SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest solar power plant built in partnership with local communities began operations in the southwestern county of Shinan on Wednesday. The solar farm covers an area of 1.42 million square meters, encompassing four towns in the county. The complex holds a capacity of 150 megawatts, and is [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Libya was ranked as the biggest import country for South Korean used cars last year, data showed Wednesday. 433,024 used cars were exported via the Port of Incheon last year, of which 26 percent or 112,747 cars were shipped to Libya, according to the Incheon Main Customs. The Middle [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An old military barracks that used to guard the coastline against the intrusion of North Korean spies has been renovated into a gallery. The Haeundae District in the southeastern city of Busan said Tuesday that an old barracks, abandoned on the coast of Cheongsapo Beach, has been renovated into [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., is creating various items by recycling old suitcases used by flight attendants. The company said Tuesday that it had released a new keyring crafted from recycled suitcases and surf suits. The keyring is designed after the fin of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign nationals staying in South Korea shrank nearly 4 percent on-year in 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Korea Immigration Office said Wednesday. The number was tallied at 1.96 million as of the end of last year, a 3.9 percent decrease from 2.04 million in 2020 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Drug smuggling caught by South Korea’s customs agency hit a record high last year as trafficking via non-contact delivery means shot up amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The Korea Customs Service said it confiscated a total of 1,272 kilograms of drugs in 2021, up 757 percent from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of babies born in South Korea fell to a record low in November last year, data showed Wednesday, underpinning the country’s gloomy demographic situation with the chronically low birth rate. A total of 19,800 babies were born in November, down 1.3 percent from the previous year, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A host of premium TV models made by South Korean companies are included in the list of TVs recommended as best buys by a U.S. consumer advocacy magazine. Consumer Reports recently selected Samsung Electronics Co.’s 75-inch Neo QLED TV (75QN85) and LG Electronics Inc.’s OLED TV (77CX) as its [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Alternative tourism’ is gaining popularity with South Korea reaching the third year of travel restrictions following the coronavirus outbreak. Major travel agency Interpark Tour said Monday it had released ‘Toy Story’, a unique tourist package that asks foreign customers to send dolls to ‘take the trip for them’. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest airline, said Monday it had created pouches that can carry 11-inch tablet PCs by recycling old uniforms worn by flight attendants. The tablet pouches were designed after the official uniform worn by flight attendants at Asiana. The company plans to give them out [...]