SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to curb traffic violations and enhance safety among commercial motorbike drivers, South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced Wednesday that it will launch a one-year pilot program in October requiring front-facing number stickers on delivery motorcycles. Currently, motorcycles in Korea are only required to [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will increase subsidies for electric motorcycles that offer faster charging speeds and enhanced battery status monitoring, the Ministry of Environment announced Monday. Under the newly finalized 2025 subsidy guidelines, electric motorcycles equipped with 3kW fast-charging capability or a battery status display/app integration will be eligible for an [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Mandatory emission tests last year on 189,000 motorcycles in South Korea prevented the release of 98.5 metric tons of air pollutants, the government’s transportation safety agency reported on April 29. The reductions included 63 metric tons of carbon monoxide, 19.3 tons of particulate matter, 10.5 tons of nitrogen oxides and [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The noise permission standards for the manufacturing and operation of motorcycles, which have remained unchanged over the past 30 years, will be strengthened to the level of foreign standards. The Ministry of Environment announced on Tuesday that it will improve the overall noise management system to reduce the noise [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – If you’re a motorcycle fanatic, you might want to visit the latest BMW café in Korea. Lotte Department Store’s Premium Outlet in Icheon will open a café where visitors can enjoy the BMW motorcycles on display as well as other accessories such as clothing and helmets. The café is [...]
SEOUL, Feb.26 (Korea Bizwire) – Line, an affiliate of Naver that provides mobile messaging services, announced that it is setting foot in the Indonesian O2O (online to offline) market in alliance with a local motorcycle taxi service. ‘Go-JEK’, the Indonesian affiliate of Line, is the No.1 business in motorcycle taxi services. The company operates 200,000 [...]