SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - A comprehensive evaluation of four tablet computers sold in South Korea has identified the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ as the leading value-for-money option, offering superior battery life and solid performance for its price point. The Korea Consumer Agency announced on February 4 that its testing revealed significant variations among [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - The South Korean government is advancing plans to export integrated power plant and grid systems through public-private partnerships, despite growing market uncertainties surrounding the new Trump administration in the United States. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced these plans on February 4 during the kickoff meeting of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - Korean scientists have achieved a breakthrough in measuring the structure of transition states, the fleeting intermediate phase of chemical reactions that exists for less than a femtosecond (one quadrillionth of a second), KAIST announced on February 4. A research team led by professor Kim Sang Kyu from KAIST’s Department of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) - In a romantic gesture straight out of a movie, Samsung’s Everland theme park announced on February 4 that it will give one couple exclusive after-hours access to the entire park on Valentine’s Day, offering them a chance to experience a fantastical date night surrounded by dazzling lights and attractions with [...]
BARCELONA, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tech giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are showcasing their latest commercial display technologies at ISE 2025, Europe’s largest display exhibition, held from February 4 to 7 in Barcelona. Samsung has set up a 1,728-square-meter exhibition space, featuring a massive 462-inch ‘The Wall’ media façade at the entrance. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s economic outlook is growing increasingly uncertain as global trade tensions intensify, raising concerns that the country’s real GDP growth rate could fall to the mid-1% range this year. Compounding the risks of domestic political instability, the latest wave of U.S. tariff hikes on key trading partners has further [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has received 122,095 refugee applications since implementing its refugee program in 1994, with only 1,544 individuals being granted refugee status — an approval rate of 2.7% — according to statistics released by the Ministry of Justice on February 3. The country began accepting refugee applications in March 1994 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on February 3 that a new spacecraft propulsion system it has developed will be launched into space aboard a satellite on South Korea’s Nuri launch vehicle. A research team led by Choe Won-ho, a professor in KAIST’s Department of Nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tech giant Kakao and OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, have announced a strategic partnership to integrate OpenAI’s advanced artificial intelligence technology into Kakao’s services and collaborate on new AI-driven products. Kakao CEO Jeong Shin-ah and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled the agreement during a joint press conference on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korean job seekers say they are willing to accept positions at any company amid growing economic uncertainty, according to a new survey released on February 3. Career platform Saramin found that 55.2% of 464 entry-level job seekers surveyed said they would work “anywhere that offers [...]