SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Railroad Corporation or Korail, the country’s national railroad operator, announced that it has successfully created a system that alerts railway workers to bird’s nests on the tracks by transmitting relevant data to workers. According to Korail, the new system, based on artificial intelligence, can identify a magpie’s nest [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on March 5 it intends to roll out a variety of transportation measures for the upcoming 2018 Paralympics starting on March 9. For the duration of the Paralympics, the government will keep the high-speed KTX train running on the Gyeonggang Line [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will use cutting-edge technology such as drones and the Internet of Things to improve the safety of the nation’s railway network. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has introduced a comprehensive white paper outlining technology projects over the next ten years, including the installation of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A work program for the homeless has provided jobs to 200 in the past six years, the Seoul city government announced on December 29. Every six months, 20 individuals wishing to become economically self-reliant are selected and given jobs as public janitors. While employed, they are guaranteed monthly rent, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Amidst reports that prices of local accommodations are skyrocketing, South Koreans will now have the option of making a day trip to the Winter Games for a mere 33,000 won thanks to special Olympics ticket deals announced by South Korea’s railroad operator. The tickets, called the “Pyeongchang 2018 Winter [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Korail’s time saving app, which as the name suggests helps customers save time by providing personalized train journey information, has proven to be a success, with tens of thousands of people having signed up for the service this year. The ‘Time Saving Service’ by Korail for KTX customers has been [...]
DAEJEON, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The national train operator KORAIL said Monday it will upgrade its foreigners-exclusive train pass system starting next month by simplifying prices and purchases. Korail passes were priced differently depending on when foreign users entered South Korea. The valid period of the passes also differed according to entry dates. KORAIL [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Railroad Corporation (Korail), Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI), and Hyundai Rotem signed a Memorandum of Understanding Tuesday for further implementation of an automatic train operation (ATO) system for Korea’s inter-city trains. Implementing the system will require two major improvements: reforming the train control platform and the railway [...]
JEJU, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Products from Jeju are becoming popular with vendors located in train stations. Jeju officials announced that they have sold products worth a total of 80 million won since the island’s government entered into an agreement with the Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) on May 5, and distributed goods to 200 stores in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – KTX Cinema, the world’s first train-run theater, will expand its business into high-speed trains in China. Cinewood Entertainment, co-operator of KTX Cinema together with Korail, signed an MoU with China Culture Investment Group to export the train cinema to China. Tracine, a subsidiary of Cinewood Entertainment operating in China, [...]