SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of manure generated by livestock farms every year is estimated at more than 50 million tons, most of which is used as compost, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs conducted a complete enumeration survey on the current state of livestock [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. is not sure yet whether to apply for U.S. government grants under the Chips Act, the chipmaker’s top executive said Wednesday, calling the process too complicated. While the application is under serious consideration, “we found the process too demanding,” Park Jung-ho, vice chair and co-CEO of [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government has tapped into artificial intelligence (AI) technology to automatically detect and monitor digital sex crimes around the clock, officials said Wednesday. The city’s center for fighting digital sex crimes introduced an AI-based monitoring system, developed by the Seoul Institute of Technology, to automatically find and [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of female applicants accepted into law schools across South Korea has exceeded male applicants for the first time this year. According to Jongro Academy, one of the country’s leading educational institutions for college admissions, 52.5 percent of all applicants accepted by 25 law schools nationwide for the [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Wednesday it will open its fifth retail store in South Korea later this week, strengthening its presence in the country where its rival Samsung Electronics Co. is maintaining a dominant market position. Apple Gangnam will open in Seoul’s posh southern district of Gangnam [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles aerobatic team plans to participate in a biennial air show in Malaysia in May, the armed service said Wednesday. The team will join the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) slated to take place at the Langkawi International Airport from May [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker by sales, on Wednesday unveiled the all-electric EV9 flagship SUV ahead of its domestic launch in the second quarter. The EV9 is Kia’s second model equipped with Hyundai Motor Group’s dedicated EV platform, called E-GMP, after the EV6 SUV launched in 2021. The [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is likely to report poor results in its chip business next month, analysts said Monday, as the ongoing global economic challenges that have resulted in reduced consumer demand negatively affect the company’s performance. Samsung’s Device Solution (DS) division, which oversees its chip business, is forecast to make [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Pay, the near field communication (NFC) payment service offered by U.S. tech giant Apple Inc., saw over 1 million registrations (based on token issuance) within a day of its launch. However, the impact of Apple Pay in the market is likely to be limited due to certain factors. [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Youn Ji-won is a cellist and a self-taught art curator who thinks looking at paintings in museums is not enough and wants to invite people to the boundless art world in unconventional ways. Youn has created her own term, “lecture concert,” to select artworks under a theme, tell stories [...]