JEJU, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting August 1, all buses on Jeju Island will be equipped with a QR code payment system, marking a significant step towards modernizing public transportation and improving convenience for both local residents and international visitors. The Jeju provincial government announced on July 29 that passengers will be able to pay [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Tablet PCs and smartphones purchased by small business owners to keep track of customers as part of the country’s quarantine policy have become useless following the government’s recent policy change. South Korea launched a mandatory entry log system using QR code-based registration at entertainment facilities in June 2020 to [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment has joined hands with T Map Mobility and Kakao Mobility to introduce a QR-code payment system at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on Monday. Previously, EV charging stations only accepted credit cards or other membership cards for payment. With the new payment system, users scan [...]
REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Pagemark Technology, Inc., a leading supplier of digital authentication technologies primarily focused on the development and manufacturing of innovative systems to defeat counterfeit and diversion using its 2D barcode technology known as Pelta™, today announced that the Company has been issued two additional international Patents, further expanding Pagemark’s [...]
Jeju, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — llegal transactions of QR codes given out free of charge by Jeju provincial government for making reservations for tourist programs on Mount Halla, the southern island’s iconic volcanic peak, have brought the provincial government to take legal action, only to find out there is nothing it can do at [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday that it will launch a campaign to enable people to enjoy augmented reality (AR) performances through smartphones at major train stations. In collaboration with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Korea Railroad Corp. and SR Co. which operates the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — State-run Korea Land and Housing Corp. (LH) plans to introduce QR code-based public toilets for women as part of efforts to prevent digital sexual crimes such as illegal photographing or filming in public restrooms. LH announced on Sunday that it will develop a new entry management system for women’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The mandatory entry log system will be applied to dining places of wedding halls starting next week to prevent further infections of the novel coronavirus in crowded venues in South Korea, health authorities said Wednesday. Operators of wedding buffets should carry out the quick response (QR) code-based registration and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — About 4,000 cram schools, called hagwon in Korean, across the country have installed a quick response (QR) code-based entry authentication system to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Education said Monday. In the Seoul metropolitan area, where QR code-based entry logs are mandatory for [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin Friday to ban churches from holding small gatherings other than regular worship services in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus tied to religious facilities. Churches should also use QR-code based entry logs as part of anti-infection measures, according to the Central Disaster [...]