SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Earthquake! Kindergarten children visited the Seongdong Life Safety Learning Center in Seoul on Wednesday morning, to raise awareness of natural disasters and to train for earthquake evacuation. Following a 5.0-magnitude underwater earthquake that was observed some 52km off the coast of Ulsan on July 5, there has been an [...]
BUSAN, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A 5.0-magnitude underwater earthquake with an epicenter only 52km off the coast of Ulsan was detected Tuesday night at 8:33 p.m. Although no casualties or damages resulted from the event, the tremor was sensed across the nation, and citizens in Ulsan and nearby regions panicked as they felt the ground [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean government agencies, a local media outlet and civil organizations on Friday joined together to promote women’s safety in public restrooms in the wake of the controversial killing of a woman in a public bathroom in Seoul in May. The 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death by a [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea may be less prone to severe earthquakes relative to its close neighbor Japan, but it’s better safe than sorry. Lee Hee-il, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGMR), revealed Wednesday, during the 8th Public Safety and Technology Forum, that the KIGMR, the [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Hybrid or electric-powered cars could be much more dangerous to pedestrians than traditional vehicles because of their silence, a report said Wednesday. According to the report by Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., walkers are 1.6 times more likely to be run over by a quiet hybrid or electric car than [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales are of self-defense products are soaring following the tragic random killing of a 21-year-old female student, which took place in Gangnam on May 17. More than 80 percent of those making the purchases turned out to be women. According to CJ O Shopping, sales of self-defense goods increased [...]
Seoul, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Dobong Police Station in Seoul has cut the number of burglaries in the area by half, through the application of a special fluorescent substance to buildings in the district. The substance is a roller type chemical that is only visible under ultraviolet light. When a thief touches a window [...]
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Mar. 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded an overall five-star crash test rating, the highest rating given by the organization, to the all-new 2014 Hyundai Veloster. Separated by test, the vehicle received four stars in front and rollover crash tests, and five stars in the side crash [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Sep 16 (Korea Bizwire) – How many cups of coffee a day is just right for you? This is a question you have asked so many times and health professionals all around the world have tried to answer to no avail. It is not so easy for anyone to count her caffeine intake whenever [...]