SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Face masks that used to symbolize the pandemic era are now turning into a source of environmental harm. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) reported that each South Korean citizen used a new disposable mask every 2.3 days on average last year. More than 7.3 billion masks were [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Close to half of all South Koreans intend to keep their masks on indoors even after the indoor mask mandate is lifted, a survey showed Monday. Real Research Korea conducted a survey of 3,800 South Korean men and women, 44.6 percent of whom intended to keep their masks on even [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Monday was the first day without outdoor mask mandates in 17 months, and people at parks and tourist destinations were seen enjoying the autumn breeze without their masks on. At the Everland theme park in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, many people were seen without masks, lining up in front of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kolon Group, a mid-sized business conglomerate focused on the chemical and textile businesses, said Wednesday it had succeeded in recycling one-off masks that are wasted after a single use through an in-house campaign. The group installed one-off mask collection boxes at seven major workplaces across the country and provided [...]
BUSAN, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. soldiers stationed in South Korea will be fined if they hold parties without wearing masks on and around a popular beach here during the coming U.S. Independence Day holiday amid the coronavirus pandemic, a local ward office said Wednesday. The Haeundae Ward office in the southern port city [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that most South Korean consumers in their 20s and 30s plan to continue to wear masks even after being vaccinated. Yuhan Kimberly Ltd., a maker of sanitary products in South Korea, conducted an online survey of 500 men and women in their 20s and 30s. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Months into the coronavirus pandemic, protective masks have become an everyday necessity. While many people are struggling with the inconvenience and restrictions that the pandemic era has created, some people point out that they don’t have to care about their looks since they spend most of their day at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will allow the export of face masks that can be used to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said Thursday. The move comes as supplies of surgical and anti-droplet masks in the country have stabilized and earlier shortages have [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A new service will be introduced featuring autonomous driving robots that will be able to detect people wearing loose masks and ask them to wear them properly, as well as measure body temperatures, and send this data to a central control office. South Korean telecom giant LG Uplus Corp. [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will allow citizens to send more face masks to their family members living abroad, officials said Friday, in line with the government’s plan to end its mask rationing scheme. The government introduced the mask rationing system in early March due to surging demand as the spread of [...]