SEJONG, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans say they feel unsafe about the risk of personal data breaches, reflecting rising anxiety amid a surge in hacking incidents and expanding digital services, according to new government data. The latest Social Survey from the National Data Office shows that 57.6 percent of respondents last [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s construction downturn is continuing to weigh heavily on the nation’s banks, with major lenders reporting persistently high levels of bad loans tied to the troubled sector. According to third-quarter disclosures released on Wednesday, the country’s five major banks — KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori and NH NongHyup — [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple held its first “Apple Game Showcase” in South Korea on Tuesday, signaling a stronger bid to position the iPhone, iPad and Mac as serious gaming devices in a market long dominated by Android phones. The event, staged at Stage X Seongsu in eastern Seoul, featured five major Korean developers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Tuesday it is expanding its global free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, LG Channel, into the Middle East for the first time, launching in the United Arab Emirates this month. The rollout extends LG’s FAST footprint—which already spans Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America—into another major [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Securities on Tuesday released South Korea’s first financial-sector report aligned with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), marking a significant step toward integrating biodiversity and natural-capital risks into mainstream financial reporting. TNFD, launched in 2021, promotes global standards for assessing and publicly disclosing how companies depend on and [...]
NEW YORK, Dec. 02, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – AI-Media, a global leader in AI-powered captioning and audio description technology, today announced the launch of its comprehensive ADA Title II Compliance Initiative, aimed at helping state and local governments across the United States meet the newly finalized federal accessibility requirements for digital content. In April 2024, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two senior Coupang executives sold tens of millions of won worth of company stock shortly after a massive data breach occurred — but before the company acknowledged the incident — raising concerns about potential insider trading. According to a Dec. 2 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), [...]
FAA-approved third-party infrastructure proves ready for national deployment as Task Force priorities take shape SYRACUSE, N.Y., Dec. 02, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – In a demonstration directly aligned with the White House Task Force to Restore American Airspace Sovereignty, the 174th Attack Wing of the New York Air National Guard successfully operated its MQ-9 Reaper using [...]
Collaboration would add high-volume, cost-optimized, worldwide GaN manufacturing for faster market deployment of energy-efficient power devices Summary: onsemi announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Innoscience to explore expanding production of gallium nitride (GaN) power devices using Innoscience’s proven 200mm GaN-on-silicon process. The collaboration would combine onsemi’s system integration, drivers, and packaging expertise [...]
Collaborative engineering delivers peak performance and faster delivery of popular off-road motorcycles. Alpharetta, Ga., Dec. 02, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Turntide Technologies (Turntide), market leading provider of high-performance axial flux motors, power electronics, and energy storage announced that its automotive-grade inverter has been integrated into Dust Moto’s electric motorcycles. When designing its compact, high-torque, electric motorcycle, Dust [...]