BUSAN, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Metropolitan Government has announced plans to invest almost 12 billion won into developing wearable robots for the elderly over the next four years. Busan’s project dubbed ‘soft wearable suit technology development venture’ was recently picked up by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), as [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIP) and the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MOLIT) will adopt IoT-based environment sensors in Busan’s Gangseo District as part of a collective smart environment monitoring initiative, the two government branches revealed on Thursday. Gangseo District was chosen as the location [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Just this past month, Busan has seen eight citizens pass away in complete solitude. The phenomenon of dying in solitude, though on the rise among the younger generation and those living in single-person households, is still mostly observable among the elderly. Among the eight deaths in Busan, five were elderly [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Amidst concerns that an increasingly aging population coupled with low birth rates will cause a population crisis, current data indicates that the Busan Metropolitan Area is the South Korean region most likely to be harmed by the demographic changes. On June 20, the Korea Research Institute for Local [...]
BUSAN, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A woman confessed to having let her newborn babies die and then storing the bodies in her home refrigerator for fear that her live-in lover would leave if he found out about the births, police said Tuesday. Police apprehended the 33-year-old woman, only identified by her family name Kim, [...]
SEOUL/JEJU ISLAND, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Sunday it has confirmed a case of a highly pathogenic avian flu in the southern port city of Busan. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it reached the conclusion after conducting detailed tests on a poultry farm with 6,000 birds. [...]
TAIWAN, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A new survey conducted by Booking.com revealed Busan was the most popular destination on a list of gourmet cities among Taiwanese travelers. The findings from the survey published yesterday prior to the city’s dragon boat festival also revealed Shanghai and Kobe, Japan as the second and third most popular destinations [...]
BUSAN, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Busan Metropolitan City is building on its cool roof project from last year to prepare the city for heat waves this summer. Busan’s cool roof project assists with painting roofs in the city white, which helps to reflect sunlight and prevent the building from heating up. Over 400 residential [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s multi-billion-dollar project to build a new airport in the country’s southeast got a boost as it passed a crucial preliminary feasibility test, the transport ministry said Monday. The Korea Development Institute (KDI), a state-run think tank, approved the feasibility study for the 5.97 trillion won (US$5.2 billion) [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A Japanese Catholic priest, Jun Nakai, expressed remorse and support at a demonstration yesterday for the comfort woman statue near the Japan Consulate General in Busan. “When I saw a documentary four years ago about comfort women, I was shocked to hear from one survivor that the reason she asks [...]