SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Songpa District Office in Seoul said Wednesday it will increase the number of beneficiaries eligible to receive a “Smart Insole,” a location-tracking device for those with developmental disabilities, from the current 32 to 82. The Smart Insole is a shoe insert mounted with Internet of Things (IoT) technology [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic groups representing people with disabilities are staging a series of protests at subway stations in Seoul, calling upon authorities to allocate sufficient funding for the promotion of disability rights, and amend legislation to improve access to public transportation. The Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) and other civic groups [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 chipmaker, said Wednesday it will support handball teams made up of individuals with developmental disabilities as part of efforts to support their dreams and challenge them through sports. The company plans to form a total of eight teams by Oct. 18 and [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry opened a three-day exhibition for artists with developmental disabilities from South Korea, China and Japan on Thursday, seeking to enhance the countries’ ties long plagued by historical and territorial tensions. The event, involving 13 artists, took place at COEX in southern Seoul under the theme of [...]
GOYANG, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A municipal government has come up with an effective solution to prevent people with developmental disabilities from going missing. The city of Goyang in Gyeonggi Province decided to launch a smart bracelet support project from next month, aimed at supplying wrist-type wandering sensors to the people with developmental disabilities [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea announced on Thursday that it had opened a new shop where half of the employees are persons with disabilities. The new shop is located at the Central Dental Treatment Center for Persons with Disabilities within the Seoul National University Dental Hospital in Seoul. Six out of the [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seongdong District said Monday that it will distribute “smart insoles” with built-in location tracking devices to prevent the disappearance of people with developmental disabilities in its jurisdiction and help them to learn to be on their own. When the smart insoles are in use, the location of people [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Unmanned kiosks are spreading through restaurants, movie theaters, and train stations to make orders and purchases. In many cases, however, these systems are still inaccessible to persons with disabilities. Most of the systems come with a touch screen without any auxiliary devices for persons with disabilities, such as braille [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Pregnant women with disabilities bear a higher cost to deliver their children than those without disabilities. Rep. Jin Sun-mee of the ruling Democratic Party reported that a pregnant women with disabilities spent an average of 1.9 million won (US$1,600) for medical treatment, which is more than the cost borne [...]
DAEJEON, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team plans to introduce a rehabilitation robot at an international contest. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced that Prof. Kong Kyoung-chul and a team from Severance Rehabilitation Hospital will be participating in the Cybathlon, an international contest held every four years in [...]