WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea, the United States and Japan, together with a U.S. cybersecurity firm, co-hosted a forum this week to help counter threats stemming from North Korea’s overseas dispatch of its information technology (IT) workers, the State Department said Tuesday. The department and the foreign ministries of South Korea and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The animated sensation “KPop Demon Hunters” has officially become Netflix’s most-watched movie of all time. The film has amassed 236 million views since its release on June 20, surpassing the previous record holder, the action-comedy “Red Notice,” which had 230.9 million views, according to Netflix. Produced by Sony Pictures [...]
Military-Grade Encryption, AI Vault Storage, and QTrustCard PCIe Technology Deployed in Strategic Deal with Regional Intelligence-Tech Leader, Codetext KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug. 26, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ: VCIG) (“VCI Global” or the “Company”), through its cybersecurity and AI infrastructure subsidiary V Gallant Limited (“V Gallant”), today announced it has secured a [...]
New industrial tablet eliminates retakes and speeds up inspection workflows with easy image acquisition, validation and review on-site Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 26, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Carestream’s Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) group, a global leader in NDT technology, today announced the launch of the INDUSTREX Fieldview Tablet, a rugged industrial tablet designed to simplify digital radiographic [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is taking its homegrown address system abroad, beginning with Mongolia, as part of a broader push to expand its public-sector technology overseas. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Tuesday it had launched the “K-Address Global Academy,” a training program designed to share Korea’s address framework and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will establish a public-private task force this week to help commercialize Atlantic bluefin tuna, whose catch levels off the country’s east coast have soared in recent years due to warming seas, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said on Tuesday. The council, set to launch Tuesday in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will introduce fast-track immigration lanes at Incheon International Airport this week for foreign business executives, in a move aimed at improving the country’s appeal as a hub for international commerce. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Justice said on August 26 that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has upheld a conviction against Taiwan’s Everlight Electronics for stealing advanced light-emitting diode (LED) technology from Seoul Semiconductor, marking a landmark ruling in the protection of industrial technologies. Seoul Semiconductor said Tuesday that the court recently confirmed earlier guilty verdicts under the nation’s Industrial Technology Protection [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea arrived at the White House this week intent on forging personal chemistry with President Donald J. Trump. Over lunch, they swapped stories about surviving assassination threats; at the cameras, they traded quips about building golf courses and Trump Towers in North Korea. But beneath the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Uber announced Tuesday that it will introduce its subscription-based membership program in South Korea next month, escalating competition in the country’s mobility market as rivals race to lock in loyal customers. At a press briefing in Seoul, Uber Taxi Korea head Song Jin-woo said the service, called Uber One, [...]