SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday its TV factory in South Africa has burned down as rioters turned violent there. LG said its TV manufacturing and distribution facilities in Durban, eastern South Africa, were plundered Monday (local time) by protestors who are against the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. [...]
DAEJEON, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed an artificial sensory interface system that mimics the human body’s neural signals. The system is expected to be able to be used in various areas, including virtual reality and the metaverse. Scientists have struggle to develop an artificial sensory system that is [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A revised Road Traffic Act that mandates the creation of exclusive parking spaces for personal mobility vehicles such as electric kickboards took effect on Tuesday. The legal revision guides users of personal mobility vehicles to park in designated spaces by mandating the installation of safety signs and lines for parking [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A UNESCO committee will adopt a decision next week calling for Japan to live up to its promise to honor forced labor victims at an information center on industrial revolution sites registered on the World Heritage list, an official said Monday. The World Heritage Committee (WHC) is expected to [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm has been developed that can predict lung cancer patients’ response to immuno-oncology treatment on the basis of their clinical information. A joint research team from the Yonsei Cancer Hospital and the Yonsei University Medical School said it had developed a machine learning-based algorithm [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Sunday that it will establish a city-wide public Internet of Things (IoT) network by 2023 and set up the operating platform at City Hall by the end of this year. The city government plans to collect a variety of data including that related to [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean passport was found to be the third most effective one for travelers around the world, allowing its bearers to travel to 191 countries visa-free, data showed Sunday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy and Germany tied for third, only after Japan and Singapore, in the latest edition of the [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Elite high schools will be able to keep their status for the time being after the courts ruled 10-0 against the education authorities’ decision to cancel their licenses. On Thursday, Dongsan Christian High School in Ansan, 42 kilometers south of Seoul, became the tenth and last “autonomous private high [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — SsangYong Motor Co., a debt-ridden automaker, has decided to sell the site of its plant in Pyeongtaek as part of self-rescue efforts, the local government said Saturday. The company has been under court receivership since April, as its Indian parent, Mahindra & Mahindra, failed to secure a buyer for [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Early this week, two young bears escaped from their cramped cages at a breeding farm in Yongin, south of Seoul. One was shot to death hours after the escape, and the other is still on the loose. Similar incidents have occurred in the past in a country where bears [...]