SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday began a trial of autonomous driving electric buses in the Cheonggye Stream area. The buses, developed by the autonomous-driving system developer 42dot, come with a panorama glass roof, which covers all the way down the passenger’s waist, to emphasize the openness. The doors [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, was performed during the halftime show of a National Football League (NFL) game in Washington, D.C. A group of taekwondo teams from Tongmyong University, Angel Peace Art Group, and the U.S. martial arts academy MBA staged a joint performance during the halftime show of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The primary reason why shift workers tend to suffer more from sleep disorders and depression than non-shift workers is the activation of a specific brain area associated with information processing capability, a study indicated Monday. A joint research team from Seoul National University Hospital and Samsung Medical Center divided [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport has been remodeled into a high-class hub set up with a cutting-edge flight operation system with support from the South Korean government. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea’s overseas aid agency, said it had invested US$9.5 million since 2014 to upgrade the Ugandan [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Personal computers made by Samsung Electronics Co. have dominated the South Korean market for close to an entire generation, data showed Sunday. Market researcher IDC Korea reported that Samsung computers have retained first place in the domestic market for a period of 27 years and six months dating back [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it had hosted a series of drone shows at the Han River Park in Yeouido, Seoul last Saturday in celebration of the release of the new MoodUp refrigerator. The shows were held at 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. for 10 minutes, during which 1,000 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels in Seoul are coming up with various wine festivals for the first time since the end of social distancing measures as they welcome the autumn season. The JW Marriott Dongdaemun Square Seoul is hosting the 2022 Wine and Busker festival for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. [...]
GOYANG, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Military facilities set up along the metal fence near the city of Goyang’s border with North Korea are turning into art platforms and wetland parks. The city renovated four military barracks set up in the 18.2-kilometer zone between Daedeok Ecology Park and Ilsan Bridge into resting areas for local [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea posted a trade surplus of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the first half of this year thanks to a rise in copyright payments amid popularity of Korean music and other cultural content, central bank data showed Friday. The country’s surplus from cross-border IPR trade came to US$370 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, ranks No. 1 in terms of download speed of 5G networks, an industry report showed Friday. According to global mobile industry tracker Opensignal, the average download speed using SK Telecom’s 5G network was recorded at 469.6 megabits per second (Mbps), 2.55 [...]