GOSEONG, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With jellyfish flocking to the coast due to high water temperatures, coastal authorities and fishermen are scrambling to protect beach visitors. A jellyfish can grow up to 200 kilograms, large enough to rip fishing nets. Packs of smaller jellyfish can also obstruct commercial fishing by taking away the space [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and Konkuk University announced Thursday the opening of Asia’s first canine blood donation center near the university’s veterinary medical teaching hospital. The clinic was set up to resolve the issue of so-called blood supply dogs that are born and raised solely for the purpose of supplying [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The central administrative city of Sejong plans to convert all two-wheeled delivery vehicles in service into fully electric models. On Thursday, the city government signed a business agreement with two-wheeled sales and rental firm Bike Bank and delivery service platform Logiall. The city government plans to convert about 1,000 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Army has banned soldiers from wearing military uniforms to take “body profile,” the Korean term for professional body photo shoot that involve unbuttoning the shirt or taking off the top entirely to expose the body. The Army headquarters recently sent out instructions to all units prohibiting service [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean flag will be hung in front of the Charging Bull statue on Wall Street in New York for an entire week. The Asian American Youth Council (AAYC) hosted a South Korean flag at Bowling Green Park in Manhattan on Tuesday (local time) to mark the occasion [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kolon Group, a mid-sized business conglomerate focused on the chemical and textile businesses, said Wednesday it had succeeded in recycling one-off masks that are wasted after a single use through an in-house campaign. The group installed one-off mask collection boxes at seven major workplaces across the country and provided [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than two-thirds of South Koreans regard smartphones as an essential part of their everyday lives, a poll showed Tuesday. The Korea Information Society Development Institute conducted a survey of 6,834 South Korean men and women over 13 years of age from 4,236 households, which showed that 70.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean carmaker Kia Corp. has topped brand sales charts in the Netherlands, led by the popularity of the company’s electric vehicles (EVs) as well as its Sportage SUV. The RAI Automotive Industry NL’s monthly statistics of automobile registration showed that Kia sold 2,954 units of cars in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s food industry is releasing a string of gift sets for next month’s Chuseok holiday using eco-friendly packaging materials. Daesang Corp. replaced the non-woven fabric material used for gift bags with paper material. In addition, it also used paper instead of plastic to make the inner trays of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization and Korea Green Foundation hosted the trash-collecting campaign “Seanack” at four major beaches in Gangwon Province. “Seanack” is a portmanteau of the words “sea” and “snack.” The campaign kicked off on July 23 and ended on August 14 with trash collected from beaches exchanged for [...]