SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean soldiers prefer empathetic superiors, while military officers favor leaders with strong organizational skills, according to a new personality-based survey released by Kookbang Ilbo (The Defense Daily) on Thursday. The survey, conducted between May 28 and June 13 via the military’s internal intranet system, gathered responses from 3,445 [...]
DAEJEON, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — KAIST researchers have developed a new catalytic method to convert waste tires into high-purity cyclic alkenes—valuable chemical precursors for rubber and nylon—offering a promising solution to one of the most persistent recycling challenges. Announced on Thursday, the breakthrough comes from a team led by Professor Hong Soon-hyuk, which successfully [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The average South Korean worker earned 3.97 million won ($2,870) in April this year, working 165.5 hours for the month, according to new data released by the Ministry of Employment and Labor on Thursday. While wages rose modestly, the outlook for core industries like manufacturing and construction continues to darken [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – In a dramatic move that captured the spirit of Silicon Valley disruption, Ditchit — the emerging online marketplace and OfferUp competitor — made headlines by acquiring and detonating the original 560-pound Twitter bird sign once perched atop Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. Filmed in the Nevada desert, the [...]
New CLI tool enables developers and QA teams to automatically compare mobile app screenshots with Figma designs, ensuring pixel-perfect implementation on real devices. San Francisco, California, June 26, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – LambdaTest, a unified agentic AI and cloud engineering platform, has unveiled its latest innovation: the SmartUI Figma-App CLI. This powerful new command-line interface empowers [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — As voice phishing scams using AI-generated fake voices and images continue to rise in South Korea, LG Uplus is stepping in with cutting-edge countermeasures. The telecom company announced Thursday the commercial rollout of its new ‘Anti-DeepVoice’ and ‘Anti-Deepfake’ technologies aimed at detecting fraudulent audio and video content. Unveiled earlier [...]
DAEGU, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea grapples with increasingly erratic weather due to climate change—marked by heatwaves and sudden torrential rains—specialized rescue dogs trained to detect human scent underwater are emerging as crucial assets in search and rescue missions during flood disasters. Known as “water rescue detection dogs,” these highly trained canines [...]
PHOENIX, June 26, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – WillScot Holdings Corporation (“WillScot” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WSC), North America’s leading provider of temporary space solutions, announced its support of the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix as a presenting sponsor of the upcoming event, in partnership with Penske Entertainment Corp. Tim Boswell, President and Chief Operating Officer, [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics is set to launch a pilot project to evaluate the commercial viability of “Mineral Wash,” a functional glass powder that could replace surfactants in laundry detergents—offering a low-carbon, water-saving alternative for eco-conscious consumers and businesses. On Thursday, the company announced it would sign a memorandum of understanding [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial investment in the United States surged to an all-time high in 2024, as domestic investors increasingly turned to U.S. stocks and production facilities amid a shifting global economic landscape, data from the Bank of Korea showed Thursday. According to the central bank’s provisional international investment balance sheet, [...]