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Koreans Favor Foreign Travel for Value and Variety, Citing Discontent with Local Tourism

Koreans Favor Foreign Travel for Value and Variety, Citing Discontent with Local Tourism

SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans report lower satisfaction with domestic travel compared to overseas vacations, primarily due to high local prices and a lack of distinctive tourist content, according to a new survey released by the Korea Economic Research Institute on Monday. The nationwide survey, conducted by Mono Research, polled 1,000 adults [...]

STACK Infrastructure Secures AUD $1.3 Billion in Green Financing to Accelerate Expansion of MEL01 Hyperscale Campus in Melbourne

STACK Infrastructure Secures AUD $1.3 Billion in Green Financing to Accelerate Expansion of MEL01 Hyperscale Campus in Melbourne

Institutional financing reflects confidence in STACK’s APAC execution and global platform scalability SINGAPORE, July 23, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – STACK Infrastructure (“STACK”), the digital infrastructure partner to some of the world’s most innovative companies and a leading global developer and operator of data centers, today announced the successful close of an AUD $1.3 billion green financing facility [...]

Duck Creek Earns Five Celent XCelent Awards for Excellence in Insurance Technology

Duck Creek Earns Five Celent XCelent Awards for Excellence in Insurance Technology

Duck Creek Recognized as Luminary and Technology Standout in Celent’s Policy Administration Systems for P&C Insurance Reports in North America, APAC, EMEA and LATAM BOSTON, July 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Duck Creek Technologies, the global provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, today announced it has received five XCelent Advanced [...]

Global Defense Contractor Burke Products Selects Datavault AI for Enhanced National Defense and Aerospace Technologies Contracts

Global Defense Contractor Burke Products Selects Datavault AI for Enhanced National Defense and Aerospace Technologies Contracts

Datavault AI Selected to Support Mission-Critical Defense and Aerospace Programs in Strategic Partnership with Burke Engineering BEAVERTON, Ore., July 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Datavault AI Inc. (NASDAQ: DVLT), a leader in data visualization, valuation, and monetization technologies, today announced a strategic partnership with Burke Products (“Burke”), a minority-owned Tier 1 supplier to Lockheed Martin, Raytheon [...]

R&D Tops Entry-Level Salary Rankings, While Media and PR Trail Behind

R&D Tops Entry-Level Salary Rankings, While Media and PR Trail Behind

SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, new graduates entering research and development roles earn the highest starting salaries, while those in media and public relations receive the lowest, according to a new analysis by career platform JobPlanet. JobPlanet analyzed 1.42 million salary records collected from employment insurance data and ranked job categories [...]

Gimhae Launches South Korea’s First VR Safety Training Center for Foreign Workers

Gimhae Launches South Korea’s First VR Safety Training Center for Foreign Workers

GIMHAE, South Korea, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Gimhae, a city in South Gyeongsang Province with a high concentration of foreign laborers, has opened South Korea’s first virtual reality (VR) industrial safety training facility designed specifically for foreign workers. The new VR center, located at the Gimhae Foreign Workers Support Center, was officially inaugurated on [...]

AI Textbooks Lose ‘Official’ Status as Seoul Reclassifies Them as Educational Aids

AI Textbooks Lose ‘Official’ Status as Seoul Reclassifies Them as Educational Aids

SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday passed a controversial bill that would strip artificial intelligence (AI) digital textbooks of their official status as “textbooks,” reclassifying them instead as general “educational materials.” The move marks a significant challenge to one of former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s flagship education [...]

McLaren Racing announces Freshworks as an Official Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team

McLaren Racing announces Freshworks as an Official Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team

SAN MATEO, Calif., July 22, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Freshworks (NASDAQ: FRSH), today announced a multi-year partnership with McLaren Racing, joining as an Official Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team. McLaren has integrated Freshworks’ ITSM solution, Freshservice, to boost productivity through more efficient and improved IT services within the team. With AI-powered Freshservice, the McLaren Formula 1 Team is [...]

Hyundai Motor Group’s U.S. EV Exports Plunge Amid Local Production Shift and Weak Sales

Hyundai Motor Group’s U.S. EV Exports Plunge Amid Local Production Shift and Weak Sales

SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle (EV) exports to the United States plummeted by 88% in the first five months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, reflecting the combined impact of local production ramp-up and sluggish U.S. sales. According to the Korea Automobile & Mobility Association (KAMA), [...]