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Increased Indoor Activities in Pandemic Era Doubles Noise Complaints Between Apartments

Increased Indoor Activities in Pandemic Era Doubles Noise Complaints Between Apartments

SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Disputes over noise between apartments have increased in number following increased indoor activity in the pandemic era, a civic group said Wednesday. The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ) studied reports published by the Ministry of Environment and reported that the number of noise complaints doubled from 26,257 cases [...]

COVID-19, Other Infectious Diseases Transmitted More Easily Indoors

COVID-19, Other Infectious Diseases Transmitted More Easily Indoors

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The infection risk of COVID-19 and other respiratory infectious diseases in an indoor environment is three times higher than outdoors, a recent study revealed. A joint research team from the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital and Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital conducted a meta-analysis of some [...]

No 5G Indoors? Many Cities and Provinces Still Without 5G Base Stations

No 5G Indoors? Many Cities and Provinces Still Without 5G Base Stations

SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite about two years having passed since South Korea’s top three mobile carriers launched 5G networks, there are still a number of metropolitan cities and provinces that don’t have any 5G indoor base stations at all. According to data that the Ministry of Science and ICT presented to Rep. [...]

S. Korean Mobile Carriers to Expand Indoor 5G Access

S. Korean Mobile Carriers to Expand Indoor 5G Access

SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The three major mobile carriers in South Korea are scrambling to install indoor telecommunications equipment to enable the use of 5G networks in buildings later this year. Since becoming the world’s first to successfully commercialize 5G services, the three mobile carriers have been focusing on expanding the network to [...]