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SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Monday it agreed to join forces with a major South Korean convenience store chain to deploy its artificial intelligence product NUGU to help store clerks. The country’s No. 1 mobile carrier said it will test-run NUGU at South Korea’s largest convenience store chain CU in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ dedication to technology development has entered the spotlight, as tech enthusiasts and everyday consumers alike have taken notice of the company’s groundbreaking product releases like the new Wind-Free Air Conditioner. Technologies like the Wind-Free Air Conditioner (it’s exactly what it sounds like) and Samsung washing machines with [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will adopt “universal” mobile subscription fees sometime next year in line with its efforts to reduce the cost burden for mobile phone users, the ICT ministry said Friday. According to the draft version of the revision to the telecommunication law — subject to parliamentary endorsement — a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Global smartphone giants are expected to compete fiercely in the second half of 2017, industry watchers said Friday, as South Korea’s top two players are fixing the release dates of their latest flagship smartphones next month. Samsung Electronics Co. said it will showcase the presumed Galaxy Note 8 in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of scientists have greatly improved the capacity and performance of lithium ion batteries based on the Nobel Prize-winning concept called “mechanical bond,” the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Friday. The team led by Choi Jang-wook and Ali Coskun integrated molecular pulleys, called polyrotaxanes, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it introduced commercial robots to Incheon International Airport, announcing the move will work as a stepping stone for the company to tap deeper into the industry. The South Korean tech giant said it deployed five cleaning and information robots, respectively, to South Korea’s main [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping is experiencing a growth surge, accounting for close to 20 percent of all retail sales in the first quarter of this year, data showed Friday. Retail transactions in the three months to March totaled 96.56 trillion won (US$85.83 billion), a growth of 4.7 percent from the same [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading online search company Naver announced that as of today, it will lift the 200-character limit put in place for “Papago”, its artificial intelligence powered translation service. By doing so, Naver has decided to challenge Google head on for supremacy in the Korean translation market. As the two [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has announced plans to invest 1.2 trillion won in the country’s drone industry over the next five years, funds that will be used to help develop drone technology and build infrastructure such as drone highways and test sites, in an effort keep up with other competing [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Collaboration between two quasi-government agencies is set to change the way drivers in South Korea are reminded to book an appointment for regular car maintenance. The Korea Transportation Safety Authority (TS) and the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to use mobile messaging [...]