SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — When selecting digital health applications, Korean users—including doctors, chronic disease patients, and the general public—prioritize cybersecurity and personal data protection over therapeutic effectiveness, according to a new study released by Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital. The research, led by Professor Shin Jae-yong of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Yonsei [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Google’s diversified artificial intelligence (AI) tools, designed to support human creativity through multilingual and multicultural models, are well-positioned to thrive in South Korea’s mature and tech-savvy market, a senior official from the U.S. tech giant said Wednesday. “It is very early days. I think there is still so much [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom is poised to reenter South Korea’s competitive mobile market with aggressive customer acquisition strategies following a 51-day business suspension. With Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 set for release next month and potential changes to the country’s subsidy regulations looming, industry watchers expect a full-fledged “subsidy war” among [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent service disruption in Samsung Pay, a mobile payment system operated by Samsung Electronics Co., was caused by a firewall error at a data center in Suwon, just south of Seoul, government officials said Tuesday. On June 2, Samsung Pay experienced service errors lasting over three hours beginning [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, said Thursday it has nearly completed replacing universal subscriber identity module (USIM) chips for its entire user base of 25 million, about two months after it said sensitive USIM data may have been leaked due to an unidentified cyberattack on its [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — In commemoration of World Oceans Day, Samsung Electronics unveiled its original documentary Coral in Focus at the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), held on June 11 in Nice, France. The screening highlighted the company’s commitment to marine conservation through technology-driven environmental initiatives. UNOC, convened every three years, is the [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading food service brands are accelerating the development of proprietary mobile apps to improve convenience, enhance customer engagement, and differentiate their services in a competitive dining market. On Thursday, Baskin-Robbins Korea launched its official mobile application, offering delivery and takeout ordering, reservation services, product recognition features, and [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s publishing industry has launched back-to-back lawsuits against Google and Apple in a U.S. federal court, challenging what it claims are exploitative in-app payment commission policies that hurt local content developers and stifle fair competition. The Korean Publishers Association (KPA) and the Korea Electronic Publishing Association (KEPA) jointly announced [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean games are taking center stage at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year, as the tech giant continues to deepen its push into high-performance gaming on Mac devices powered by Apple Silicon. During Monday’s keynote, Craig Federighi, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, unveiled macOS Tahoe [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As cybersecurity concerns mount across South Korea, Samsung Electronics is stepping up its smartphone security, unveiling a series of anti-theft upgrades through its latest AI-integrated platform, One UI 7. According to industry sources on June 8, the tech giant has introduced advanced identity verification and theft-prevention features in its newest [...]