SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday that it will supply eco-friendly cars to FIFA for a successful 2022 Qatar World Cup. The South Korean carmake will send 446 passenger vehicles and 170 commercial vehicles, 236 of which are eco-friendly models, in promotion of a zero-carbon football championship. It will the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest oil refinery, said Thursday it will introduce cutting-edge robots at the Ulsan industrial complex, or Ulsan CLX, the company’s flagship refining factory site in the southeastern port city. The new robots at Ulsan CLX include a four-legged walking robot called SPOT as well [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean arms maker Hyundai Rotem Co. on Wednesday held a ceremony to celebrate the first shipment of K2 tanks bound for Poland at its plant in Changwon, 400 kilometers south of Seoul. The company signed a 4.499 trillion won (US$3.3 billion) deal with Poland’s state defense procurement agency [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese netizens are claiming that the phoenix-shaped, Korean traditional hairpin worn by Jang Wonyoung, a member of K-pop girl group Ive, comes from China. A Chinese influencer with more than 480,000 followers sparked the controversy after posting an article titled “South Korean group steals Chinese culture yet again.” “The [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean construction equipment maker Doosan Bobcat Co. has unveiled a self-driving mower currently in development. The company revealed the autonomous driving zero-turn mower at the Equip Exposition 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky on Wednesday (local time). The mower, currently in development in tandem with local software developer Greenzie, comes [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The numbers of beef cattle and chickens raised in South Korea rose in the third quarter from a year earlier, data showed Thursday, amid the recovering demand following eased social distancing rules. The number of beef cattle came to 3.7 million over the July-September period, up 2.4 percent on-year, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of tax collected from stock transactions halved on-year in August, data showed Thursday, as the bearish market weighed down retail investors’ appetite for local shares. The combined amount of stock transaction tax collected in August came to 528.5 billion won (US$368 million), down from 1.01 trillion won [...]
CHANGWON, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A man in his 50s with an intellectual disability was found in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, by a police sniffer dog one day after being reported missing. After receiving a missing report on Monday, the police analyzed CCTV footage of the area and launched a full-scale search effort. Two [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Mount Bukhan in northern Seoul has begun to turn yellow with the coming of autumn. The Korea Meteorological Administration said Tuesday that autumn foliage has colored 20 percent of Mount Bukhan, including its peak, proclaiming the entrance of a new season. This year’s yellowing of the mountain came two [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A rubber byproduct produced during the process of manufacturing tires has turned out to be ideal for trekking boot outsoles. South Korean outdoor brand Eider said Tuesday it will release new trekking boots developed as part of a collaboration with tire company Nexen Tire Corp. The boots come in [...]