SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it plans to hire a record number of postgraduate researchers this year to secure future technologies in the semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors. The South Korean tech giant said it will hire 1,000 postgraduate engineers by the end of this year. Samsung already [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier, said Wednesday it has teamed up with the country’s top industrial robot maker and a major general hospital to develop advanced medical solutions. Under the partnership with Asan Medical Center and Hyundai Robotics Co., KT will develop contactless medical services, such [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday opened the world’s first hydrogen mobility show as it pushes to become a leader in hydrogen vehicles and other related industries. More than 100 companies and research institutions of 11 countries participated in the H2 Mobility+Energy Show at an exhibition center in Ilsan, just north [...]
SEJONG, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it will foster 1,000 businesses in the hydrogen industry over the next 20 years in its latest push to nurture a hydrogen-based ecosystem and related economy. Under the goal, the country will help create at least 500 new firms in various hydrogen-related segments, including cars, [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Audi Korea on Wednesday launched its first all-electric sport utility vehicle model in South Korea as it strives to boost sales amid the new coronavirus outbreak. The Audi e-tron 55 quattro SUV went on sale in European markets in March last year and then in the United States and [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday began providing remdesivir, an experimental drug conventionally used for Ebola, as a treatment drug for the novel coronavirus. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the medication developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences Inc. will be used for COVID-19 patients with [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans have been more or less satisfied with so-called ‘untact’ work policies that came about following the coronavirus outbreak. However, most employers were found to shun untact work policies because they collide with the traditional way of work. The Korean Chamber of Commerce conducted a survey of human [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Tobacco producers will now be banned from promoting cigarette consumption by offering new products for free trial. A bill containing relevant provisions to amend the National Health Promotion Act was passed by the state council on Tuesday. Current laws prohibit all acts of promoting cigarette sales by tobacco producers, [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) announced on Tuesday that its community treatment center designed to treat COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms confirmed the potential of ‘untact diagnosis’ through the use of state-of-the-art information technology. The newly-coined term ‘untact’ refers to non-face-to-face contact. SNUH ran a COVID-19 community treatment [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city is moving to provide emergency relief funds to foreigners living in the capital city that could benefit some 100,000 households, municipal authorities said Tuesday. The city government said that Seoul Metropolitan Council earlier in the day passed a 2.23 trillion-won (US$1.86 billion) extra budget bill that includes [...]