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DAMAC Invites the World to Apply for “The Ultimate DAMAC Islander”

DAMAC Invites the World to Apply for “The Ultimate DAMAC Islander”

Eight island destinations, all expenses paid by DAMAC for the winner. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 24, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – DAMAC Properties, the UAE’s largest private luxury real estate developer with an extensive global footprint, has announced a new opportunity for travellers, dreamers, and creators across the globe: the chance to become The Ultimate DAMAC [...]

Canatu grants license for commercial production of CNT pellicle membranes using CNT100 SEMI reactor

Canatu grants license for commercial production of CNT pellicle membranes using CNT100 SEMI reactor

VANTAA, Finland, Oct. 24, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Canatu has granted a commercial production license for the first CNT100 SEMI reactor to Korean semiconductor company FINE SEMITECH CORPORATION (hereinafter “FST”). The license authorizes FST as the licensee to mass-produce CNT pellicle membranes using the CNT100 SEMI reactor, which will be operated by FST. FST will [...]

As Trump and Xi Arrive, Seoul Tests Its Balancing Act Between Superpowers

As Trump and Xi Arrive, Seoul Tests Its Balancing Act Between Superpowers

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit will turn the quiet, temple-dotted city of Gyeongju into a theater of global power politics. South Korea, long wedged between the gravitational pulls of Washington and Beijing, suddenly finds itself not as an observer, but as host—and potential broker—of an uneasy regional order. For [...]

Samsung, SoftBank Team Up to Develop 6G and AI-Driven Network Technologies

Samsung, SoftBank Team Up to Develop 6G and AI-Driven Network Technologies

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SoftBank Corp. to jointly research and develop next-generation communications technologies, including 6G and artificial intelligence-based radio access network (AI-RAN) innovations. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate in selected areas to drive future innovation [...]

Hyundai Rotem Partners With U.S. Firm Shield AI to Develop AI-Based Defense Technologies

Hyundai Rotem Partners With U.S. Firm Shield AI to Develop AI-Based Defense Technologies

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Rotem Co., South Korea’s sole tank manufacturer, said Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) solutions provider Shield AI to develop AI-based defense technologies. Under the MOU signed Thursday during the 2025 Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) in Goyang, [...]

EBC Financial Group Launches World’s First Trading Initiative to Protect the Amazon with Every Trade

EBC Financial Group Launches World’s First Trading Initiative to Protect the Amazon with Every Trade

From trading scenes to Amazonian rainforest conservation, the online brokerage commits to an environmental cause MANAUS, Brazil, Oct. 23, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – EBC Financial Group today launched its “Protect the Amazon with Every Trade” programme, the first by an online brokerage to create environmental impact via client trading activity in Latin America. The effort [...]

One in Three Korean Parents Give Their Children Growth Supplements, Survey Finds

One in Three Korean Parents Give Their Children Growth Supplements, Survey Finds

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly one in three South Korean parents have given their children nutritional supplements such as calcium, vitamin D, or height-enhancement products to promote physical growth, a new survey has found. The Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology (KSPE) released the findings Thursday in partnership with Gallup Korea, based on a survey [...]

Former Teacher’s Fine Doubled for Sexual Remarks During Class in Jeju

Former Teacher’s Fine Doubled for Sexual Remarks During Class in Jeju

JEJU, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A former high school teacher in Jeju has had his fine doubled on appeal after being convicted of making sexually inappropriate remarks to students during class. The Jeju District Court’s Criminal Division 2, presided over by Judge Oh Chang-hoon, on Thursday overturned a lower court’s ruling and imposed a fine [...]

Crimes Against South Koreans in Southeast Asia Stir Public Anxiety, Survey Shows

Crimes Against South Koreans in Southeast Asia Stir Public Anxiety, Survey Shows

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent spate of violent crimes targeting South Koreans in Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries has dampened public confidence in travel to the region, according to a new survey released Thursday. The Realmeter poll, conducted on Oct. 21 among 504 adults nationwide, found that 82.4 percent of respondents said [...]

Aging Mothers, Changing Risks: Inside Korea’s Gestational Diabetes Epidemic

Aging Mothers, Changing Risks: Inside Korea’s Gestational Diabetes Epidemic

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than one in eight expectant mothers in South Korea now develop gestational diabetes, a ten-year study has found, prompting government efforts to track and prevent the long-term health risks that can follow both mothers and their children. The Korean Diabetes Association and the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency’s [...]