SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The sea level of South Korea rose nearly 10 centimeters over the past 33 years as a result of climate change, government data showed Monday. The country’s average coastal surface height grew 9.9 cm between 1989 and 2021, with the yearly average coming to 3.01 milometers, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents of Turkana County, one of the driest counties in Kenya, showed deep satisfaction in the SCORE project, an effort to improve the quality of potable water. The project, began in 2019, is one of South Korea’s aid projects in which the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) released an official medal to celebrate K-pop superstar BTS’ 10th anniversary next year. The front side of the medal is inscribed with the word BTS and the names of its members. On the medal’s left and right sides, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on Monday said it has signed an agreement with eight companies and agencies including Naver Corp. and Google Korea to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning platform. The Seoul education office plans to develop and transition newSSEM, a remote classroom platform, into an [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The World Institute of Kimchi on Thursday released a video that clearly explains the difference between kimchi and “pao cai,” another type of pickled vegetable consumed in China. The video, titled “What Makes Kimchi So Special,” is five minutes long and comes with English and Chinese subtitles. It is [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. state of Georgia has declared Nov. 22 as Kimchi Day. A ceremony to Georgia State’s Kimchi Day took place at its capitol on Wednesday (local time), with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Korean-American representatives in attendance. Kimchi Day was first introduced in South Korea in 2020 with the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — McDonald’s Korea said Thursday it will adopt the Hi-Pass, an automatic tolling system on major expressways, for its drive-thru (DT) service in South Korea. The Korean unit of the global fast food giant McDonald’s signed a business agreement with Korea Expressway Corp., Shinhan Card Co. and KIS Information & [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean bioindustry’s output surged more than 20 percent in 2021 from a year earlier on the back of brisk exports amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Thursday. The industry’s production came to about 21 trillion won (US$16.2 billion) last year, up 22.1 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group announced the development of a next-generation delivery service robot on the basis of its electrification and self-driving technologies and launched a demonstration of the self-driving robot delivery service. Hyundai said Wednesday that the demonstration will be conducted at two sites, including a residential-commercial complex in Suwon [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean civic group Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK) said Wednesday it had launched a website to promote “Jikji,” the world’s oldest existing metal-printed book, in the Italian language. The website provides an introduction to Jikji, South Korea’s cultural heritage, heroes of South Korea, Jikji in school curricula [...]