Hanwha Solutions showcases S. Korea's first solar module-based smart farm

SEOUL -- Hanwha Solutions, a chemical and energy company affiliated with South Korea's Hanwha Group, has presented a solar energy-based smart farm for the first time in the country. The energy solution developer has worked with a national cooperative federation to develop future agricultural technologies that combine renewable energy and smart farms. A smart farm is an automated indoor farm created by combining information and communication technology (ICT) with agricultural f

June 22, 2023

[OPINION] Putin's Nuclear Threats and Averting Armageddon

KENOSHA -- As the costly war in Ukraine grinds on, Russian President Vladimir Putin adopts an increasingly menacing posture. In particular, he is making more references to the

June 22, 2023

President Yoon arrives in Viet Nam for summit meeting with Vietnamese leader Vo Van Thuong

SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has arrived in Viet Nam to attend a summit meeting with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong. The South Korean leader will focus on enhancing economic cooperation during the two-day visit, which will be also joined by entrepreneurs including Samsung Electronics' Jay Y. Lee and SK Group's Chey Tae-won. Viet Nam is South Korea's third-largest trading partner after China and the United States. Data released by South Korea's t

June 22, 2023

Operator of mobility service for socially disadvantaged urges government to lift regulations

SEOUL -- Papa Mobility, a ride-hailing service operator in South Korea, is targeting the country's socially disadvantaged people to provide differentiated services including the door-to-door escort service in a bid to survive in South Korea's mobility service sector mainly dominated by traditional taxi companies and individual taxi operators. South Korea with some 250,000 reg

June 22, 2023

Healthcare company PharmGen Science secures $1 mln export contract with Vietnam's distribution firm

SEOUL -- PharmGen Science, a Seoul-based healthcare product developer, has sealed an order worth $1 million to provide medicines, health supplements, cosmetics, and medical devices for Medicare, a Vietnamese medical product distributor with about 6,000 clients. The South Korean company will also operate an office in Vietnam to expand its business scope into the Southeast Asian market. PharmGen Science produces various types of drugs such as Vardipine Tab, a product used for cardiov

June 22, 2023

​Action-thriller series Bloodhounds gains explosive popularity on Netflix

SEOUL -- South Korean action-thriller series Bloodhounds, by Jason Kim, became the most watched content on Netflix's non-English chart. The Korean language-based series featuring exceptional boxing techniques depicts the story of two boxers in their 20s caught up in the cruel world of private loans fighting against money lenders to survive. The global streaming service giant said the South Korean content recorded 8.1 million views on its weekly non-English TV show category with

June 21, 2023

[INTERVIEW] ​Indian envoy hopes to explore new areas of economic cooperation with S. Korea

SEOUL -- India is ready to discover new areas of economic cooperation with South Korea as the two nations' economic ties have steadily increased for the last 50 years, with both countries recognizing the immense potential for collaboration and partnership. Indian envoy to South Korea Amit Kumar confidently said cooperation in green hydrogen, electric vehicle, digital transformation, and pharmaceuticals would benefit each other. Government data showed that South Korea's ex

June 21, 2023

President Yoon asks for global community's support to host World Expo in Busan

SEOUL -- President Yoon Suk-yeol has asked the global community to support South Korea to host the World Expo 2030 in the southern port city of Busan. The South Korean leader stressed that his country would showcase the greatest expo through the nine-minute speech delivered in Paris during the general assembly of an intergovernmental organization that oversees the World Expo. "Korea has been fully investing in preparing for the Busan Expo. We will make it the best World Expo o

June 21, 2023

President Yoon encourages overseas Koreans in Paris to support for Busan's bid for World Expo 2030

SEOUL -- President Yoon Suk-yeol has encouraged South Korean compatriots in Paris to support Busan's bid for the World Expo 2030. The South Korean leader is scheduled to participate in a general assembly of an intergovernmental organization called the "Bureau International des Expositions" and ask for support from the global community to host the expo in South Korea's southern port city. "We should be able to open up a new horizon for South Korea's global

June 20, 2023

Seoul to develop AI-based subway congestion measurement solution

SEOUL -- Seoul's subway train operator will develop an artificial intelligence-based solution that can calculate the degree of subway station congestion in real time. The solution will analyze images provided by closed-circuit television cameras and cross-check them through other data such as transport card usage data and a sensor capable of measuring the weight of a train. According to data released by Seoul Metro, the average number of daily subway passengers using eight line

June 20, 2023