SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry said Monday the country’s first lunar exploration mission is on track for launch in August next year after it strengthened ties with the United States earlier this year in space exploration. South Korea aims to conduct a yearlong mission to observe the moon through an [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday that it had launched a pilot study for real-time surveillance of seawater pollution by connecting a marine pollution detection sensor with an underwater base station-centered telecommunication network. The study, conducted in tandem with Hoseo University and the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s standard agency said Thursday it will spare no efforts to lead the global standardization of technologies related to the metaverse as the industry is expected to further expand down the road amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Online meetings and lectures, along with remote working, have emerged as a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday introduced a cloud-powered remote healthcare solution for hospitals as the tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the telehealth market. LG said its remote healthcare solution with medical-use displays is based on virtual conference platforms and can be used for online diagnoses of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, on Wednesday released the CLOVA Clock+2 artificial intelligence (AI) speaker in collaboration with tech giant Naver Corp. The newly-released AI speaker, based on Naver’s AI platform Clova, is an upgraded version of the CLOVA Clock+ that was released last year, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it has joined hands with Hyundai Elevator Co. to seek business opportunities in smart home and building solutions. LG will work with the country’s largest elevator manufacturer to develop robot logistics services in which autonomous bots deliver parcels and food at apartments, office buildings [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, said Thursday it will launch its virtual meeting platform ifland in around 80 overseas markets by the end of this year in a move to join the global metaverse rush. The carrier launched the platform last month that allows users to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Corp., South Korea’s top internet portal operator, announced that it will introduce an ‘AI Review Summary’ function to make it easier for online shoppers to read others’ product reviews. The new function will use the company’s hyperscale artificial intelligence (AI) platform HyperCLOVA to analyze the tons of product [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly four out of 10 South Korean manufacturers are currently using artificial intelligence (AI) technology, a survey showed Wednesday. According to a survey conducted by global public cloud service operator Google Cloud of 1,154 executives at manufacturers in seven countries, only 39 percent of Korean firms replied that they [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Robostar Co., a robot manufacturing subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., is now at a turning point for full-scale growth with the South Korean tech giant selecting the robot business as one of its future cash cows. The company is now hiring a large number of new and experienced employees [...]