SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. announced Thursday a plan to showcase artworks using its lifestyle TV The Frame at the 2022 Union Art Fair, which is currently being held at Seoul Auction’s Gangnam Center in Seoul. This year marks the seventh anniversary of the Union Art Fair, which is a direct [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Elementary and middle school students in Seoul will be allowed to learn how to break at school next year. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Wednesday it had signed an agreement with the Korea Breaking Federation to provide break dancing lessons to students as part of an after-school [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A honey source forest equivalent in size to the area of 4,700 soccer fields has been created in South Chungcheong Province. The provincial government announced that it completed the first stage of the honey source forest creation and cultivation project it carried out from 2018 to this year. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unification ministry on Wednesday said it has virtually recreated lost villages in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that existed prior to the 1950-1953 Korean War through a metaverse platform. Some 400 villages were known to have existed in the DMZ, among which the ministry picked the largest ones [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that otters, a level 1 endangered species and a natural monument, currently live in the Han River. The habitats of 15 otters have recently been found in the Han River, Tan Stream, Jungnang Stream and Saet River by Yeouido Island, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop songstress IU has been selected as this year’s most popular advertisement model by consumers. The Korea Broadcast Advertising Corp. conducted a survey of 2,000 men and women between 20 and 59 years of age, in which 9.4 percent picked the 29-year-old soloist as their favorite advertisement model, making [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Tuesday it had succeeded in developing a test vehicle for a hydrogen-powered electric train in collaboration with the state-run Korea Railroad Research Institute. The two parties have carried out a project since 2018 to develop a hydrogen fuel cell-based hybrid propulsion [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of electric vehicles (EVs) and electric two-wheelers registered in Seoul has surpassed the 76,000 level, the city government said. Last year the capital city subsidized purchases of 52,427 EVs, including electric two-wheelers, with subsidies for an additional 24,000 vehicles expected this year. The share of EVs among [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metro, the city-run operator of the subway system in Seoul, said Monday it has introduced Safe Roads to guide passengers to elevators inside subway stations. Seoul Metro joined hands with the Ministry of Interior and Safety and the Korea Elevator Safety Agency to lay out Safe Roads in [...]
UIJEONGBU, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province is coming up with ways to ensure the safety of personal mobility devices like e-scooters. The provincial office said Monday it will establish a comprehensive plan for the safe use of personal mobility devices next month, and create a joint consultative body for its execution. Previously, the [...]