SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday launched a special inspection into the marking of country of origin for imported seafood products to dispel public safety concerns following Japan’s release of contaminated water from its crippled nuclear power plant, the oceans ministry said. On Thursday, Japan began releasing “treated” radioactive water from [...]
SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — DroneBase, the leader in intelligent imaging, today announced the acquisition of U.K.-based Inspection², the leading provider of AI-enabled aerial inspections in the U.K. and Europe. With the acquisition, DroneBase continues to accelerate its global expansion, adding capabilities and services for the telecommunications, and transmission & distribution sectors [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Defense Minister Suh Wook inspected the defense posture in the new year on Saturday aboard South Korea’s first Aegis-equipped destroyer, Sejong the Great, which was in operation in the East Sea. The minister visited the combat command center of the warship to inspect its capacity to detect and track [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport ministry on Saturday issued an emergency order instructing local airlines to inspect their Boeing 737 jets following reports of engine shutdowns during flights. Boeing 737 airplanes that parked for at least seven straight days, or flew fewer than 11 times since being returned to service, are [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading oil refinery has introduced drone inspection techniques to inspect crude oil storage tanks. SK Energy Co. said Wednesday it will conduct inspections of its 86-meter-high crude oil storage tanks at its key production hub, Ulsan CLX plant, with drones, not company employees. “Drone tests have not [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial regulator said Thursday it will begin inspecting financial firms later this week over sales of controversial derivative products that carry the risk of losing nearly all investment. Choi Jong-ku, chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), told lawmakers that financial authorities will start an inspection into [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety revealed today that it was planning to inspect so-called “diet drinks” made from fermented pineapple vinegar. The ministry went through 74 petitions that were posted online between June 8 and August 31 and chose to investigate the fermented pineapple vinegar drink that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government announced an ambitious plan Sunday to carry out daily inspections of all public restrooms in the city for hidden cameras that are used for crimes against women. The move comes amid growing public anger toward sexual violence and hidden camera crimes. Currently, the city employs [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 11,400 BMW vehicles have yet to be inspected for safety as of Friday, with about 7,900 of them having received reservations to undergo checks, the transport ministry said. The German automaker recalled 106,317 BMW cars after a string of cases of engines catching fire. There have been 40 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The government announced today that it would be implementing a system that would see government regulators checking into hotels unannounced to ensure hotel rooms and food service offered by hotels are maintained in a safe and hygienic manner. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) said it would [...]