JECHEON, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Bananas, a sub-tropical fruit, are now being grown in the central city of Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, famous for its cold winter weather. Some 50 banana trees cultivated in a greenhouse operated by the Jecheon Agricultural Technology Center have all borne fruit. The center harvested four bunches of bananas [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group on Tuesday released a video showing the demonstration of its newly-developed automatic charging robot (ACR) on YouTube. The ACR is a one-arm robot capable of plugging a cable into an electric vehicle (EV)’s charging port and removing it once charging is complete. Based on the consideration [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With Koreans getting married at older ages due to shifts in values and demographic circumstances, brides in their early 40s now outnumber those in their early 20s, data showed Monday. According to Statistics Korea’s Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS), 10,949 women between the ages of 40 and 44 got [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With consumer prices continuing to rise, college students and job seekers are increasingly struggling with living expenses and education fees. Recently, a growing number of secondhand textbooks and online course vouchers are being exchanged on online second-hand platforms and online college communities. “I can’t do anything about rising food [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of three South Koreans have tried artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbot system ChatGPT, and the level of reliability on the outcomes was relatively high, a poll showed Monday. According to a survey of 1,016 adults from across the country conducted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju provincial government has announced that it will be introducing a commercial drone delivery service, for the first time in the country, later this year. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Institute of Aviation Safety Technology selected 15 cities and provinces for the drone [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The breakwater site in Gangneung, appearing in the last episode of Netflix’s new South Korean original “The Glory,” is gaining popularity as a local tourist hotspot. In the series, characters Moon Dong-eun and Ju Yeo-jeong, who are in love with each other, decide to travel to Jumunjin port. The [...]
POHANG, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean steelmaker POSCO is offering special hiring benefits to service members from the Marine Corps who joined the relief efforts when super Typhoon Hinnamnor hit the country. The company decided to exempt service members recommended by the commander of the 1st Marine Division, stationed the southeastern city of [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Exposure to air pollutants like fine dust increases the risk of dementia, a study showed Thursday. A joint research team from Yonsei University and Gachon University Gil Hospital conducted a survey of 640 healthy adults over 50 years of age over the course of 32 months. The results showed [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More people from the MZ generation, a Korean term referring to millennials and Generation Z, are buying branded fashion items from secondhand app markets. Bungaejangter, the operator of its namesake secondhand transactions app, revealed that approximately 75 percent of customers that used the “brand follow” features between September 2021 [...]