SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will invest 182.4 billion won (US$130.4 million) in developing and commercializing next-generation solid-state batteries, used in powering wearable mobile devices and electric vehicles (EVs), the industry ministry said Monday. In detail, the government plans to spend 35.8 billion won until 2028 to develop solid-state batteries for small [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Facing changing demographics and a slowdown in core businesses like duty-free retail, South Korea’s leading hotel chains are pivoting toward the senior living sector, identifying it as a promising new growth engine in an aging society. According to industry sources, hotel companies such as Lotte Hotel & Resort, Hotel Shilla, [...]
SEOUL, May 19, 2025 — Once celebrated as symbols of peace, pigeons in South Korea have fallen from grace—so much so that they are now officially designated as harmful wildlife by the Ministry of Environment. As urban populations grow and interactions with pigeons become more frequent, public perception has shifted dramatically, with increasing reports of [...]
INCHEON, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s oldest existing hanok-style church will soon become the centerpiece of a new media art attraction that merges cutting-edge digital technology with cultural heritage, the local government announced Sunday. According to Incheon’s Ganghwa County, a 1.34 billion-won ($980,000) project is underway to create an immersive media art space by [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As university spring festivals sweep across South Korea, campuses are transforming into mini-music festivals, with major K-pop stars and rock icons headlining multi-day events that draw students and social media buzz alike. This year’s festival lineups rival professional music events in scale and star power. At Konkuk University, slated performers [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As tech giants worldwide accelerate development of vision-language models (VLMs)—AI systems capable of understanding images, text, and speech simultaneously—South Korean firms are joining the global race with new multimodal technologies of their own. The technology gained public attention when OpenAI demonstrated its GPT-4o model last year by helping a visually [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A wave of sophisticated scams targeting small business owners is spreading across South Korea, with perpetrators posing as celebrity managers, politicians, and government officials to orchestrate large-scale “no-show” fraud schemes. According to police reports, these scammers typically place phone calls posing as aides to well-known public figures—such as K-pop stars, [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An animated short film starring Seoul’s mascot Haechi and Warner Bros. Discovery’s beloved character Tweety has surpassed 17 million views just three weeks after its release, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced Sunday. Titled “Hide and Seek with Haechi and Tweety,” the 2-minute 22-second 2D animation marks the first collaboration between [...]
DAEJEON, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean researchers has developed an artificial intelligence–powered communication tool that enables children with minimally verbal autism to engage more meaningfully with their parents, marking a breakthrough in assistive technology for neurodiverse families. Led by Professor Hong Hwa-jung at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia’s flagship electric SUV, the EV9, continues to earn top marks in global automotive comparisons, outscoring luxury competitors such as Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi in recent performance and value assessments by leading German automotive publications. German automotive magazine Auto Bild recently conducted a head-to-head evaluation of the Kia EV9 GT-Line [...]