SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will introduce a new feature for its Bespoke Oven, capable of utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) vision recognition technology to identify various types of food through a camera. The internal cameras of View Camera Bespoke Ovens will receive a software update, enabling them to [...]
SUNCHEON, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An Earthing Day is scheduled to take place on Sunday at Suncheon Bay National Garden, a vast ecological park located in the southwestern city of Suncheon. The Organizing Committee for the Suncheonman International Garden Expo explains that “Earthing” is a healing method involving the absorption of the Earth’s curative [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The volume of international passengers traveling via Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul rebounded in the first half to about 60 percent of the pre-COVID-19 levels, the airport operator said Thursday. In the January-June period, a total of 5,240,626 travelers flew overseas via South Korea’s 14 regional airports, excluding [...]
SEJONG, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported a net inflow of migrants in 2022, data showed Thursday, following the normalization of global travel amid eased concerns over the COVID-19. The number of international migrants, referring to those who stay in and out of South Korea for 90 days or more, reached 1.12 million [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Duty Free, the travel retailer of Hotel Lotte Co., said Thursday it has opened a duty-free shop at Australia’s Melbourne Airport and aims to boost annual sales to 300 billion won (US$235.4 million). In January, Lotte Duty Free won a concession to operate at a spot at Melbourne [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Production companies of JTBC drama series “King The Land” have issued an apology over its controversial portrayal of an Arabic character in recent episodes and vowed to fix the problematic parts. The show, co-produced by npio Entertainment, BY4M Studio and SLL, angered Middle Eastern viewers after the seventh and [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will roll out the world’s first wireless OLED TV, starting in South Korea. LG unveiled the 97-inch LG Signature OLED M during the CES 2023 in Las Vegas in January, which instantly grabbed attention for its hassle-free slick design that removed all cords [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time its history, Major League Baseball (MLB) will open a regular season in South Korea. MLB and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) announced Wednesday (U.S. time) that the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres will play in Seoul on March 20 and 21 as [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, said Thursday it will invest US$200 million to produce the all-electric EV9 SUV in its U.S. plant next year. The flagship EV9 will be the first EV for Kia to be assembled in the United States, the company said in a [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Construction machinery manufacturer HD Hyundai Infracore Co. said Wednesday it has developed a mobile app utilizing augmented reality (AR) technology to assist in the diagnosis and repair of construction machines and equipment. The AR Guidance app integrates AR technology with 3D modeling data and data collected from component sensors [...]