had sold the seven-seat Carnival only in overseas markets but opted to sell it here, apparently encouraged by recently [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors released exterior images of the latest version of its K5 mid-size sedan ahead of its official showcase at upcoming Seoul Motor Show. The new K5 has chrome-lined headlamps and a hot-stamped sporty, widened radiator grille, demonstrating a “luxurious and powerful” front impression. Kia, South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, [...]