SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has ruled that a legal provision imposing aggravated penalties for violating the drunk driving ban three or more times is not unconstitutional, court officials said Monday. The court made the ruling unanimously last Thursday in response to a petition filed by a man who was indicted [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The justice ministry announced Monday that it has expanded the number of countries whose nationals can use automated immigration checks when entering Incheon International Airport, increasing the list from four to 18. The latest measure allows travelers from 14 additional countries, comprising the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Finland, Portugal, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has received the first batch of Nvidia Corp.’s graphics processing units (GPUs) as part of the company’s plan to deploy 260,000 units to the country, government sources said Monday. The government executed 1.4 trillion won (US$952.7 million) in budget to bring in 13,000 GPUs from [...]
FREIBURG, Germany, Dec. 01, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Black Forest Labs, the category-defining visual intelligence company behind FLUX, today announced a $300M Series B led by AMP and Salesforce Ventures, at a post-money valuation of $3.25B. The round follows a previously unannounced Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from BroadLight Capital, Creandum, Earlybird VC, General Catalyst, Northzone, and Nvidia, bringing total funds raised to [...]
VICTORIA, Seychelles, Dec. 01, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has launched six all-new AI trading avatars inside GetAgent, marking a major step toward next-generation smart trading. As traders across the world test how well leading AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini and DeepSeek perform when placed into real trading environments, Bitget [...]
November 30, 2025 Philips pioneered detector-based spectral CT, which has been widely adopted in clinical routine exams across anatomies, supported by over 800 peer-reviewed publications [1] CE-marked, 510k pending Verida CT [2] integrates AI across the imaging chain, providing superb image quality while accelerating workflow and reducing dose [3, 4] Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Chicago, [...]
November 30, 2025 Major technology breakthrough combines advanced AI for clinical insights and accelerated workflow in new premium 3.0T MRI platform [1] Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Chicago, USA – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today unveiled BlueSeal Horizon [1], an entirely new 3.0T MRI innovation platform that includes the industry’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Tesla is accelerating its push into South Korea, leveraging lower-cost China-made vehicles and a new supervised version of its Full Self-Driving system to rapidly expand its presence in one of the world’s most competitive electric-vehicle markets. Tesla Korea sold 47,941 vehicles from January through October, up 61.1 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — OLED panels now account for nearly 80 percent of the premium gaming monitor market, solidifying South Korea’s dominance in a fast-growing display segment and validating the strategic shift by Samsung Display and LG Display toward higher-value technologies. According to IDC data released Sunday, OLED penetration in gaming monitors priced above [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top securities firms have narrowed their gender pay gaps over the past five years, but disparities remain substantial, according to regulatory filings released on Sunday. Semiannual reports submitted to the Financial Supervisory Service show that the average first-half salary at the country’s 10 largest brokerages reached 103.5 million [...]