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Popularity of camping in S. Korea skyrocket due to COVID-19 pandemic
SEOUL -- Camping has become one of the most popular leisure activities in South Korea with the country's camping service and product market standing at about 6.3 trillion won in 2022, up 8.2 percent from a year ago. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes to South Koreans' lives as the infectious disease grounded many people and encouraged them to stay away from crowded places to avoid infection. While the country's tourism sector was devastated, the camping prod
April 11, 2023 -
Coupang to build logistics center operated by robots porters to improve work environment
SEOUL -- Coupang, the South Korean counterpart of global retail giant Amazon, will invest more than 100 billion won ($757.8 million) to build the company's second fulfillment center, a logistics center for overnight and instant deliveries, in Hwaseong south of Seoul, Aju Business Daily found through during a news coverage process. While many of South Korea's retail sectors including offline stores such as mega-marts and grocery stores received a huge blow due to strict soci
April 11, 2023 -
Pinkfong partners with Apple to provide Baby Shark's podcast content in 170 countries
SEOUL -- The Pinkfong Company, famous for its children's YouTube mega-hit song "Baby Shark, will launch a channel on Apple Podcasts, a streaming service accounting for more than 25 percent of audio content distributed through the global internet network. Users in 170 countries can enjoy Baby Shark content in English and Korean. Baby Shark, which depicts the story of a great white shark family with colorful visuals and a catchy melody, has gained global popularity since
April 11, 2023 -
Contemporary dance group 'Ambiguous Dance Company' to perform at arts festival in southwest of Seoul
SEOUL -- Ambiguous Dance Company, a South Korean contemporary dance performance team that collaborated with the British rock band Coldplay for dance song "Higher Power," will perform at a mask-free street festival in Ansan southwest of Seoul. Ansan earlier announced that the city would come up with diverse programs by inviting foreign performance groups to the annual event visited by more than 700,000 people every year. Higher Power, released in May 2021, was nominated fo
April 10, 2023 -
GI Innovation to adopt new manufacturing process for immunotherapy agent GI-101
SEOUL -- South Korea's bio-venture company GI Innovation will adopt a new production process for the company's immune-oncology candidate substance called "GI-101." GI-101 is a dual fusion protein with the functions of CD80 and IL-2, proteins that play important roles in the immune system. Through a joint clinical trial with global pharmaceutical companies including America's MSD and Britain's AstraZeneca, the first patient treatment was launched in Febru
April 10, 2023 -
HD Hyundai Heavy launches large-sized frigate capable of detecting targets in all directions
SEOUL -- South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries launched a new 3,600-ton frigate armed with a multifunction phased array radar capable of detecting and responding to targets in all directions. Through the adoption of the ship called "ROKS Chungnam," South Korea's Navy can upgrade its defense capability from various types of threats such as aircraft and submarines. ROKS Chungnam is the first frigate developed as a state project to build a total of six frigates w
April 10, 2023 -
About 60% of S. Koreans worry about AI stealing humans' jobs: survey
SEOUL -- About 60 percent of South Koreans worry that artificial intelligence-based solutions could steal humans' jobs in the future, a survey showed. Currently, AI-based robots and other smart solutions are widely used in South Korea with about 21 million working people. AI systems that mimic the way how people think and work are adopted by business operators to cut down operating costs and speed up simple processes such as sorting documents and moving parcels from one section
April 10, 2023 -
Busan to launch consortium to nurture the southern port city's coffee industry
SEOUL -- A consortium consisting of various coffee-related associations and research institutes will be launched in South Korea's southern port city of Busan to nurture the city's thriving coffee industry. The group will develop various policies to support the city's coffee industry with the biggest number of coffee shops compared to the city's population of about 3.3 million. According to the Korea Customs Service, South Korea imported about $1.3 billion worth of c
April 10, 2023 -
Exports of S. Korean instant noodles hits highest-ever to record $208 mln in 1Q 2023
SEOUL -- Exports of South Korean instant noodles has hit the highest-ever record of $208 million in the first quarter of 2023, up 14.3 percent from the same period a year ago. The increased popularity of South Korean instant noodles called "Ramyeon" is accelerated thanks to high global recognition of South Korean cultural content including K-pop, films, and dramas. It has been decades since South Korean instant noodles were exported to overseas countries but were mainly c
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British Embassy in S. Korea introduces wind farm tech trends through webinar
SEOUL --The British Embassy in South Korea has introduced the country's latest trends in wind farm technologies, one of the main future renewable energy sources, through a webinar. Wind farms are basically large fans connected to turbines that generate electricity when the fans are turned by strong winds. Britain is the biggest operator of wind farms with more than 11,000 turbines with a total installed capacity of some 28 gigawatts and supports about 25 percent of electricity
April 7, 2023
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AI robot Hyodol selected for state elderly care project
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SME body promotes Korean food, beauty products at US event
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Diet sensation Queen Wasabi named face of health supplement company Foodology
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War Memorial of Korea chief reflects on sacrifice of war veterans in celebration of Armed Forces Day
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Event on Nami Island promotes UAE's vibrant heritage and culture
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PHOTOS: Exhibition marks 20th anniversary of popular anime series 'Naruto'
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Landslide kills 15 at illegal gold mine in Indonesia
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Indian steel industry calls for measures to address surge of cheap Chinese imports
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Fake hotel websites plague Vietnamese resort town
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Samsung's AI-powered mobile devices surpass 20 million units in Korea