SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — SpaceX, a U.S. space company owned by Elon Musk, has applied for business registration with South Korean authorities to roll out its network of satellite internet service Starlink, sources said Friday. SpaceX filed the request with the Ministry of Science and ICT earlier this month to launch Starlink in [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., a major South Korean auto components maker, said Thursday it has joined hands with Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to develop a Level 3 self-driving controller using the U.S. chipmaker’s chips, as it seeks to bolster the mobility segment. Hyundai Mobis CEO Cho Sung-hwan made the announcement at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — When people want to open a new online store from scratch, they need to learn coding languages, such as HTML, CSS and Javascript, and professional photo editing skills to design website elements, connect electronic payment tools and optimize the page for mobile. But learning how to begin coding a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S.-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) remained the leading player in the South Korean market forcloud computing serviceslast year, the country’s antitrust regulator said Wednesday. AWS accounted for 62.1 percent of the local cloud service market in 2021, down from 70 percent tallied in 2020, according to the data compiled [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is slated to open in Las Vegas next week, a South Korean team is gearing up for an attention-grabbing autonomous driving competition. “It is very meaningful to participate in the event and try to solve technological challenges of making autonomous driving cars [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cyberthreats rose more than 60 percent in 2022 from a year earlier on increased ransomware attacks, government data showed Monday. A total of 1,045 cyberattacks were reported to the authorities in the first 11 months of this year, up from 640 cases tallied last year, according [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Interior and Safety on Thursday held a demonstration event at Shinsegae Department Store in Daejeon for an indoor navigation system capable of locating destinations within a complex building structure. The project for indoor navigation of complex building structures has been led by a research team from [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The ICT ministry said Tuesday it will order the country’s top mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp. to come up with measures within a month to prevent a recurrence of a service outage stemming from a data center fire. The move came after a fire on Oct. 15 at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With a swish of a stylus pen and a spin of the fingers on a tablet PC, a 2D straight line is changed into a 3D image of a flower, a skateboard or a car. This magic-like transformation comes to realization on Feather, 3D designing software developed by Korean [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A variety of South Korean businesses, including those specializing in automobiles, self-driving technology, semiconductors for automobiles, and telecommunications software will unite forces to create a connected car ecosystem. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that it hosted an inauguration ceremony for the Connected Car Alliance in Yeouido, [...]