SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will use security guard robots to reinforce safety in and around Olympic stadiums and venues during the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, the government said Monday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said it has launched a robot support team led by Oh Joon-ho, a professor of [...]
BUSAN, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s most celebrated beach, Haeundae, is offering smart bracelets starting Friday to help parents keep track of their children. More than 26 million people visited the popular vacation spot in 2015, while 16 million visited during the summer holiday season (July – August) alone. With hundreds of thousands of people [...]
ULSAN, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Walking through a rain storm is not a pleasant experience. Not only do you need to hold tight to the safe haven that is your umbrella, you also need to continuously adjust how you hold it to maximize protection against changing winds that gust from all directions. With this [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next week, anyone with a low smartphone battery will be able to charge their phone in a taxi, if they get lucky. All they have to do is to watch a short advertisement. The Seoul Taxi Association (STA) announced on Thursday, June 30 that it will launch a pilot [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea has been named one of the top-three “dynamic” companies, along with Google and Amazon, a U.S. marketing firm’s survey showed Sunday. IPG Mediabrands, the media holding arm of the New York-based Interpublic Group, has created a new brand measure, called a “dynamic score,” [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest wearable fitness tracker went on sale in South Korea on Friday, featuring multiple functions like a “personal trainer.” The Gear Fit 2 got off to a smooth start, drawing largely positive feedback from consumers and media. The sporty and stylish wrist band has an embedded [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – As violent crimes and threats against women are on the rise, Korean law enforcement agencies have adapted smartwatches as a means of protecting potential victims. A special smartwatch was first introduced last year under a pilot project, and became an officially sanctioned device this year, according to the police. The [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean home appliance maker LG Electronics Co. introduced a set of brand new devices Monday that are able to transform conventional household appliances into smart and connected devices which can interact with the latest mobile communication devices. They are SmartThinQ sensors and SmartThinQ Hub. The smart sensor is [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Last year, hackers took over a Jeep Cherokee travelling on a highway in the United States. They breached the vehicle’s Uconnect system from some 15 kilometers away with a single laptop, controlling everything from the car’s air conditioning system to the windshield wipers. The age of the Internet of [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has launched an investigation into Apple’s marketing operations in Korea, with the company suspected of imposing some of its advertising costs on local telecom companies. According to an industry expert, Apple has been accused of forcing local carriers to cover part of the advertising [...]