SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 7 in 10 South Koreans believe that couples can live together without getting married, and almost 40 percent support having children outside of wedlock, a government report showed Tuesday, signaling a shift in perceptions around marriage and childbearing in the traditionally conservative country. The report was based on [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – 11x, the leader in AI-powered digital workers for revenue teams, today announced the closing of a $50 million Series B funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The investment accelerates 11x’s digital workers further into the era of AI agents. “11x’s approach to sales automation with Alice and [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 11, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Founder Group Limited (NASDAQ: FGL) (“Founder Group” or the “Company”), a pure play, end to end engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) solutions provider for solar photovoltaic systems in Malaysia, is pleased to announce the receipt of several Letters of Award (LOAs) for multiple large-scale solar [...]
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 11, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Ken Xie, Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer at Fortinet “As we celebrate the 15th year anniversary of our IPO, we reflect on the leading role Fortinet has played in shaping the continued evolution of cybersecurity. Innovation has been in our DNA since our inception [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. said Monday it will integrate its self-developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its major services, including its search platform and shopping application. Naver unveiled its so-called “On-Service AI” plan aimed at enhancing its major services with the cutting-edge technology at its tech conference, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech giant, topped other local companies in the number of female executives this year, a local head hunting firm said Monday. Unico Search Inc. conducted a survey of the country’s top 100 companies in terms of sales to see how many female executives they [...]
London, Nov. 11, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – OPEN Health, a preeminent global provider of scientific communications, HEOR and market access, patient engagement, and consulting services, today announced the upcoming presentation of a collection of research supported by its Scientific Buyout Program. The Scientific Buyout Program initiative allows staff members to “buy out” time from their regular duties to engage in important scientific [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday launched the annual World Bio Summit, bringing together health care officials from governments and global organizations to South Korea for talks on international cooperation in the health care sector. Under the theme “Future investments for a healthy [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant mobile messenger, has filed an administrative lawsuit against a government fine of15.1 billion won (US$11 million) over the leaking of personal information on a large scale, according to sources Monday. The Personal Information Protection Commission, the government’s personal information watchdog, ordered [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of North Korean defectors delivered propaganda leaflets to Ukraine on Monday, encouraging North Korean soldiers deployed in Russia to defect, as thousands of North Korean troops have been sent to support Russia’s war against Ukraine. The “Defectors’ Propaganda Corps,” comprising North Korean soldiers-turned-defectors and defectors whose sons [...]