SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul metropolitan government on Monday opened a general hospital dedicated to treating pet plants inside the Seoul Agricultural Technology Center. The new institution provides an expert prescription of ill plants by diagnosing the health condition of the plant. Severely ill plants will be hospitalized for a three-month concentrated [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Three plants native to South Korea turned out to have the effect of suppressing the proliferation of the COVID-19 virus and A-type (H1N1) influenza virus. As a result of a joint study conducted together with the Institut Pasteur Korea starting in 2021, the National Institute of Biological Resources identified [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Native plants from South Korea have been found to contain anti-viral substances. A research team from the Institute for Basic Science found that astersaponin I contained in the Korean daisy and lancemaside A saponin contained in mountain herb roots, known as “deodeok” in Korean, curb the risk of coronavirus [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto parts making unit of Hyundai Motor Group. said Tuesday it will donate air-purifying plants grown by management staff to elementary schools as part of its ‘classroom forest’ project. The company plans to send 2,500 plants to 10 schools this year. In celebration of Arbor [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of all South Korean consumers have become more interested in growing plants following the coronavirus outbreak. The National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science conducted a survey of 726 consumers of agricultural products, 41.7 percent of whom said they had heard of the term ‘pet plant’ [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Internal conflicts over job sharing among plants are deepening within the labor union at Hyundai Motor Co., with some unionized members even coming to blows during an argument over proceedings. The employment stability committee that the company’s management and labor union planned to host at Hyundai plant in Ulsan, [...]
SUWON, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Suwon, 45 kilometers south of Seoul, will carry out the country’s first study to determine the effectiveness of plants in reducing fine dust. Suwon’s city government set up a testbed for a fine dust reduction model in front of a local park last week. The testbed [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has found that plants can impact each other through smell without entering into physical contact. A team from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said Thursday it had found that a plant whose roots were modified through the application of beneficial bacteria [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Thursday that ‘Green Healing Offices’ have been set up using air-purifying plants at five locations including district offices and community centers. Green Healing Offices include bio-walls and flowerpot cubicles that make use of air-purifying plants. They contribute to improved air quality in the office [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is reviewing an option to ease regulations on the establishment of factories in the country’s metropolitan area as part of efforts to woo more firms with overseas plants return home, the finance ministry said Sunday. Currently, strict regulations are in place on the construction of new plants [...]