SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will use Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platforms in the infotainment system for its purpose-built vehicles (PBVs), the U.S. chip company said Thursday. Under the technology collaboration, the Korean automotive group will incorporate the latest Snapdragon solutions in its PBV infotainment system to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Pixar Animation Studios’ “Elemental” surpassed 6 million admissions Thursday, becoming the first animated film to achieve this milestone in South Korea since “Frozen 2″ in 2019, its local distributor, Walt Disney Company Korea, said. On Sunday, it set a new record as the most-viewed foreign film released in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As shown in the recent stabbing rampage near Sillim Subway Station in southwestern Seoul, explosive impulse-control disorder goes beyond personal emotions and is expressed in the form of crime against others. According to data from the National Police Agency, 19.1 percent of the 1,247,680 reported crimes in 2021 were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Generation Z in South Korea prefers spontaneous relationships based on self-initiating actions. Dating app operator WIPPY analyzed the profiles and behavioral data of around 345,000 members in their 20s, which revealed that they used the expressions ‘now,’ ‘immediately,’ and ‘after work’ 1.5 times more frequently than those in their [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Kyochon 1991, one of South Korea’s major fried chicken franchises, opened its first store in Taiwan on Thursday as part of its efforts to expand its global business, its operator said. The store at Banqiao Global Store in New Taipei City will serve its popular menu, as well as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Logistics Corp., a major South Korean logistics company, said Thursday that it has signed an initial agreement with Japanese shipping company Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. as part of its efforts to expand its global business. With the memorandum of understanding, Ocean Network Express, also called ONE, will [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean researchers’ claim of a breakthrough of a potential room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor is stirring up controversy over whether their discovery is real or not amid global interest. Researchers from the Seoul-based Quantum Energy Research Centre Inc., including Lee Suk-bae, Kim Hyun-tak and Kwon Young-wan, posted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp. said Wednesday it has released a new archiving feature for inactive chatrooms in its mobile messenger KakaoTalk through the most recent update. The newly introduced service archives and hides inactive chatrooms that the user does not wish to leave. Archived chatrooms will not send out new notifications [...]
BORYEONG, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Boryeong in South Chungcheong Province introduced the very first mud playground for pet dogs at the annual Boryeong Mud Festival, which is currently being held at Daecheon Beach. The pet playground features a large mud pool, a standard-sized pool, tubes, and an obstacle course. To provide [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league said Wednesday it will launch a voice narration service catering to visually impaired baseball fans. The service will be available at three baseball stadiums in Seoul, Busan and Gwangju — namely Jamsil Baseball Stadium, Sajik Baseball Stadium and Gwangju-Kia Champions Field — and will [...]