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Retired Korean Submarine May Head to Poland in Strategic Defense Gesture

Retired Korean Submarine May Head to Poland in Strategic Defense Gesture

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is set to transfer a retiring 1,200-ton submarine to Poland free of charge, military sources said Wednesday, in apparent support for a South Korean defense firm bidding for the European country’s submarine procurement project. Under the plan, the defense ministry is expected to hand over the ROKS [...]

SK hynix Tries a New Kind of Chip: One You Can Eat

SK hynix Tries a New Kind of Chip: One You Can Eat

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix, one of the world’s leading makers of high-bandwidth memory chips, has decided that the path to public affection might just run through the snack aisle. On Wednesday, the company announced a collaboration with convenience-store giant 7-Eleven to release what may be the most literal tech-themed treat yet: an [...]

South Korea’s Surprise Baby Bump Signals a Pause in Its Demographic Decline

South Korea’s Surprise Baby Bump Signals a Pause in Its Demographic Decline

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s birth figures ticked upward again in September, marking the fifteenth straight month of increase—a rare run of positive news for a country long synonymous with demographic freefall. According to government data released Wednesday, 22,369 babies were born in September, an 8.6-percent rise from a year earlier and the [...]

Gov’t Unveils Blueprint for ‘Korean Mayo Clinic’ to Power Medical AI

Gov’t Unveils Blueprint for ‘Korean Mayo Clinic’ to Power Medical AI

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to create a national medical data-sharing platform modeled after the Mayo Clinic system in the United States, aiming to overcome long-standing privacy barriers that have slowed the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The Ministry of Science and ICT said Wednesday that it will launch a [...]

nCino to Participate in Upcoming Investor Events

nCino to Participate in Upcoming Investor Events

WILMINGTON, N.C., Nov. 25, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – nCino, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCNO), the leading provider of intelligent, best-in-class banking solutions, today announced its participation in the following investor conferences: Raymond James 2025 TMT and Consumer Conference Presentation: Tuesday December 9, at 11:20 a.m. ET   Barclays 23rd Annual Global Technology Conference Presentation: Wednesday December 10, at 11:35 a.m. PT [...]

SK Telecom and Samsung Join Forces to Build AI-Driven 6G Network Technology

SK Telecom and Samsung Join Forces to Build AI-Driven 6G Network Technology

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) —  SK Telecom Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered radio access network (RAN) in a bid to lead next-generation 6G network technologies. Under the agreement, the two companies plan to research and demonstrate core [...]

Korea’s Seniors Work into Their 70s as Pension System Falls Short

Korea’s Seniors Work into Their 70s as Pension System Falls Short

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea now has the highest employment rate among seniors in the OECD, a trend driven less by choice than by economic hardship as the country enters an era of rapid population aging. A report released Wednesday by Oh Yoo-jin, a researcher at the National Pension Research Institute, shows that [...]

Number of Active Realtors Falls Below 110,000 for the First Time in Five Years

Number of Active Realtors Falls Below 110,000 for the First Time in Five Years

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s real estate slowdown has pushed the number of active licensed realtors below 110,000 for the first time in more than five years, as prolonged policy tightening and weak housing demand reshape the industry. According to data released Wednesday by the Korea Association of Realtors, 109,979 real estate agents [...]

ICARO Media Group Enters New Multiyear Digital Network Deal with Elevator Giant Otis in Spain, Portugal and Africa

ICARO Media Group Enters New Multiyear Digital Network Deal with Elevator Giant Otis in Spain, Portugal and Africa

DOOH Partnership to Reach Over 2.4 Million Daily Viewers via In-Elevator Screens NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – ICARO Media Group, Inc. (ICARO), a leading AI media technology company, continues expanding its Multiscreen Monetization Network with its recent acquisition of European Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) firm Liftmedia. With the acquisition comes a multiyear contract [...]