DAEJEON, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The government-funded research institution ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Institute) has announced a breakthrough in its development of image recognition processors geared towards driverless car technology. The achievement – the successful design of a nine-core processor – is a notable one for South Korean interests, as it was only last [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have displayed improved memory recall after using an in-house cognitive training program developed by the neuropsychiatry department at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. Titled “Ubiquitous Spaced Retrieval-based Memory Advancement and Rehabilitation Training” or “USMART” for short, the tablet PC-based program enables patients to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tourism authorities have launched a special team of mystery shoppers consisting of both South Koreans and foreign nationals in a bid to improve food and service quality ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. The Korea Tourism Organization announced its decision to deploy mystery shoppers to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is revamping some of the landfill sites in Seoul and the surrounding area as renewable energy power plants. The Ministry of Environment and the Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation (SLC) announced plans on Sunday to expand its renewable energy generation capacity in the capital and surrounding [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A former wire spring factory that was renovated into a cultural center will stage a “Sound Art Performance” by GRAME, the French cultural center for music, starting on September 28. The display will feature artists from France, Belgium and Taiwan. It utilizes moving lights with sounds and images to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Korea Smart Card Co. have joined hands to help solve a problem that 79 percent of 3,109 taxi drivers have experienced at least once: access to a bathroom. A survey of taxi drivers conducted by the city in April revealed that a significantly large number [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean research team has developed a new artificial-intelligence chip capable of deep learning that could be used in future mobile phones, robots and drones. The researchers, led by professor Yu Hoe-jun at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, announced on Monday that they had revealed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The existence of the Mapo oil storage site, a maximum security facility sitting on the slopes of Mt. Maebong in Seoul, was revealed for the first time in forty years and is now being transformed into a cultural complex. The city of Seoul announced on August 24 that a [...]
POHANG, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — For the past five months, a fire has burned day and night in the heart of Pohang. Which is why the city announced on August 24 that it has begun the construction of a ring of fire-resistant glass and a platform around the fire in order to turn it [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is set to launch a crowdfunding campaign for small and medium enterprises with creative ideas in a bid to promote and boost private investment. According to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Thursday, a government branch set up under the Moon Jae-in government last [...]