SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of people have been using Seoul’s public bicycle service this year following the lifting of social distancing rules. The Seoul Metropolitan Government reported that usage of the city’s unmanned bike rental service, dubbed Ttaereungyi in Korean, between January and May of this year (14.1 million users) was [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday it would install 1,000 electric bike charging stations using public phone booths by 2025. The e-bike charging stations will be battery exchange-type charging stations that allow users to replace discharged batteries with fully charged ones. It is expected to take less than one [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean War heroes became models in a new summer uniform crafted by a famous designer. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs revealed a pictorial and video of Korean War veterans in a summer uniform under the project name ‘Heroes in Uniforms’. Ten veterans including Korean War Veterans Association [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of employed one-person households in South Korea showed a steep increase last year amid an economic recovery, government data showed Tuesday. As of October 2021, the number of working one-person households jumped by 440,000 on-year to 4.14 million households, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Oilbank Co. will launch a sales brokerage service for micro electric vehicles for the first time among South Korean oil refiners. The company announced on Monday that it formed a partnership with local micro EV manufacturer Cevo Mobility to display and sell the micro EV Cevo C at [...]
JEJU, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jeju International Tourism Marathon was held in a full-fledged manner on Sunday after being suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 3,500 people participated in the event, competing at the Gujwa Sports Complex and the coastal road on the southern resort island of Jeju. The [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. announced Sunday the unveiling of an artwork designed with the LG Signature OLED R TV at Art Basel 2022 held in Basel, Switzerland. Art Basel, which opened on Thursday, features the works of some 300 galleries from 40 countries. Anish Kapoor, a famous sculptor and artist, [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. saw the total sales of their eco-friendly cars exceed 3 million units, industry data showed Sunday, 13 years after they began rolling out hybrid vehicles. South Korea’s top automaker and its affiliate sold 393,509 eco-friendly cars, including plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles, in [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A tombstone has been set up in memory of Internet Explorer, the once ubiquitous web browser that was recently shut down by U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. A local online community posted a feed titled “Remembering its legacy” on Wednesday, in which a photo showed an actual tombstone set [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Yuhan-Kimberly Ltd., a maker of sanitary products in South Korea, said Thursday it will be receiving applications for a “sleeping contest” until June 30. The contest, commemorating its seventh year, is held in a city forest as a chance to “recover” from the lack of sleep rampant in modern [...]