SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday unveiled an eco-friendly clothing line in collaboration with a British online shopping mall as the South Korean tech giant pushes marketing for its clothing care appliances. LG said it has joined hands with online premium fashion retailer Net-A-Porter to launch a limited-edition clothing line [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin Air Co., the budget carrier unit of Korean Air Lines Co., said Monday it has begun transporting cargo to the United States to survive the coronavirus pandemic. Jin Air has become the country’s first low-cost carrier to deliver cargo to the U.S. Jin Air delivered 23 tons of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it has started testing an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can detect dementia by listening to patients’ speech. The carrier said it partnered with Seoul National University College of Medicine last year to develop the program to allow early [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With the majority of cultural festivals cancelled due to the coronavirus, food truck businesses are introducing contactless services or offering catering services for schools and workplaces in a desperate bid for survival. Many businesses and agencies have recently been inviting food trucks to hold special snack events. Daegwang High [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The scope of smartphone-based digital key services, which are emerging as one of the core technologies in times of car-sharing, is expanding. Hyundai Motor Co. announced a plan to launch a string of new-concept services by leveraging its existing digital key service. One of the new-concept services is the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts company, has announced a plan to institutionalize its work-from-home program as one of its official human resources (HR) policies. To cope with South Korea’s social distancing campaign designed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company launched the work-from-home [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. has announced a global recall of AirPods Pro wireless earbuds for faulty sound issues, such as crackling or static sounds. Apple said it has determined that a small percentage of AirPods Pro may experience sound issues, adding that affected units were manufactured before October 2020. The U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight units of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group will participate in a global renewable energy campaign also joined by Google Inc. and Apple Inc., the group said Sunday. The SK firms will be the first South Korean companies to take part in the RE100 campaign that calls for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s public health agency said Saturday that a total of 83 people, most of whom are elderly, died after being administered with a seasonal flu vaccine. The deaths have stoked public anxiety over the safety of flu vaccines, but the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in on Saturday went trekking on a trail course and unlocked the gate to the route, 52 years after it was declared off-limits for security reasons. The hike came two days after Cheong Wa Dae announced plans to open the northern side of an ancient fortress wall [...]