SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – With the intense summer heat continuing to take a toll, sales of hair and hair-loss products have multiplied fivefold with the onset of not only the heat but also high UV rays. The e-commerce website Auction said today that hair-related products including scalp massagers and hair loss treatments grew 498 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced yesterday that it will be providing support for low income families that have been affected by the recent heat wave, via an emergency fund. Those eligible for the relief measures are individuals belonging to single-person households living on rooftops, in tiny one-room housing, and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean Army revealed yesterday that it was activating a heat wave response division in order to better prepare the military for the scorching heat in addition to providing aid to the general public. Army officials also stated that the response division had activated level 1 as of August [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s nighttime low temperature has continued to hit a record high amid an extended heat wave, the state weather agency said Friday. The capital’s overnight lows reached 30.4 C on Thursday night, higher than the 30.3 C recorded the previous night, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. It marked the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The worst heat wave in history is wreaking havoc on South Korea, from automobile breakdowns to livestock deaths. According to Nonghyup Property & Casualty Insurance, a total of 3.23 million livestock have already succumbed to the heat nationwide. Financial damages from the deaths are expected to reach approximately 17.3 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases in which rescuers drove ambulances to take people hit by a heat wave across South Korea to hospitals tripled from a year earlier to 1,066 in July, government data showed Thursday. The data from the National Fire Agency also revealed the agency’s rescuers were dispatched [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Prices of agricultural products in South Korea have spiked as the country grapples with a record-breaking heat wave, the government said Wednesday. The wholesale price of agricultural products is 6.5 percent higher than average as of late last month, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Sweltering heat affecting South Korea is boosting sales of local retailers as people flock to air-conditioned malls to get relief, industry sources said Wednesday, with the mercury expected to rise further in the coming days. According to retail giant Lotte, 4.22 million people visited Lotte World Mall in eastern [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — As temperatures continue to hover close to 40 degrees Celsius, sales of energy drinks were found to have jumped fivefold in recent days. According to the e-commerce website Gmarket, sales of all drinks between July 1 and 26 increased by 23 percent compared to the same period last year. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Sweltering heat pushed Seoul’s temperature to the second-highest level on record on Tuesday, with the mercury forecast to rise further, weather authorities said. South Korea’s capital city recorded a temperature of 38.3 degrees Celsius at 3:19 p.m., the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. It marks the second highest temperature [...]