SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean internet giant Kakao revealed plans yesterday to accelerate the development of its own artificial intelligence platform, which will be adopted in its messaging app KakaoTalk and online music streaming service Melon. As interest in AI technology continues to grow, the latest move from Kakao is expected to [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study from the Korea University Guro Hospital revealed delayed childbearing and cesarean section delivery increases the risk of breast cancer by 280 percent. The researchers looked at the correlation between the incidence of breast cancer and late childbirth and c-section delivery, and found that mothers who gave birth [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A new safety monitoring app which is set to be released tomorrow will help vulnerable members of society such as women and youth get out of dangerous situations by shaking their phone, Daegu Metropolitan City announced yesterday. The new crime reporting app was invented by both the Daegu city government [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2017 Seoul Motor Show on Friday kicked off its 10-day run with visitors getting a chance to check out upcoming models and new auto-related technologies centered on green and autonomous vehicles. Under the slogan “Design the Future, Enjoy the Moment,” the 11th motor show is showcasing about 300 [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Affiliates of construction and power equipment conglomerate Doosan Group are expected to further improve their bottom lines this year, aided by increased sales and cost-cutting measures, an executive said Friday. “This year, key Doosan affiliates are forecast to post improved earnings this year, and we will strive to meet [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The facial recognition technology equipped in Samsung Electronics Co.’s new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, will not be sufficient to guarantee the phones’ security, industry sources said Friday. “The phones can be unlocked by the face of a sleeping person, or even just by a photo,” an industry watcher [...]
BEIJING, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – No Korean film will be shown in the upcoming film festival in Beijing, industry sources here said Tuesday in what appears to be the latest development in the on-going diplomatic feud between the two countries over an anti-missile defense system. The sources said a few Korean films were invited [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics revealed plans to sell 4 million refurbished Galaxy Note 7 phablets in the near future in a statement from its global site newsroom yesterday. Refurbished phones will be reintroduced in the market for purchase or rental services, with plans to use and sell components from severely damaged devices, [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul and its neighboring districts Incheon and Gyeonggi are teaming up in an all-out effort to attract foreign tourists from countries like Taiwan and India, as part of efforts to revive tourism amid the recent Chinese economic retaliation over South Korea’s deployment of a THAAD missile defense system. As the [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Creditors of Kumho Tire Co. on Tuesday asked the chief of logistics conglomerate Kumho Asiana Group to present a detailed plan for his buyback of the country’s No. 2 tiremaker, including the formation of a consortium to take over the business. The creditors, led by the state-run Korea Development [...]