DAEJEON, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new artificial intelligence (AI) system has been developed to monitor the abnormal behaviors of subway passengers in the central city of Daejeon. The Daejeon Metropolitan City Government and the Daejeon Express Transit Corp. jointly announced that the ‘AI Edge System for Urban Railroads’ was selected as a state-backed [...]
DAEJEON, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daejeon said Friday it will operate city bee farms on the rooftops of four government buildings until July. Bee farms will be set up on the rooftops of Daejeon Metropolitan City Hall, the Institute of Health and Environment of Daejeon Metropolitan City, Chungnam National University and [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The 5th Daejeon Topless Marathon was held on New Year’s Day. At precisely 11 o’clock, 11 minutes, and 11 seconds on the morning of New Year’s Day, some 3,000 participants leaped at the starting signal at Gapcheon Expo Bridge in Daejeon. Participants were either topless or wearing short sleeves, [...]
DAEJEON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A ‘tram craze’ is spreading across South Korea as the city of Daejeon is planning to introduce the country’s first commercial tram in 2025. The city said that it is receiving constant requests from other local authorities to benchmark the project, providing them with the know-how involving the construction [...]
DAEJEON, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Daejeon Education and Science Research Institute announced on Tuesday that it will soon launch a new ‘Ozobot Program’ at 42 elementary and middle schools that will run until July 15. The program, which was popular among students last year, is being expanded to be held as many as [...]
DAEJEON, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — In celebration of the International Francophonie Day, the city of Daejeon will be hosting a special event of French delicacies. The Council for the Promotion of the Francophonie in Korea announced that a Francophonie Cuisine Festival will be held at Cafe Entrepot at the Institut Francais de Daejeon. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — After the death of Pporongi, a puma that had called a zoo in Daejeon its home before being shot and killed after escaping from its cage, public sentiment is highly negative due to the nature of how officials tried to handle the situation. As many start to question whether [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s research reactor has successfully undergone a “shaking table test” to see if it can withstand a powerful quake, the country’s atomic research institute said Friday. The test of the 30 megawatt High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor (HANARO) unit in the city of Daejeon 160 kilometers south of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Besides advertisements, rooftop signs on taxis in the South Korean city of Daejeon will display location-sensitive missing person notices. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, 200 privately owned taxis have since June replaced their rooftop signs with LCD screens on which a stream of ads were [...]
DAEJEON, NOV. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Daejeon municipal government has announced plans to support remodeling projects for aged buildings and lease them to low income earners in the region at affordable prices. The fifth-largest city in South Korea is expected to tackle its housing issues by providing financial support to encourage more owners of aged [...]