SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In a precedent-setting ruling, South Korea’s Supreme Court said Thursday that pharmacists may seek the cancellation of a rival pharmacy’s license if it opens directly next to a medical clinic in violation of pharmacy law. The decision overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit brought by pharmacists in [...]
SEOUL, Sept.11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans with children studying in the United States are facing sticker shock after Washington eliminated duty-free exemptions on small parcels, a move that has sent shipping costs soaring and left families questioning whether to send packages at all. Until last month, personal shipments valued under $800 were exempt from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean researchers has developed an artificial intelligence model that allows parents to screen toddlers for autism spectrum disorder at home using nothing more than a smartphone. The study, led by Professors Chun Geun-ah and Kim Hwi-young of Severance Hospital and Professor Kim Boong-nyun of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has emerged as South Korea’s dominant force in artificial intelligence, ranking far ahead of domestic rivals Naver and LG, according to a new industry analysis. Yet even the nation’s top firms remain far behind American and Chinese tech giants in global AI competitiveness. The study, released Tuesday [...]
MUNICH, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis, the parts and technology arm of Hyundai Motor Group, used Europe’s largest mobility exhibition on Tuesday to sharpen its ambition of becoming a global top-three auto supplier, highlighting its push into electrification and software-defined vehicles. At the IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich, Axel Maschka, the company’s head [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Two affiliates of HD Hyundai have received approval in principle for an Internet of Things–based smart cabin system designed to optimize energy use and improve onboard living conditions, the Korean Register (KR) said Wednesday. The certification, granted jointly to HD Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries and HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, verifies [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean authorities said Wednesday that a string of unauthorized micro-payments targeting KT subscribers appears to have stemmed from hackers using an illegal base station device known as a femtocell. But investigators cautioned that critical details — including how the unregistered equipment accessed KT’s core network and whether personal [...]
BUSAN, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — On a spring evening in 1964, an 18-year-old farm girl fought back against a man who tried to assault her in a desolate field near her home. She was small, he was strong, and escape seemed impossible. Desperate, she did the only thing she could: when he forced a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is poised to legalize tattooing by non-medical practitioners for the first time in more than three decades, after a legislative committee approved a bill that would formally recognize tattoo artists as licensed professionals. The Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly passed the so-called Tattooist Act on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A new government-commissioned study has found that nearly four in ten South Korean adolescents view e-cigarettes as either a substitute for conventional cigarettes or a tool to quit smoking, underscoring the growing influence of targeted marketing campaigns by tobacco companies. The report, released Tuesday by Sahmyook University at the [...]