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SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its new flagship Galaxy S24 smartphones have sold more than 1.2 million units in preorders in South Korea. Preorders for the Galaxy S24 series, launched on Jan. 16, amounted to 1.21 million units from Jan. 19-25, outnumbering the 1.09 million set by its predecessor, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Card is drawing attention for its innovative use of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) tickets to preemptively block scalping at the upcoming Jang Beom-June concert sponsored by the card company. The concert is scheduled to take place next month at Understage in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Announced by Hyundai Card on January [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao has improved its Memorial Profile feature in the latest update (v10.5.0) of KakaoTalk, enhancing user autonomy in this regard. The Memorial Profile allows KakaoTalk users to mourn and reminisce about the deceased. Following the update, users can now choose to switch to a posthumous Memorial Profile and appoint a [...]
DANYANG, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Artificial Intelligence (AI) care robots have been found to significantly alleviate depression in the elderly, according to a study conducted in Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province. On January 24, Danyang County reported that after distributing AI care robots to 110 solitary seniors aged between 65 and 85 in early October [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT will kick off the bidding process for the 28 gigahertz spectrum Thursday, aimed at establishing the country’s fourth official mobile carrier. Three companies — Sejong Telecom Inc., Stage X Co. and My Mobile Consortium — will participate in the auction for the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court ruled Wednesday against the American technology company Google in a suit the company filed to cancel an antitrust fine imposed for forcing smartphone makers to install its Android OS system. The Fair Trade Commission slapped a fine of 224.93 billion won (US$167.97 million) on Google LLC, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — HD Hyundai Construction Equipment has opened the doors to an innovative training center that utilizes virtual reality (VR) and digital twin technology for excavator operation instruction and product verification. The grand opening of the “Virtual Training Center” took place at the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center (GRC) in Pangyo, Gyeonggi [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A breakthrough in myoelectric sensor technology, capable of functioning efficiently amidst sweat and dead skin cells, has been developed for wearable robots used in rehabilitation treatments for the elderly, stroke survivors, and trauma patients. This technology was developed by a joint research team led by professors Jeong Jae-woong from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Yuhan-Kimberly announced on January 22 the launch of the groundbreaking ‘Huggies AI Fitting Room’ utilizing artificial intelligence, targeted at shoppers making purchases at its online mall, MomQ. This service is designed to analyze and suggest the perfect diaper size for children, leveraging the capabilities of AI. A representative from Yuhan-Kimberly [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government on Monday announced its plans to scrap the decadelong controversial ban on handset subsidies as part of efforts to lower the financial burden on consumers for communications service. According to the Office for Government Policy Coordination, the government will abolish the Mobile Device Distribution Improvement [...]