SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday it had developed a new technology to prevent the hacking of intelligent CCTV systems in collaboration with Internet of Things (IoT) security specialist ICTK Holdings. Intelligent CCTV refers to an artificial intelligence (AI) service that analyzes video images [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Upholding a lower court ruling, a Seoul appeals court on Thursday acquitted a former Army captain charged with having sex with a fellow male soldier. The Seoul Northern District Court cleared the former captain, whose identity was withheld, of charges that he violated the Military Criminal Act that calls [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners staying in South Korea bounced back above the 2 million mark last month for the first time in 15 months, immigration data showed Thursday. According to the data by the justice ministry’s immigration policy bureau, 2,012,862 foreigners were staying in the country as of May, [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Disputes over noise between apartments have increased in number following increased indoor activity in the pandemic era, a civic group said Wednesday. The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ) studied reports published by the Ministry of Environment and reported that the number of noise complaints doubled from 26,257 cases [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The country’s land ministry, the justice ministry and other agencies on Thursday said they will launch an investigation into foreigners’ speculative real estate investments. The authorities also plan to designate regions where real estate transactions by foreigners will be restricted and compile statistics on foreign ownership of properties here [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will launch a joint investigation team to eradicate voice phishing crimes that cause damage worth more than 700 billion won (US$538 million) annually, the prosecution said Thursday. The Supreme Prosecutors Office (SPO) announced it will form the joint investigation team with relevant agencies, such as the National [...]
ICHEON, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military on Thursday launched new correctional facilities with an advanced monitoring solution, including the country’s first suicide prevention sensors and other systems designed to improve the living conditions of inmates and help reduce the workload of guards. The opening of the institution, located 80 kilometers southeast of [...]
GWANGJU, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An environmental civic group in the southwestern city of Gwangju plans to make a street tree map as part of efforts to keep street trees healthy, respond to climate change, and improve the urban environment. The Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM)’s Gwangju branch on Wednesday signed an agreement [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of neighbors who live near President Yoon Suk-yeol’s private home filed a petition Wednesday asking police to stop noisy protest rallies in their neighborhood. Employing loudspeakers, progressive protestors from YouTube news channel Voice of Seoul have been staging daily rallies in front of Yoon’s apartment building in southern [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea fell to a record low in April amid the chronically low birthrate, while that of deaths hit an all-time high due to rapid aging and the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday. A total of 21,124 babies were born in April, down [...]