SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is enhancing its support for employees undertaking overseas business trips, which have been increasing in number since the end of the pandemic. The carmaker said Sunday that it has partnered with WeWork, a U.S.-based coworking space provider, enabling employees on overseas business trips to utilize WeWork’s [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is set to revolutionize the tech landscape with its upcoming customized artificial intelligence (AI) services. With a focus on enhancing knowledge search, translation, summarization, and organizing meeting minutes, the company plans to introduce these innovative features as early as this year. According to industry insiders, Samsung’s [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In a significant development for the energy industry, the National Fire Agency announced on Sunday that the installation of hydrogen fuel cells, a form of power generation equipment, is now legally permissible at gas stations. This announcement follows a partial amendment notice to the detailed standards of the Act [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. has announced that a range of its mobility solutions will feature in Marvel Studios’ “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” which is set to premiere in the domestic market next week. The upcoming animated film marks the third collaboration between the carmaker and Sony Pictures Entertainment, following their [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Poland emerged as the source of South Korea’s fifth-biggest trade surplus in the January-April period thanks to increased defense industry exports, trade data showed Sunday. South Korea posted a surplus of US$2.71 billion in trading with Poland during the January-April period, following the surplus of $10.85 billion with the [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. was the most preferred stock as gifts among domestic investors last month, a local brokerage analysis showed Sunday. Shares in Samsung Electronics topped gifting stock services of the home trading and mobile trading systems operated by the country’s seven securities companies in [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of U.S. artificial intelligence company OpenAI said Friday that he is ready to invest in promising startups in South Korea, where its global sensation chatbot ChatGPT has been rapidly and widely used. “We love to support people building on our platform. Some of our teams here today [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it will revise a city ordinance, enabling the designation of alcohol-free zones in riverside parks along the Han River. The city has recently proposed a bill to the Seoul Metropolitan Council, seeking to amend an ordinance promoting a healthy drinking culture. This initiative [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will supply its latest automotive processor to Hyundai Motor Co. for the carmaker’s next-generation in-vehicle infotainment systems. Samsung said the processor, the Exynos Auto V920, will be used in the carmaker’s infotainment system, set to roll out by 2025, in the first collaboration [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The “Leave Chat Room Quietly” function in KakaoTalk, South Korea’s top mobile messenger, has gained immense popularity since its launch a month ago. According to Kakao Corp., the operator of KakaoTalk, the new function was activated by around 2 million users from May 10-31, after it was added to [...]