SK Geocentric partners with Britain's Plastic Energy to build pyrolysis plant in southwestern port city

SEOUL -- South Korea's plastic recycling technology company SK Geocentric will work with Plastic Energy, a chemical recycling company in Britain, to build a pyrolysis plant that can recycle about 66,000 tons of plastic waste per year, in the western port city of Dangjin. Pyrolysis is a chemical recycling process used to turn discarded plastic into high-quality oil. Pyrolysis involves intense heat and pressure to break down waste plastics into oil. The reclaimed oil can be used

November 1, 2023

Seoul to test seatless subway cars during commuting hours to solve congestion problems

SEOUL -- Seoul will kick-start a demonstration project to test the operation of two seatless subway cars on Subway Line 4 and Line 7 during commuting hours to see if the new type of cars could solve congestion problems. According to government data, some 4.5 million people use Seoul's subway trains daily. The crowdedness is the heaviest during commuting hours in the morning (08:00 a.m.~09:00 a.m.) and in the evening (06:00 p.m.~07:00 p.m.). The most crowded subway lines are -- Line

November 1, 2023

Stray Kids completes domed stadium tour in Japan and S. Korea

SEOUL -- Boy band Stray Kids has completed its domed stadium tour that started in August. The group attracted more than 340,000 fans through eight concerts in four cities in Japan including Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya. The eight-member band also performed at Gocheok Sky Dome, an iconic domed facility in the southwestern part of Seoul. Stray Kids was listed as one of the next-generation leaders in 2023 by Time magazine. The band received immense attention before its official debut as i

November 1, 2023

Hyundai's operating profit in 3Q 2023 increases by 184% on-year thanks to high-value models

SEOUL -- The operating profit of Hyundai Motor, the world's third-largest carmaker, has increased by 184.2 percent in the third quarter of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022. Hyundai's outstanding operating profit was affected by the increased sales of high-value vehicles such as luxury brand Genesis models and sport utility vehicles. According to South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service, the country's financial watchdog, on October 31, Hyundai marked an opera

November 1, 2023

LGBTQ culture festival to be held in S. Korea's conservative port city

SEOUL -- A "queer festival," designed to raise awareness of the human rights of gender minorities and diverse gender-based cultural content, will be held for the third time in the southern port city of Changwon. The port city located west of Busan, South Korea's main maritime gateway, is part of South Gyeongsang Province which has a strong conservative culture. The organizing committee of the Gyeongnam Queen Culture Festival said in a statement on October 31 that the LGBT

October 31, 2023

​S. Korea records 67 cases of lumpy skin disease in 10 days

SEOUL -- South Korea has seen an outbreak of lumpy skin disease and had a total of 67 cattle farms infected in about ten days after the infectious cattle disease was reported in the country for the first time. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a viral disease transmitted by blood-feeding insects such as flies, mosquitoes, and ticks. When a cow is infected with the virus, the animal would show symptoms of high fever, enlarged superficial lymph nodes, and multiple nodules, lumps measuring up

October 31, 2023

Exports of kimchi continue to increase thanks to popularity in US and Europe

SEOUL -- Exports of kimchi, traditional Korean pickled vegetables, have continued to increase by more than 10 percent on-year thanks to consumers in the United States and Europe who recognize the salad-like spicy mixed vegetable pickles as healthy food. Kimchi, mostly recognized as salted Chinese cabbage seasoned with red chili pepper powder, ground garlic, and fish sauce, has been the core of South Koreans' diet. The salted cabbage ferments over time to become sour. Some peo

October 31, 2023

​Singer G-Dragon to voluntarily participate in police probe for illegal drug use

SEOUL -- Singer Kwon Ji-yong, known by his stage name G-Dragon, has announced that he would voluntarily show up to police to cooperate in an ongoing drug investigation. The 35-year-old recently got caught up in a drug scandal after police booked the singer on suspicion of illegal use of drugs. South Korea's entertainment scene was engulfed in terror and shock in late October after law enforcers booked 48-year-old actor Lee Sun-kyun who starred in the globally popular 2019 film &q

October 31, 2023

Turkish Embassy in Seoul celebrates 100th anniversary of creation of Republic of Türkiye

SEOUL --The Turkish Embassy in South Korea celebrated the 100th anniversary of the creation of the republic at Shilla Hotel located in central Seoul on October 30. "Today we waited so long to celebrate," Salih Murat Tamer, the Turkish Ambassador to South Korea said during his opening speech. "Korea is a very special country for us," the ambassador emphasized the relationship between Türkiye and South Korea, often recognized as the "blood bond" that

October 30, 2023

Hanwha Ocean to work with US classification society ABS for digital shipbuilding project

SEOUL -- Hanwha Ocean, a major shipbuilder in South Korea, will work with a United States-based classification society for the digital transformation of shipbuilding technologies. The two groups will demonstrate technologies for digital production, autonomous navigation, smart ship solutions, and cybersecurity. Digital shipbuilding incorporates advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality, for ship production. Hanwha Ocean aims to obtain validation from t

October 30, 2023