CHUNGJU, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Chungju City in North Chungcheong Province held a promotional event Tuesday for its apples at KEB Hana Bank’s headquarters in Seoul using a vending machine. The vending machines for washed apples and apple juice was installed in the bank’s main cafeteria on a trial basis in March in cooperation [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — High school students in Seoul have introduced a ‘fair trade vending machine’ that sells chocolates, dried fruits, and other products sourced through fair trade. Members of a student club at Seoul High School in Seoul’s Seocho District, were responsible for introducing the vending machine. “This is South Korea’s very [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting at the end of this month, beef will be available through IoT-based vending machines for purchase by consumers. The measure is aimed at relaxing measures previously binding the livestock industry while helping consumers gain easier access to beef. When beef goes on sale at vending machines, consumers will [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean agricultural cooperative is pushing to introduce a vending machine selling livestock products, such as pork and beef, targeting the increasing number of single-person households in the country, industry sources said Friday. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, known as Nonghyup here, will first showcase the dispenser at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A state-run agricultural agency said Wednesday that it has installed an automatic flower vending machine in Seoul in an effort to boost the local floral industry. The machine, which sells preserved flowers, is installed at the head office of the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (aT) in southern [...]