SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. military in South Korea has made a policy change to allow its troops to wear filtering masks while in uniform amid growing concerns about air pollution here, an official said Tuesday. The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) had banned its service members from wearing masks except when they [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of face masks, expectorants and eyewashes in South Korea are growing fast due to the onslaught of severe fine dust, industry sources said Thursday. In recent days, South Korea has been gripped by choking fine dust — particles smaller than 10 micrometers in diameter — which can cause [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s professional baseball league announced Wednesday that it will hand out masks to fans to protect them against dust that continues to blanket the nation. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said it will distribute 75,000 masks to each of the league’s 10 clubs. A KBO official said the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of hand cleansers and laundry detergents for babies have risen sharply amid growing concerns over worsening levels of fine dust in the air, local businesses said Friday. South Korea has been suffering from worsening air pollution caused by fine dust particles emitted both at home and from China, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of masks and other products that can mitigate the effects of fine dust have skyrocketed amid rising concerns over deteriorating air quality in the country, local retailers said Wednesday. Sales of masks at GS25, one of South Korea’s leading convenience store chains, from Saturday to Monday jumped 914.5 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The MERS outbreak in Korea is causing sales of personal hygiene products to soar, even among non-domestic internet retailers. According to Seven Eleven, sales of Vaseline pots increased 121 percent between May 28 to June 3 compared to the same period in 2014. A rumor that applying Vaseline inside [...]