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SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SoftBank Corp. to jointly research and develop next-generation communications technologies, including 6G and artificial intelligence-based radio access network (AI-RAN) innovations. Under the agreement, the two companies will collaborate in selected areas to drive future innovation [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 4 in 10 South Korean parents say they feel stressed about managing their children’s use of smartphones and tablets, according to a new survey that underscores growing anxiety over “digital parenting” in the country’s hyper-connected households. The study, released Wednesday by the Korea Press Foundation, surveyed 921 parents of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Pusan National University (PNU) said Thursday it will become the first university in South Korea to introduce artificial intelligence–powered smart glasses designed for real-time translation and communication across multiple languages. The AI Translation Glasses are being rolled out as part of the university’s “AX Transformation Project,” which explores how advanced [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it ranked first in four categories in the 2025 U.S. Appliance Satisfaction Study released by market research firm J.D. Power, marking the highest number of wins among all brands evaluated. The South Korean tech giant took the top spot in the French-door refrigerator, side-by-side refrigerator, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Krafton Inc., the South Korean game developer behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), announced Thursday that it will invest 100 billion won (about US$72 million) to build a high-performance GPU cluster as part of its transformation into an “AI-first” company. The company unveiled its new long-term vision during an internal town hall [...]
LOS ANGELES & SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will partner with both Samsung Electronics and Taiwan’s TSMC to produce its next-generation artificial intelligence chip, signaling a deepening collaboration between the U.S. automaker and the South Korean tech giant. Speaking during Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Musk confirmed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — OpenAI unveiled an ambitious blueprint for its expansion into South Korea on Wednesday, calling for a dual-track strategy that combines the development of “sovereign AI” infrastructure with deeper international collaboration. The plan marks the company’s clearest signal yet that it views South Korea as a pivotal partner in the global [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Uplus Corp., a major mobile carrier in South Korea, reported a cyberattack on its servers to authorities Thursday, industry sources said, the latest in a series of recent industry-wide data breach cases. According to the sources, LG Uplus submitted a report earlier in the day to the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will join SDVerse, a global automotive software marketplace backed by General Motors Co., Magna International Inc., and Wipro Ltd., as the South Korean tech company looks to expand its presence in the fast-growing software-defined vehicle market. The business-to-business platform functions as an online exchange [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea remains one of only two major economies — alongside Japan — where large and small firms receive markedly different levels of tax incentives for research and development (R&D) and where unclaimed credits cannot be directly refunded, according to a new analysis by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and [...]