SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group is focusing its efforts to overcome the crisis caused by the coronavirus. As the country continues to struggle from a shortage of protective masks, Samsung announced Tuesday that it has set out to donate 330,000 protective masks acquired from overseas and support mask [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that a KF94 mask sterilized with steam can be reused and maintains a 99.9 percent filtering efficiency even after having been sterilized. The experiment was part of a bid to test the argument that if a used mask is treated with steam for 20 [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is launching a “Good-hearted Mask” campaign to help increase the stocks of KF80 or KF94 masks available to health care workers and other vulnerable citizens. Individuals donating KF80 or KF94 masks will receive a “Good-hearted Mask” set consisting of cotton masks and portable hand sanitizer. [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A mask that can be reused and still maintain its filtering function after being washed more than 20 times has been developed. Much attention is paid on whether the new mask filter can solve the problem mask shortages amid the growing coronavirus outbreak. A team of researchers from the [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Various South Korean providers launched digital services providing real-time information about the availability of face masks at designated stores on Wednesday as the country strives to solve a mask supply crunch amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Ten mobile application and online service developers have started to offer information on [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Gyeongsang Province plans to manufacture protective masks made of linen to tackle the shortage of protective masks caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The province, along with the city of Daegu, have been struggling both economically and socially because of the coronavirus. The new linen mask will come with [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With the implementation of a mask rationing system to stabilize the supply of masks starting Monday, the ‘Don’t buy masks’ movement has been gaining traction online. Under the measure that took effect on Monday, citizens can only buy up to two protective masks per week from pharmacies, on designated [...]
SEOUL/DAEGU, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday launched a mask rationing system aimed at stabilizing supply amid the coronavirus outbreak, but confusion was reported in some areas as consumers adjusted to the new system. Under the measure that took effect earlier in the day, citizens can only buy up to two protective [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — With new public sales of protective masks coming up this week, pharmacists are asking the public to join a campaign where protective masks are yielded to people in need. Under the measure that took effect on Monday, citizens can only buy up to two protective masks per week from [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid nationwide confusion over the distribution of protective masks following the coronavirus outbreak, discrimination over the supply of masks is disheartening many. Hyundai Motor Co., while giving out proper dust-prevention masks to regular workers, distributed ‘mouth warmers’ to irregular employees. “You can’t just make irregular workers hold hammers and [...]