GIMHAE, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Animal enthusiasts from all over the country have come together to raise funds aimed at providing animal feed for a private zoo that has garnered controversy due to its cramped and outdated facilities. Recently, a diverse range of food supplies reached Bugyeong Zoo, located in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s sleep technology firms are introducing a range of customized solutions by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze sleep patterns and provide personalized assessments. Sleep tracking software startup Asleep has created an AI model capable of analyzing sleep stages solely through breathing sounds. It can also identify sleep-related [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major telecom operator in South Korea, on Thursday unveiled a cloud streaming-based 3D experiential showroom. Utilizing the Unreal Engine 5 real-time 3D creation tool as its foundation, the showroom establishes a virtual space mirroring reality by integrating diverse clothing information such as fabric and color. Avatars [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will strengthen radiation tests on farmed seafood to help ease public concerns following Japan’s release of contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, the oceans ministry said Friday. Japan began releasing “treated” radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean Thursday amid [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will drop a song for the soundtrack of its new mobile video game on Friday, the group’s agency said. “The Girls” is on the original soundtrack for the mobile game, “BLACKPINK The Game,” released in May. Members Rose and Jennie participated in composing and writing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The employment of wage workers in South Korea grew at a slow pace in the first quarter of 2023 amid an economic slowdown, and two out of three newly added jobs were for senior citizens, data showed Friday. The number of paid employee jobs came to 20.21 million in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic group, some of whose members are banned from visiting a public park close to the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, filed a petition against the ban with the state human rights watchdog Friday. The group said it petitioned the National Human Rights Commission of Korea to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, unveiled the design of the all-electric EV5 SUV on Friday, along with its plan to produce the new model at its plant in China. Kia introduced the EV5 during the media day of the 2023 Chengdu International Automobile Industry exhibition, which [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Various cultural events will be held throughout this year to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Korea and India, including K-pop concerts, a seminar on Korean culture and exhibitions, the culture ministry said Friday. Since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1973, they have developed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major pharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc. said Friday it has completed a license deal with Johnson & Johnson to sell its autoimmune disease treatment biosimilar in the United States. The deal will allow Celltrion’s CT-P43, the company’s ustekinumab biosimilar referencing Stelara, developed by J&J’s pharmaceutical unit of Janssen [...]