SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean telecom companies are reshuffling their staff with a focus shift to more profitable and long-term projects such as 5G and AI. According to sources close to the mobile industry, SK Telecom has reorganized seven of its departments and prioritized units dealing with up-and-coming and next-generation services such [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major game developers are expanding their workforces in artificial intelligence (AI) as they consider the technology as the future of the industry, company officials said Friday. The nation’s longtime online game giant Nexon Korea Co. said that it will expand a department dealing with core technologies [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Display Co. said Friday it will tap deeper into the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) light business by launching the new brand Luflex as it announced the operation of a new production facility. The South Korean display maker said the launch follows the operation of the world’s largest OLED [...]
CHEONGJU, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Cheongju is trialing smart commuter buses for nursery schools that keep parents informed of the location of their children and make sure that no passengers are left behind. The project was launched by the Cheongju city government after being commissioned by the Ministry of Science and ICT’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will introduce the first LED theater solution in Europe that does not need projectors and improves resolution compared with traditional movie screens. The announcement comes some four months after the South Korean tech giant installed the first cinema LED screen at a major [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Post on Tuesday used a drone to deliver a package to a remote southern island, marking South Korea’s first successful aerial delivery. The postal agency said it used the unmanned aerial vehicle to deliver the eight-kilogram package from its post office in Goheung county to Deungnyang Island. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has acquired a local startup that specializes in artificial intelligence (AI), in an apparent bid to improve its voice recognition system, Bixby. This is the first time that Samsung has acquired a South Korean startup. The size of the deal remains confidential. Established [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it assisted a retired NASA astronaut who took part in the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to experience landing on the moon with Google’s Daydream View VR headset. LG Electronics said it used the V30 smartphone and the Google headset to help the astronaut, Jim [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung SDS announced on Sunday it has won a contract for the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s new information strategy planning project, which could see blockchain technology adopted throughout the local government’s network. Through the new project, the Seoul government will develop a new blockchain model which could be adopted in various [...]
CHANGWON, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has unveiled self-sailing boats, which could be used to crack down on illegal fishing in future without putting the South Korean Coast Guard in danger. The unmanned smart boats developed by the oceans ministry and the Korea Research Institute of Ship and Ocean [...]