SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — New installations of global messaging app Telegram have spiked in South Korea, data showed Tuesday, as concerns brewed over possible media censorship following the martial law fiasco. The number of new Telegram installations came to 40,576 cases last Tuesday, according to data compiled by industry tracker IGAWorks, the day President [...]
SUWON, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean appeals court has upheld a fine against a YouTuber who was charged with defaming another content creator during a livestream that had only one viewer, establishing that public exposure can exist even with minimal viewership. The Suwon High Court’s Criminal Division 2-1 rejected an appeal on December [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Video streaming service YouTube has been the most used mobile app in South Korea for an entire year, industry data showed Wednesday. The Google-owned mobile platform recorded 46.35 million monthly active users in November, maintaining its lead for 12 straight months in the country, according to the data from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Major tech companies, including OpenAI and Google, are intensifying their efforts to collaborate with smartphone manufacturers as generative AI continues to revolutionize digital services. While AI applications have become a mainstay in desktop environments for tasks like document summarization and image generation, the mobile sector has yet to fully [...]
CHANGWON, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Changwon City announced on Friday that it will discontinue the operation of its public delivery app, Nubigo, on November 30, just 21 months after its official launch in February 2023. Developed and managed by private firm Smart Market Service Co. with promotional support from the city, Nubigo was introduced as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The global messaging service Telegram has designated an officer in charge of protecting underage users from illicit content amid criticism over its passive response against sexually exploitative materials circulating on the platform, South Korea’s media regulator said Tuesday. The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said Telegram made the designation and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced on November 13 that it will launch “Today Guaranteed,” a same-day delivery and installation service for products ranging from home appliances to mobile devices, starting from November 14. For purchases made before noon on Samsung.com, customers can receive same-day delivery and installation of home appliances that don’t [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s data protection watchdog has imposed new penalties on Meta, Facebook’s parent company, for collecting sensitive personal information from Korean users, including their political views, for advertising purposes. The latest fine brings total penalties against Meta in South Korea to approximately 60 billion won. The Personal Information Protection Commission [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The government said Wednesday it will push for upping regulations on domestic and foreign platform operators such as Telegram as part of its comprehensive plan aimed at eradicating deepfake-related sexual crimes. Under the plan, online messaging app Telegram will be required to have an agent representing the company in [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant upgrade to its municipal services, the city of Busan announced on November 5 the launch of Finding All, a new citizen-participation platform that combines blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies to streamline the process of locating lost items. The platform emerged from Busan’s Blockchain Specialized Cluster Creation Project, [...]