SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled new wearable products and tablets as the company aims to expand its presence in the mobile device market. At its Galaxy Unpacked online event on Wednesday, the South Korean tech giant introduced the Galaxy Watch 3 smartwatch, the Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds, the Galaxy [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Nafamostat, a drug used to treat acute pancreatitis and prevent blood clotting for patients receiving blood dialysis, was found to be effective against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Professors Rhee Ji-young and Jang Suk-bin from Dankook University Hospital published an article detailing the use of nafamostat [...]
BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — China eased coronavirus restrictions on the entry of South Korean students and workers Wednesday, sources said, in an apparent move to strengthen its ties with Seoul amid growing geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing. Beijing started to receive visa applications from students, workers and those with valid residence permits, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Netflix Inc. has topped South Korea’s over-the-top (OTT) service ranking in the four years since its debut, largely thanks to a localization strategy focused on investing massive sums into the production of local content, experts say. Initially, Netflix faced unwilling customers who weren’t used to the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Private detective businesses will be officially permitted in South Korea, beginning later this week, following the parliamentary passage of a relevant legal revision early this year, the nation’s police agency said Tuesday. A revision of the Credit Information Use and Protection Act is to take effect on Wednesday, removing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A solidarity movement is spreading in the wake of the news that a ‘No Discrimination Against LGBTs’ advertisement posted in a Seoul subway station was torn apart. Rainbow Action, an activist group fighting for human rights for sexual minorities, posted an ad titled ‘Sexual minorities exist in your everyday [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Tuesday it will release data on restaurants that follow sanitary guidelines meant to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus to induce people to dine out more without being excessively concerned about safety. “The data on the safe restaurants will speed up the efforts to prevent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has partnered with the country’s top delivery operator Woowa Brothers Corp. to develop a robot delivery service using 5G technology. The two companies signed an agreement to introduce SK Telecom’s 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) technology into Woowa [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A new camera has been developed to indicate the location of people who cough or sneeze as an image by recognizing the sound of coughing on a real-time basis, the South Korea’s top engineering and technology university said Monday. The camera is expected to contribute to preventing the spread [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean language has been selected as an official secondary language in India, to be included in the country’s public education curriculum. The Indian government announced new education plans on Thursday, adding the Korean language, along with Thai, Portuguese, and Russian, to the recommended list of secondary language courses. [...]