SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Expressway Corp., which manages South Korea’s highways across the nation, said Thursday it had introduced a “safety signal light” system in which it assesses the safety level of highway construction sites once a month and visualizes the result by color. The new system was introduced last month [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Expressway Corp., which manages South Korea’s highways across the nation, said Wednesday that it had expanded the application of the ‘rest-mileage’ system introduced to encourage truck drivers to observe rest hours. The system was introduced as a way to prevent drowsy driving among truck drivers by providing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Many sections of major highways in South Korea remained congested with heavy traffic Saturday morning as millions of people headed to their hometowns to celebrate the Chuseok holiday with their families. According to the Korea Expressway Corp (KEC), cars moved at a slow pace in some sections of the [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Expressway Corp., which manages South Korea’s highways across the nation, has introduced a variety of robot services for trial in response to the current contactless consumption trends following the coronavirus outbreak. The Hwaseong Service Area (Mokpo Bound) on the Seohaean Expressway introduced a coffee-making robot that operates [...]
WONJU, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Expressway Corp.’s Gangwon Regional Headquarters has been receiving praise for actively trying to create social value by repurposing unused land near highways in the province. In addition to the communal farmland that was created in Donghae for those in need earlier in the year, construction of a [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — According to the Korea Expressway Corporation, highway roadkill accidents are typically most frequent in May and June. In addition, there were an average of 2,180 cases of roadkill per year between 2013 and 2017. Water deer were affected the most, accounting for a staggering 89 percent of all roadkill [...]