SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the recent deaths of several deliverymen and media reports on how they worked in a poor, extreme environment, more people are calling on delivery businesses to rein in excessive efforts to come up with ‘faster’ delivery services. Some consumers even vowed on social media to boycott early morning [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Instead of going to a local post office to send a parcel, South Koreans will soon be able to go to an autonomous postal vehicle that makes its way around town for parcel shipping. The Ministry of Science and ICT and Korea Post announced Thursday that it will begin [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Industry watchers suggest that parcel packaging materials will also be reusable in the future. The Ministry of Environment will introduce reusable parcel packaging materials for the first time in cooperation with the retail and logistics industry for three months from Wednesday. The measure is aimed at assessing the feasibility [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite a prolonged economic downturn and Korea’s new anti-graft law, which prohibits the acceptance of gifts exceeding 50,000 won ($45) for public officials, journalists and private school faculty, parcel delivery companies are once again being flooded with Chuseok gifts. Korea’s leading parcel delivery services, CJ Korea Express and Hyundai [...]