SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 1,424 human-pet dog patrol teams will start their duties in Seoul next week, joining in efforts to prevent crimes and safety risks in neighborhoods across the capital, the city government said Friday. The civil patrol program launched by the city government in 2022 encourages designated pet [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on April 10 that it will pursue the development of crowd density maps and safety indices to establish systematic countermeasures against crowd safety incidents. The city is currently accepting bids for a research project, with the goal of commencing the study next month once a [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics remained tight-lipped on Wednesday after South Korean authorities recognized birth defects in children of former semiconductor factory workers as work-related injuries, reopening scrutiny over the tech giant’s commitment to employee welfare. The landmark ruling by the Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service covered three cases where children born [...]
WONJU, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to enhance road safety, the Gangwon branch of the Korea Expressway Corporation has undertaken a project since last month to affix reflective tape and sleepy-eye stickers to cargo trucks, as well as replace rear reflectors at no cost. The initiative’s primary goal is to boost the visibility [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – On Tuesday, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) made an important announcement regarding the release of a casebook titled “Serious Accident White Paper.” This publication is a compilation of 10 pivotal cases of serious accidents that have taken place thus far, designed to serve as a valuable reference for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Metro have announced plans to enhance safety measures for subway platforms to prevent falls. Recently, a 4-year-old boy fell through a gap at Chungmuro Station on Seoul Subway Line 3 while disembarking from the subway. Passengers heard his mother’s cries, stopped the subway [...]
UIJEONGBU, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Gyeonggi Province is coming up with ways to ensure the safety of personal mobility devices like e-scooters. The provincial office said Monday it will establish a comprehensive plan for the safe use of personal mobility devices next month, and create a joint consultative body for its execution. Previously, the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it has developed the nation’s first industrial site safety designs that can be distinguished by individuals with color vision deficiency (CVD). At present, there are many cases where the safety colors used at industrial sites include red (prohibition) and green (guide), which cannot [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Authorities are scrambling to ensure a safe game festival, which is expected to attract a massive number of visitors, following the Itaewon crowd crush. On the first day of the annual global game trade fair G-Star at the BEXCO exhibition center in the southeastern port city of Busan on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s traffic authority said Monday that it will launch research to map out safety instructions for personal mobility devices, like electric scooters, amid a hike in deaths of their riders in recent years. The Korea Road Traffic Authority said the project is aimed at setting new safety standards [...]