ULSAN, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Ulsan plans to launch a pilot project to load shipments onto cargo vessels docked at the city’s port using drones. The project will involve constructing a mobile drone terminal at the Port of Ulsan to quickly load shipments onto vessels using drones. The city plans to [...]
ULSAN, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new Dinosaur Footprint Park opened on Thursday in Ulsan’s Woojung Innocity. The Korea Land and Housing Corp. invested 3.14 billion won (US$2.78 million) for the construction of the park that surrounds a dinosaur footprint, a cultural asset designated by the city of Ulsan. Four life-size models of dinosaurs [...]
ULSAN, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Ulsan and KT Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to adopt a mobile currency for the city. The two parties agreed to carry out preparatory projects to adopt the local currency, conduct joint studies and research projects, exchange information, and discover innovative ideas that [...]
ULSAN, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the economic downturn in the shipbuilding industry, the employees of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. are holding a flea market event to help underprivileged neighbors, marking the 25th straight year that the event has taken place. Hyundai Heavy Industries kicked off the “Donation of Love” campaign at Dong-gu, Ulsan [...]
ULSAN, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest automaker, launched a hydrogen bus on a regular route in Ulsan for the first time in the nation after a one-year trial period, the industry ministry said Monday. The hydrogen fuel cell bus began carrying passengers on a 56-kilometer track twice a day [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to the fall of the shipbuilding industry in Ulsan, tax collected in the city’s Dong-gu district has declined sharply, causing setbacks to various government projects. In addition, government officials may not be receiving overtime fees and other benefits that were paid in the past. According to the Dong-gu [...]
ULSAN, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An arboretum near Taehwa River, designated as a “local garden” by the city of Ulsan earlier in the year, is dyed in purple hues after lily turfs came into full bloom in the area. The spectacular scene has been impressing visitors as the blooming flowers create an illusion of [...]
ULSAN, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Ulsan has chosen the shores off Seosaeng-myeon as the optimal location to install floating wind turbines for a trial run for the first time in South Korea. The city has decided to test an offshore wind farm next year as part of a new innovative [...]
ULSAN, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of taxi passengers heading to Ulsan Bridge to commit suicide continues to rise, local police authorities have asked taxi companies in the region to refuse to accept passengers who choose the bridge as their destination. Yesterday, the Ulsan Metropolitan Police Agency sent an official document explaining [...]
ULSAN, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A family of Indian spot-billed ducks that appeared at Hyundai Motor’s Ulsan factory was handed over to a wildlife rescue center after being taken care of by company employees. According to Hyundai employees, a mother duck and her nine ducklings appeared near the main factory building around the middle [...]