SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Romance dominated the global short-form drama market last year, with viewers most often tuning in late at night, according to viewing data released by the short-drama platform Vigloo. An analysis of viewing patterns from January through December 2025 found that users worldwide watched more than five million hours of short [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s long-running legal battle against tobacco companies is drawing renewed attention as new research shows that smoking has imposed an enormous and growing burden on the national health insurance system. According to a study released Monday by the National Health Insurance Service’s research arm, smoking-related medical costs totaled an [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a modular “organ-on-a-chip” system that can precisely replicate how drug-induced muscle damage leads to kidney injury, offering a new platform for predicting harmful side effects before medicines reach patients. The bio-microfluidic device recreates key aspects of the human [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will allow foreign aquaculture technicians to work across a broader range of farmed species starting this year, as the government moves to ease chronic labor shortages in the country’s aging fisheries sector. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Ministry of Justice said Monday that the scope [...]
HERE enables Hyundai AutoEver’s connected mobility vision, providing location services that support software-defined vehicle capabilities. Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles are equipped with up-to-date, real-time, and user-focused map content, supporting safer and smarter travel. At CES 2026, HERE Technologies, the leading mapping and location data company, and Hyundai AutoEver (HAE), the mobility software subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan. 05, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Treasure Global Inc. (NASDAQ: TGL) (“Treasure Global” or the “Company”), a Southeast Asia–anchored technology company focused on building a scalable fintech and digital-asset ecosystem, today announced that on December 23, 2025, it received a formal notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company [...]
Strategic Partnership with Fortune China 500 Leader: EPC+F Collaboration Secures US$250 Million Indicative Financing and Targets Up to US$480 Million in Cumulative Contracted Revenue to Power Malaysia’s AI Ecosystem KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan. 05, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ: VCIG) (“VCI Global” or the “Company”), today announced that, via its controlled renewable [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 05, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – As CES 2026 opens this week, Seyond, a global leader in high-performance LiDAR solutions, invites attendees to experience live autonomous demonstrations and next-generation LiDAR technology at its booth in LVCC – West Hall, Booth #6059. Designed as an interactive, two-level experience, Seyond’s CES booth highlights how deployment-ready [...]
SINGAPORE, Jan. 05, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – DayOne Data Centers Limited (“DayOne”), an independent, Singapore-headquartered hyperscale data center platform, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements for over US$2.0 billion dollar Series C equity financing, marking one of the largest private capital raises in the data center sector. This round was led by [...]
PRAGUE, Jan. 05, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – Avenga, a global digital engineering and AI-driven software transformation specialist, today announced that Clay Van Doren has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective January 12, 2026. He succeeds Ludovic Gaudé, who has led the company through a five-year integration process that laid the foundation for Avenga’s continued global [...]