SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ overseas card spending gained 1 percent in the second quarter of the year on the back of increased overseas travels amid eased COVID-19 curbs and increased direct purchases, central bank data showed Thursday. The amount of money spent overseas by South Koreans with cards, including credit and [...]
JEJU, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Firefighters on Jeju Island successfully conducted a rescue operation when a group of cows became stranded in a retention basin due to heavy rainfall. The Jeju Province Fire Safety Headquarters on Wednesday received a notification about a flooded retention basin in Seogwipo, which resulted in six cows becoming isolated [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics revealed on Wednesday its latest innovation—a groundbreaking appliance set to debut at IFA 2023, Europe’s premier consumer electronics exposition taking place in Berlin, Germany, from September 1 to 5. This cutting-edge offering merges a 25-kilogram washer with a 13-kilogram dryer within a single unit, eliminating the need [...]
YONGIN, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Two decades have passed since the luminous spectacle of Nam June Paik’s 2002 creation, the Transmission Tower, illuminated the urban expanse. Now, this iconic artwork finds itself once again gracing the premises of the Nam June Paik Art Center, an exclusive institution bearing his illustrious name. Under the aegis [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of deaths caused by serious industrial accidents at workplaces in the first half of the year dropped nearly 10 percent from a year ago, a government report said Wednesday. A total of 289 workers died from January to June, marking a drop of 9.1 percent, or 29 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The population of kindergarten to high-school students shrank by nearly 100,000 this year from a year earlier, extending its falling streak to the 18th year, the education ministry said Wednesday. The number of students at the country’s kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools nationwide amounted to slightly over [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s total births and fertility rate fell to record lows in 2022, data showed Wednesday, signaling a red alarm on the growth potential of Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Only 249,000 babies were born in 2022, down 11,000 from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea extended a natural decrease in population in June as the fertility rate hit yet another record low, data showed Wednesday, reflecting the grim demographic trend. Only 18,615 babies were born in June, down 1.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the monthly report from Statistics Korea. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday released a new PRO Ultimate SD and micro SD cards. This product lineup offers a read speed of 200 megabytes per second (MB/s) and a write speed of 130 MB/s, setting a new standard in the UHS-1 category. With a sequential read speed of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Audi Korea announced on Tuesday the launch of the 2023 versions of the Q4 40 e-Tron and Q4 Sportback 40 e-Tron all-electric compact SUVs. The Q4 40 e-Tron and Q4 Sportback 40 e-Tron offer a single-charge range of about 410 kilometers each. This marks an increase of 43 kilometers for [...]