SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Son Heung-min, a South Korean professional footballer playing his trade with Premier League side Tottenham, opened a remote soccer school for elementary school students in South Korea using SK Telecom Co.’s 5G and media technology. SK Telecom revealed the 5GX Dream Project via YouTube and television, where Son makes [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Movex Co., a logistics system affiliate under Hyundai Group, said Tuesday it has forged ties with Woowa Brothers Corp. to develop a delivery robot that can move between floors. Hyundai Movex said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the South Korean startup that operates the popular food [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — GS Caltex Corp. and SK Energy Co., South Korea’s leading refiners, have teamed up to launch QBoo, a smart storage service found at gas stations. QBoo allows parcel exchanges, buying and selling second-hand goods, and storing laundry and other goods, using storage lockers. This will increase the inflow of customers at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean fashion company Handsome said Wednesday it will release the country’s first clothes designed with artificial intelligence technology. Handsome, an affiliate of Hyundai Department Store Group, said it joined forces with Designovel to create new patterns for clothes released under the SJYP brand. Designovel is a startup specializing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 7-Eleven said Sunday that it has started offering unmanned locker space services to users as part of its effort to diversify operations and generate more profits for its convenience stores. The Seven Locker trial operations started at two stores in Seoul’s Hongdae and Jongno districts, with the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault S.A.’s first vehicle test center for the Asia-Pacific region has opened in Daegu, South Korea. Renault will hold an opening ceremony for the center on Friday and begin operations. The Renault vehicle test center will be responsible for testing the reliability of new vehicles before they are exported [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will allow firefighter drones to take to the air with minimum approval from authorities, the government said Wednesday. Under revised aviation safety laws, emergency response personnel can immediately launch a drone and fly it to the scene of a fire after making a phone call to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), in collaboration with KB Kookmin Bank and Amazon Web Services, has developed an AI algorithm that can distinguish smishing. Smishing refers to a combination of SMS and phishing. It is a form of financial fraud where clicking on a certain web address sent via [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co., a display panel maker under LG Group, said Wednesday it has installed electronic kiosks in its facilities across the country, helping employees make donations easily. The company said employees can swipe their identity cards on the kiosks and make donations ranging from 1,000 won (US$0.88) to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Tuesday it will use blockchain technology to track beef through the supply chain to provide consumers with information about the source of their food. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Science and ICT will jointly launch the pilot [...]