JEJU, South Korea, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — As Netflix’s animated sensation K-Pop Demon Hunters races toward becoming the platform’s most-watched film, the spotlight has unexpectedly turned to Jeju Island, where viewers have identified cultural symbols embedded in the show’s storyline. Local voices are urging the island to seize the moment to promote its unique heritage alongside [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Fire Research Institute announced Sunday that it will pilot new visual and audio devices designed to reduce ambulance collisions at intersections, deploying them across seven regions over the next three months. The system combines a “logo light,” which projects warning messages such as “ambulance approaching” onto [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will more than quadruple the capacity of its national backbone network — the core infrastructure of the country’s telecommunications system — by 2030 to handle an expected surge in traffic from artificial intelligence technologies, the government announced Sunday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it plans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced Sunday that its joint research with Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory on next-generation Peltier cooling technology has been named one of the world’s top 100 innovations at the 2025 R&D 100 Awards. First established in 1963, the R&D 100 Awards are often called the “Oscars [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In the coastal city of Gangneung, residents are grappling with extreme drought that has left their main water source, the Obong Reservoir, at a record low of 17.8 percent of capacity, compared with a seasonal average of 69 percent. Officials fear the level could soon fall to 15 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG will launch South Korea’s first company-run graduate school in September to train master’s- and eventually doctoral-level specialists in artificial intelligence, the Ministry of Education announced Sunday. Approved under a new law designed to bolster the advanced industries workforce, the LG AI Graduate School will open September 30 at K-Square [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ OnStyle announced Sunday that it will launch a new mobile live commerce broadcast infused with artificial intelligence (AI) and extended reality (XR), positioning immersive video content as a differentiator in an increasingly crowded e-commerce market. The first installment, airing August 24, will spotlight the popular women’s underwear brand [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Seoul announced Sunday that it will introduce South Korea’s first fully driverless autonomous shuttle as early as late September, marking a milestone in the country’s push toward next-generation urban mobility. The 11-seat shuttle, developed by domestic start-up Autonomous AtoZ, was built from the ground up for self-driving purposes. [...]
SEOUL & OTHER LOCATIONS, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – On August 24, as heat wave warnings blanketed nearly the entire country except Mount Halla in Jeju, South Koreans streamed to beaches, rivers and amusement parks in a final summer rush, seeking relief from sweltering temperatures that have also exposed the nation’s deepening water shortages. In Busan, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics showcased a broad lineup of commercial laundry appliances at Clean Show 2025 in Orlando, Florida, unveiling artificial intelligence–driven machines and digital management tools as the company pushes deeper into the global B2B appliance market. The biennial Clean Show, which opened on August 23, draws more than 9,000 [...]