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SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — JSR Corp., a Japanese semiconductor materials producer, has started construction of a new production line in South Korea in a move expected to bolster the chip industry’s supply chain, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The Japanese firm held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new facility that will produce metal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will expand its semiconductor package facilities in South Chungcheong Province to boost production of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, company officials said Tuesday. Under a memorandum of understanding with the provincial government, Samsung Electronics will convert an underused liquid crystal display plant owned by Samsung Display [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics announced on November 11 the launch of its latest mobility innovation, the Digital Cockpit Gamma, a new concept that reimagines the driving experience through advanced automotive technology. This marks the third iteration in the company’s forward-looking cockpit series, following the Alpha and Beta versions released last year. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. said Monday it will integrate its self-developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its major services, including its search platform and shopping application. Naver unveiled its so-called “On-Service AI” plan aimed at enhancing its major services with the cutting-edge technology at its tech conference, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant mobile messenger, has filed an administrative lawsuit against a government fine of15.1 billion won (US$11 million) over the leaking of personal information on a large scale, according to sources Monday. The Personal Information Protection Commission, the government’s personal information watchdog, ordered [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. said Monday it will integrate its self-developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its major services, including its search platform and shopping application. Naver unveiled its so-called “On-Service AI” plan aimed at enhancing its major services with the cutting-edge technology at its tech conference, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s data protection watchdog has imposed new penalties on Meta, Facebook’s parent company, for collecting sensitive personal information from Korean users, including their political views, for advertising purposes. The latest fine brings total penalties against Meta in South Korea to approximately 60 billion won. The Personal Information Protection Commission [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A Chinese national and former SK Hynix employee has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 20 million won for misappropriating critical semiconductor technology before taking a position at Huawei. The Yeoju branch of the Suwon District Court found the 36-year-old female defendant guilty of violating South Korea’s [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Port Authority (BPA) announced on November 6 that it is launching a project to develop technology that will enable remote, unmanned operation of currently manned harbor cranes. Container port cranes, which are essential equipment for cargo handling operations, are divided into quay cranes that load and unload containers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s standards agency on Thursday hosted a forum inviting business officials to discuss strategies for taking a lead in setting global technology standards, a move considered crucial to gaining and maintaining a technological gap with others. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards hosted the event in Seoul, [...]