SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to start a trial of an artificial intelligence (AI) phone call service to say hello to about 300 middle-aged individuals living alone in Seoul within the first half of this year. The service will use an AI program designed to make phone calls to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has further beefed up its early warning monitoring system on thousands of core industrial items in a bid to prevent the recurrence of a problem like the abrupt supply crunch of urea solution late last year, according to the country’s foreign ministry Sunday. The ministry [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean lawmakers on Friday called for the speedy passage of a bill that would oblige overseas content providers, including Netflix Inc., to share the burden of network usage costs. Netflix has recently come under fire in South Korea for refusing to pay for the use of the network [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A court on Friday suspended the enforcement of the government’s vaccine pass program at department and discount stores while also halting vaccine pass requirements for minors aged 12-18 at all facilities. The Seoul Administrative Court’s decision, however, applies only to facilities and people in Seoul, pending the outcome of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An unfriendly letter that a high school girl wrote to a soldier in the mandatory military service surprised many this week, not only because of the letter’s sarcastic tone but also due to the fact that the practice of having students send thank-you letters to troops still exists. In [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Netizens expressed displeasure online after a coffee shop franchise distinguished vaccinated and non-vaccinated customers by affixing stickers of different colors to customer cups. A post written on an online community on Thursday talked about how a local coffee shop attached different colors of stickers based on the customer’s vaccination [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Virtual humans are taking over the entertainment industry as they are debuting as models, singers and actors. Online game developer Smilegate recently joined hands with creative technology company Giantstep to create a fashion magazine starring virtual influencer Han YuA. The magazine has also teamed up with several luxury brands. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s all-new portable projector, unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week, has gotten off to a good start, as preorders were sold out at home and abroad, the company said Friday. The new product, The Freestyle, is a light, portable screen and entertainment device, especially [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent report has called for the need to reform South Korea’s pension system as quickly as possible, given the nation’s rapid population ageing and elderly poverty problem. The Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI), the research arm of the country’s conglomerate lobby Federation of Korean Industries, said in a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study claimed that the introduction of a program designed to support migrant workers who have returned to their home countries will help prevent foreigners from staying in South Korea illegally. Kim Yeon-hong, a departmental head at the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, said that out of [...]