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SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. said Monday it will establish a joint venture with Saudi Arabia’s state housing company to collaborate for digital twin platform projects in the Middle East. Naver and Saudi Arabia’s National Housing Company signed a memorandum of understanding for the establishment of the joint [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics announced November 17 the launch of its 2024 LG PuriCare Object Collection Hydro Tower, a premium water purifying humidifier featuring significant upgrades based on consumer feedback. The new model doubles the water tank capacity of its predecessor, addressing a key user demand identified through the company’s consumer behavior [...]
JEONJU, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced on November 14 that it has successfully created a three-dimensional organoid (mini-organ) resembling pig small intestine tissue by proliferating adult stem cells extracted from pig small intestines. Organoid technology is emerging as a promising alternative to animal testing as ethical concerns and regulatory restrictions [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – In a fierce competition for South Korea’s most prestigious gaming award, Netmarble’s mobile game “Solo Leveling: ARISE” clinched the Presidential Prize at the 2024 Korea Game Awards on November 13, marking the company’s biggest success of the year. Based on “Solo Leveling,” a popular Korean cultural export that has garnered [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced on November 13 that it will launch “Today Guaranteed,” a same-day delivery and installation service for products ranging from home appliances to mobile devices, starting from November 14. For purchases made before noon on Samsung.com, customers can receive same-day delivery and installation of home appliances that don’t [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have achieved a major step forward in sustainable aviation by developing a new way to produce high-energy fuel from non-edible plant materials like wood and grass. The research team, led by senior researcher Ha Jeong-Myeong and researcher Yu Chun-jae from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – As the third quarter of 2024 comes to a close, South Korea’s gaming industry is experiencing a stark divide in financial performance, with companies’ fortunes increasingly dependent on their intellectual property (IP) portfolios, leading major players to adopt divergent strategies for 2025. Industry powerhouses Krafton and Nexon, often considered the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A solar coronagraph jointly developed by South Korea and the United States has been successfully installed to the International Space Station (ISS) to begin its mission of observing the sun and its outer atmosphere, or corona, Seoul’s national space agency said Wednesday. The Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) was installed [...]
CHEONAN, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) announced on November 11 that its researchers have developed a highly sensitive gas sensor capable of monitoring hydrogen sulfide levels to measure food freshness at lower temperatures than existing technologies. Hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas produced by decomposing protein-rich foods, serves as a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has shared more than 100 patents with smaller businesses as part of efforts to promote shared growth, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The leading South Korean tech giant transferred 128 patents to 85 companies this year to assist them in developing innovative products and solutions without [...]