SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — When starting an electric vehicle (EV) or driving it at a low speed, an audible engine sound is not generated, unlike for a typical internal combustion engine. This is regarded as one of the strengths of EVs, but poses a new challenge threatening the safety of pedestrians since they [...]
DAEJEON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The state intelligence agency has launched an ethical hacker education program to cultivate cyber security experts. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said Monday that it held an ethical hacker cultivation course last month for 20 undergraduate and graduate students from the nine universities in Daejeon and North/South Chungcheong provinces [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans want to visit Japan, a survey showed Sunday. The Japan Press Research Institute conducted a survey of 1,000 people each from South Korea, China, the United States, France, and Thailand to come up with the said results, Kyodo News reported. Asked if they [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. will join hands with Woowa Brothers, South Korea’s top food delivery app operator, to develop unmanned delivery robots. The three companies recently signed a memorandum of understanding to start a research and development (R&D) project on robotics mobility and distribution for delivery [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday launched a customizable water purifier in South Korea as the tech giant eyes to expand sales amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend. Samsung said the BESPOKE water purifier, which was first unveiled at the all-digital Consumer Electronics Show 2021 in January, is now available in [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Energy Corp., an energy unit of South Korean conglomerate GS Group, said Monday it will build and operate a power plant fired by liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Vietnam. GS Energy said it will build a 3 gigawatt LNG-fired power plant in southern Vietnam in a deal estimated [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The trading of digital assets using cryptography technology such as Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is gaining rising popularity in the global art market. South Korea is not exception to this trend. Art investment and service company Pica Project recently said that South Korean contemporary artist Mari Kim’s “Missing and Found” [...]
JEJU, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The provincial government of Jeju Island is driving forward with plans to commercialize floating-type offshore wind power systems and existing gas stations into electric car charging stations. The municipal government recently announced that it was finally selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Floating Offshore Wind Power [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s main airport operator said Sunday it will participate in a 600 billion-won (US$530 million) airport development project in Indonesia. The Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) has formed a consortium with Indonesia’s state-run airport operator PT Angkasa Pura 1 (AP1) and local construction firm PT Wijaya Karya Tbk [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will start administering vaccines to inpatients and employees of nursing homes and long-term care hospitals who are aged 65 or older this week as part of its monthslong inoculation plan, health authorities said Sunday. Starting from Tuesday, more than 370,000 health workers and patients aged 65 and [...]