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Seoul District Offices Explore Ways to Help Vulnerable People Survive the Heat Wave

Seoul District Offices Explore Ways to Help Vulnerable People Survive the Heat Wave

SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a prolonged heatwave, district offices in Seoul are taking various initiatives to help vulnerable people to survive the scorching summer weather. The Mapo District Office plans to provide 30 million won (US$26,100) worth of cooling devices such as electric fans to 716 households, including single elderly households, single [...]

New Map Enables Detailed Heat Wave Analysis for Every Part of the Country

New Map Enables Detailed Heat Wave Analysis for Every Part of the Country

SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Disaster Management Research Institute said Wednesday that it had developed a ‘heat distribution map’ that offers a full glimpse of the heat distribution situation for the summer season across the country. The institute will provide the newly-developed heat distribution map to departments and research institutes responsible for [...]

Air Circulators More Popular than Electric Fans This Summer

Air Circulators More Popular than Electric Fans This Summer

SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s air conditioning market is seeing new trends emerge as air circulators are outstripping electric fans in sales, and movable or window air conditioners are gaining popularity. E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest discount store chain by sales, announced Wednesday that total air conditioner sales from June 1 to [...]

Mini Watermelons Coming Soon to S. Korean Supermarkets

Mini Watermelons Coming Soon to S. Korean Supermarkets

SACHEON, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Miniature-sized watermelons grown from suspended pots will soon be made available for South Korean consumers. Gyeongnam Sacheon Agricultural Development & Technology Center will begin selling fun-size watermelons grown via nutriculture through stores of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, better known as Nonghyup, in the southeastern city of Sacheon. These [...]