SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hyundai Robotics Co. said Friday it has joined hands with fried chicken franchise KFC Korea Co. to automate the chicken cooking process. Under the preliminary deal with KFC Korea, Hyundai Robotics, a unit of global shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co. (HHIH), will develop the automation [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — All of the dogs rescued from the Gupo Dog Meat Market in the southern port city of Busan that was shut down last year have been successfully adopted overseas. The Busan branch of the Alliance for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced that all of about 80 dogs rescued [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent statistics have revealed that despite having a far lower obesity rate than men, South Korean women account for an absolute majority in the use of drug-type anorexic agents. According to the data that Rep. Nam In-soon of the ruling Democratic Party received from the Ministry of Food and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police investigating the death of a Hong Kong fashion empire heiress during plastic surgery in Seoul early this year said Thursday the operating surgeon has been found at fault for the medical accident and her death. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said it booked the Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, said Thursday it will carry cargo using a passenger jet to offset a sharp decline in air travel demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jeju Air plans to deploy a B737-800 passenger jet to deliver cargo from Incheon to Bangkok from late [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean telecom company, said Thursday it released a virtual reality (VR) series on the International Space Station, its first project with a global alliance of telecom operators and VR developers. “Space Explorers: The ISS Experience” follows the daily activities of the astronauts all in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday launched a new home appliance line with enhanced customization options as the South Korean tech firm targets more consumers who seek their own home interior styling. LG Objet Collection allows consumers to select their own colors and materials for home appliances so that they [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has succeeded in greatly improving the learning speed of its voice-powered digital assistant Bixby by adopting Google Cloud. The Bixby service was upgraded in April with a new engine that enables a significant improvement in the speed of data recognition and the accuracy in learning results, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean steelmaker POSCO has joined hands with KT Corp., a major telecommunications firm, to promote smart green cities. The two companies, together with Mystech Co., a local company that specializes in the production of street facilities such as street lamps, signed a business cooperation agreement on Wednesday. Under [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of South Korea’s public health body said Wednesday there was no direct link between flu shots and recent reported deaths and the government will go ahead with the nationwide flu vaccine program. Jeong Eun-kyeong, head of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), told a media [...]