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SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s technology trade reached the second-highest tally ever of US$29.9 billion in 2020, down 5.5 percent from the previous year, amid the global pandemic, government data showed Friday. The technology trade refers to the country’s international technology transactions, such as the use of patents, licenses and technical services, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Online game developer Smilegate Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it had established datasets for hateful online comments and speech through its artificial intelligence (AI) center. Alarmed by the sharp increase in hate expressions in online spaces, Smilegate’s AI center established datasets for hateful online comments and speech as a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday unveiled a long-term road map to foster its metaverse industry, with the aim of becoming the world’s fifth-largest market in the next five years. Under the plan, South Korea will foster at least 220 metaverse companies with sales volumes of more than 5 billion won [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a protein absorbent that can collect rare earth elements from steel slag, an industrial by-product. The National Research Foundation of Korea said Tuesday that researchers at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology had integrated two different types of proteins, one that [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — An astronomy project to explore the universe by connecting 22 radio telescopes in East Asia will be expanded. The National Geographic Information Institute (NGII) said Wednesday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the East Asian VLBI joint operation and technical cooperation with seven astronomical institutions [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled an advanced mobile application processor in the latest move to bolster its minimal presence in the global mobile application processor market. Samsung said the new processor, the Exynos 2200, is built on the most advanced 4-nanometer extreme ultraviolet lithography process and is empowered [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s major telecom operator, said Tuesday it has partnered with an affiliate of Russian tech giant Yandex to jointly develop delivery robots. KT and Yandex Self-Driving Group inked an agreement in Moscow to develop and roll out an autonomous delivery robot within this year and to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, on Tuesday showcased NUGU Candle SE, the latest model in its artificial intelligence (AI) speaker series. Last month, the telecom operator joined hands with U.S. retail giant Amazon.com Inc. and launched NUGU Candle, an AI assistant service that supports both Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A new path has opened for Samsung Electronics Co. to produce an eye-catching laptop with a foldable display and keyboard. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a U.N.’s intellectual property agency, finally approved a patent named ‘multi-foldable electronic appliance’ registered in July last year by Samsung Electronics, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run railway research body has developed new technology that can reduce both the noise and fine dust generated around railroad and subway tracks. The Korea Railroad Research Institute said Monday that it had developed a ‘noise reduction-type fanless dust collector.’ With a minimal thickness, the fanless dust collector [...]