SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korea’s general high school students are sleeping less than six hours a night because of academic pressure, a new government-backed study has found, underscoring mounting concerns about student well-being in one of the world’s most education-driven societies. According to a basic analysis report on children’s and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s efforts to boost parental leave as part of its fight against ultra-low birthrates continue to run up against a stark divide between large corporations and small businesses, according to a new government-commissioned survey that highlights persistent workplace barriers for parents. The findings, released Wednesday, show that while awareness [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean teenagers are spending more than three hours a day watching online video content, with short-form clips rapidly overtaking longer videos as their dominant mode of media consumption, according to a new national survey. The findings were released on Wednesday by the Korea Press Foundation in its 2025 survey [...]
LONDON•SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Several words rooted in Korean culture, including ramyeon, haenyeo and sunbae, have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, underscoring the growing imprint of Korean life and language on global English usage as the influence of Korean popular culture continues to spread. The latest update to the dictionary, published by [...]
The UAV-P300 is an AI-powered enterprise drone platform built for clear imaging in fog, reliable day-night operations, and safe autonomous flight across complex environments LAS VEGAS, Jan. 06, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – — CES — GDU, a professional-grade drone leader established in 2015, today announced the launch of UAV-P300, the world’s first AI-powered optical and electronic fog-penetrating [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Display Co. said Wednesday it has developed a new technology with U.S.-based Intel Corp. that significantly reduces the power consumption of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, enabling longer battery life for laptops. The wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. said the SmartPower HDR technology allows laptop users [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of South Korea’s automotive giant Hyundai Motor Group met Tuesday (local time) with the chief executive officer (CEO) of Nvidia Corp. on the sidelines of CES 2026, raising expectations that the companies could partner in autonomous driving technologies. According to industry sources, Euisun Chung, executive chair of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Xiaomi Korea said on Wednesday that it is launching a promotional “Life Shot” photo campaign after President Lee Jae-myung drew public attention by posting a selfie taken with a Xiaomi smartphone alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping. The campaign was inspired by a photo President Lee shared on X during his [...]
Positive results from Phase 3 HERIZON-GEA-01 results support Ziihera as the HER2-targeted agent-of-choice in HER2+ first-line metastatic GEA and Ziihera plus chemotherapy to replace trastuzumab as the new standard of care, with or without tislelizumab regardless of PD-L1 status Late-breaking results to be presented at the 2026 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (ASCO GI) on January [...]
NEW YORK, Jan. 06, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Today, CertiK, the world’s largest Web3 security services provider, and YZi Labs, a leading Web3 venture capital firm, announced their strategic partnership, which aims to improve security for YZi Labs’ global startup incubation program, “EASY Residency Global Startup Incubation Program.” Through this collaboration, CertiK and YZi Labs [...]