SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new OLED panel manufactured by South Korean display maker Samsung Display Co. has received the industry’s first global certification for its ultra-high brightness of 2,000 nits. One nit is equal to the luminance of one candle per square meter. The display maker announced on Thursday that its smartphone [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Birds are suffering from drones flying over the Junam Reservoir, a migratory bird habitat in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the city government, some citizens are flying drones over the reservoir to observe the habitat of the migratory birds, thus posing threats to them. During this season, tens [...]
SANCHEONG, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Police succeeded in rescuing a missing elderly person with dementia using drones and search dogs. The elderly person in their 80s who lives in Sancheong County, South Gyeongsang Province went missing after going out to undergo medical treatment at a hospital last Sunday morning. The individual’s family was unable [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A monkey that underwent a pig kidney xenotransplantation procedure that was developed by the National Institute of Animal Science survived for 115 days, setting a new domestic record for the longest survival time. A research team at Konkuk University implanted a pig kidney into a monkey in August last [...]
POHANG, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Marine Corps opened 2023 with vigorous training to strengthen their capability of mission completion and combat readiness. The 1st Marine Division on Monday performed a variety of training exercises around its stronghold in the southeastern city of Pohang despite the cold weather. Amid freezing sea wind and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Retail Co. said Monday it will be installing foreign currency exchange kiosks at stores that are part of its convenience store chain GS25 and supermarket unit GS The Fresh. The forex kiosks will be operated on a trial basis at about 10 stores run by the company. The [...]
SEOGWIPO, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The 24th Seogwipo Winter Sea International Swimming Festival was held on Sunday at Jungmun Saekdal Beach in the city of Seogwipo on Jeju Island. The festival returned after three-year hiatus resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of residents, tourists and foreigners gathered together on the sandy beach and jumped [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An “indoor square of ice sculptures” opened on Saturday in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province with a week remaining before the opening of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, one of the most popular winter festivals in South Korea. In January this year, nearly 20,000 fishing holes were pierced through the ice [...]
HWACHEON, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The descendants of Ethiopian veterans who fought in the Korean War are coming to South Korea to introduce coffee from the world’s largest coffee-producing country. Gangwon Province’s Hwacheon County announced Thursday that an Ethiopia promotional hall and cafe will be set up at the Hwacheon Mountain Trout Festival from Jan. 7-29 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean military deployed fighter jets in recent days in response to radar sightings of unidentified objects wrongly assumed to be drones from North Korea. On Wednesday morning, an unknown object was detected by radar, with the military scrambling fighter jets on standby to Incheon and northern Gyeonggi [...]