SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — With the summer heat sweeping across Korea more than 10 days earlier than last year, convenience stores are seeing demand for ice cube cups soar. Convenience store chain CU reported that ice sales between July 14 and 20, including ice cups and ice bags, jumped by a factor of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Polar Research Institute introduced Tuesday a new technology that uses a unique reaction caused by ice to eradicate toxins and retrieve useful substances. The institute, along with Hallym University and the California Institute of Technology, discovered that a frozen solution of chrome and iodine suppresses chrome’s toxicity [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite ongoing frigid winter temperatures, South Korea’s convenience stores are seeing ice sales rise. Convenience store chain E-Mart 24 said that the sales of ice bags for the period from Jan. 1 to 7 marked a robust year to year growth of 89 percent, while those of ice cups [...]
INJE, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Gangwon Province’s Inje County will host a football championship on ice from January 18 to 23. The ice football championship will be held during the 2020 Inje Icefish Festival, inviting some 1,000 participants including both civilian and military teams. Players will compete for total prize money of 30 million [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Employees working in the cold storage warehouses at the international fisheries wholesale market in Busan are fighting against the cold despite the sizzling temperatures outdoors. The temperature of the freezer on the third floor of the building, which makes ice for the fishing industry, remains at -8 degrees Celsius. [...]
SUWON, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The city government of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province has installed large cubes of ice at 14 bus stops across the city in an effort to help citizens cool down. Two ice cubes, each weighing 30 kilograms, are delivered by ice makers and installed in front of each bench at designated [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – An historic heat wave is enveloping the Korean peninsula, with average highs reaching 35 degrees Celsius across the country, and inland regions like Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province seeing temperatures approach 40 degrees. In fact, Seoul is expected to set a summer record for the most consecutive days with [...]
SEOUL, Jan.6 (Korea Bizwire) – The Harbin Ice Lantern Festival opened on January 5. The festival is one of the three major winter festivals in the world, along with the Winter Carnival in Quebec City, Canada, and the Sapporo’s Snow Festival in Japan. The Harbin Ice Lantern Festival started its 17th year at Zhaolin Park [...]