SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea successfully conducted a key ion beam test, the government said Friday, confirming that the building of the rare isotope accelerator is moving forward on schedule. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it will complete the construction of the heavy ion linear accelerator complex located in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Army said Friday it will select soldiers next year to serve in the envisioned “dronebot combat unit,” which it describes as a potential game changer in warfare. The Army will create a related military occupational specialty (MOS) in the coming year. It stopped short of revealing the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has inked an agreement with mapping solution provider HERE Technologies in the latest move to tap deeper into the self-driving automobile solutions. The South Korean company said HERE, which provides navigation solutions to some 100 million automobiles around the globe, is a suitable [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has distributed its artificial intelligence (AI) development tool to all business divisions in line with its efforts to speed up the release of new products equipped with the latest technology. The South Korean tech giant said the development platform, dubbed DeepThinQ 1.0, will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has joined hands with No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. to provide a next-generation communications network for a new bullet train line that serves a key Olympic venue. It marks the first time that the long-term evolution railway network has been installed on [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is scheduled to announce its “Basic Plan for Development of the Drone Industry” at Yeouido this Friday. The basic plan lays out the government’s short-term goal of growing the burgeoning industry into a 350 billion won market in five years, and emphasizes [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s largest auto parts maker, said Thursday it will develop a safety system by 2021 aimed at preventing accidents caused by drivers dozing off at the wheel. Hyundai Mobis plans to introduce the Departed Driver Rescue & Exit Maneuver (DDREM) technology that allows the vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run information and communications promotion agency said Thursday local companies have filed the third-largest number of patents related to artificial intelligence (AI) technology over the past 12 years. The Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion (IITP) said its finding is based on AI-related technologies applied to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday introduced its new artificial-intelligence brand named ThinQ, which will be used in its upcoming home appliances. The South Korean tech giant said ThinQ products will have various AI technologies, including LG’s DeepThinQ system, and provide optimized services to consumers through deep-learning technology. The brand [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run utilities companies will expand the use of drones in checking power stations and other facilities to improve efficiency and safety, the energy ministry said Friday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced the plan in a meeting of drone developers, state utility firms and research [...]