SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Police Agency has suspended its use of a domestic artificial intelligence–based legal information platform, citing cost pressures and growing concerns over the reliability of AI-generated content after a recent controversy involving ChatGPT-created false legal citations. According to police officials on Tuesday, the agency announced on its internal [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – China announced Tuesday it will impose retaliatory measures against five U.S.-based subsidiaries of South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co., accusing them of cooperating with a U.S. investigation targeting China’s maritime and shipbuilding industries. In a statement, the Chinese commerce ministry claimed Hanwha Ocean’s U.S. affiliates assisted and supported the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean lawmakers across party lines have condemned the government’s handling of a sharp rise in kidnapping and confinement cases involving Korean nationals in Cambodia, urging swift and decisive measures — including the possibility of military intervention — to protect citizens abroad. During a National Assembly audit on Sunday, Rep. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A holographic police system installed in a central Seoul park has captured international attention as a novel and effective approach to urban crime prevention. The virtual patrol, introduced last year by the Jungbu Police Station in Jeodong 3 Park, uses a life-sized hologram police officer that greets passersby and broadcasts [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. House version of an annual defense policy bill, passed earlier this month, includes a call for maintaining around 28,500 American troops in South Korea and reaffirming the United States’ deterrence commitment to the Asian ally, its text showed Monday. The House approved its version of the National [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Obstruction of official duties against South Korean police officers remains alarmingly frequent, with more than 9,000 cases recorded last year — nearly 25 incidents every day — according to newly disclosed government data. Figures released by Rep. Seo Beom-soo of the People Power Party, citing the National Police Agency, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. military has deployed its new Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) system to South Korea, marking the first time the advanced air defense platform has been stationed at an overseas base. According to the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS), U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A global commission on the military use of artificial intelligence (AI) has called for legally binding agreements to ensure decisions to use nuclear weapons remain under human control, not AI systems, as part of responsible military AI integration. The Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM) Global Commission, a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Aerospace Co. is poised to sign an additional contract with Norway to supply 24 K9 self-propelled howitzers, defense industry sources said Thursday. The South Korean defense giant is expected to finalize the agreement soon with the Norwegian Defense Materiel Agency, according to the sources. A company official declined [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A central plank of Google’s lobbying campaign to secure approval for exporting South Korea’s high-precision mapping data is coming under sharp scrutiny, with experts arguing that the projected economic benefits are inflated and based on questionable assumptions. Google has cited research suggesting that if Korea allows the export of [...]