SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military unit based in Lebanon provided additional emergency relief items to the Middle Eastern country on Friday to help with recovery efforts in the wake of a recent deadly explosion, Seoul’s defense ministry said. A total of 4,000 sets of medical supplies and 17,000 face masks were [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A 37-year-old worker referred to only as Kim was asked to leave right after he brought his wife and new-born twins to rest at a postnatal care center. After the resurgence of COVID-19 in South Korea in recent days, the nation’s postnatal care centers shifted their policy towards banning [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint research team of South Korean and American researchers has scientifically proven the effects of acupuncture by observing changes to brain structure. Researchers from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine and the Harvard Medical School announced Thursday that they had verified the hypothesis that acupuncture heals the senses [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday that subscription to its mobile services will be possible using a PASS Mobile Driver’s License instead of a physical ID card. The PASS Mobile Driver’s License is an app-based service that enables users to register their driver’s license in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean pop culture is gaining popularity in India, where the so-called Korean wave has always struggled to make inroads. With the onslaught of the coronavirus, Indians are beginning to find new interest in Korean entertainment as they are forced to stay indoors. For long, India’s Bollywood and the country’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker, said Thursday it has partnered with a think tank and a company in Australia to jointly develop hydrogen production technology. Hyundai signed an initial contract with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and Fortescue Metal Group Ltd. (FMG) to collaborate [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. automotive distribution company may submit a binding offer to acquire a stake in SsangYong Motor Co. next month as the carmaker’s Indian parent looks for an investor, media reports said Thursday. HAAH Automotive Holdings, Inc., a California company that imports vehicles for the U.S. market, is preparing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based model that can predict the number of foreign COVID-19 cases entering the country. Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology announced on Wednesday that it had developed a new AI model that was capable [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A sign of conflict is surfacing again over the commissions charged by Apple and Google in their respective app stores, which have an unrivaled presence in the app market. After charging a 30 percent commission for gaming content, Google plans to shift its commission policy towards charging commissions on [...]
DAEGU, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been six months since the outbreak of the first coronavirus infection in Daegu. Daegu, once known as one of the biggest coronavirus hotspots in the world, is now being commended as a successful model case for containing the pandemic, gaining the world’s attention. As of Sunday, the [...]