SEOUL, Sept.11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans with children studying in the United States are facing sticker shock after Washington eliminated duty-free exemptions on small parcels, a move that has sent shipping costs soaring and left families questioning whether to send packages at all. Until last month, personal shipments valued under $800 were exempt from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run postal service has suspended most shipments to the United States after Washington moved to impose customs declarations and duties on all small parcels, raising costs and disrupting cross-border trade. On Monday, the Korea Post stopped accepting low-cost airmail parcels bound for the United States. Beginning Tuesday, [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 119 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transferred more than 30,000 patients over 100 days since late January after the coronavirus alert rose to its highest level. The National Fire Agency reported on Thursday that 119 EMS transported a total of 33,064 patients, including 9,794 coronavirus patients and 22,113 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Dedicated medical helicopters have become an integral part of South Korea’s emergency transport infrastructure eight years after they became operational, the health ministry said Thursday. The emergency medical service (EMS) rotary aircraft, referred to as “doctor helicopters” here, have conducted some 9,000 flights and transported around 8,300 gravely sick [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s largest carmaker by sales, said Monday it will invest in Israeli technology startup MDGo to develop vehicles that automatically call an ambulance in the case of car accidents. Hyundai Motor’s investment centers on embedding the Israel firm’s advanced technologies in its next-generation vehicles, the [...]