SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea National Park Service announced on March 18 that it will produce Braille maps for all 22 national parks across the country by 2026, in an effort to make these natural treasures more accessible to the visually impaired. The first Braille map, covering Odaesan National Park, has been completed [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — About 6 out of 10 beverage, cup noodle and milk products have no braille guides, and for those products that did have braille guides, the readability was low, a consumer advocacy group said Wednesday. The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) conducted a survey of 321 food items consisting of beverages, [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it has established new guidelines for food labels for disabled people when displaying information in braille or with audio/sign language conversion codes. The guidelines are aimed at making it easier for sight or hearing impaired people to understand food information. The Ministry of Food and Drug [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The King Sejong Institute Foundation, a state-run Korean language education foundation, has announced plans to develop and distribute braille and sound books for foreigners with visual disabilities to learn the language. The braille book was made using a mixture of braille and mute letters, aimed at making it accessible [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Braille and voice formats have been introduced to help the blind submit various police forms including accusation files and requests to look up criminal records and other information. Seoul’s Mapo Police Station said Monday that it will begin offering braille and voice (QR code) formats to help visually impaired [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Instant noodle makers are introducing braille packaging for the blind. Samyang Foods Co. said Tuesday that it will release a cup noodle edition of Buldak Bokkeummyeon (hot chicken-flavor type) and the Samyang Ramen, inscribed with braille, this month. The Korean words for “Buldak” and “Samyang” will be inscribed in [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled revealed Tuesday the development of a Braille information instrument called ‘Neo Braille’. The new Braille information instrument is a portable data communications device that comes with a Braille keyboard, Braille display, and a speaker, designed to help the visually impaired to write [...]