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SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biologists have discovered bacteria with outstanding capabilities to biodegrade endocrine-disrupting chemicals known to obstruct the excretion of hormones in the human body. The Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources announced on Monday that it has discovered bacteria that can biodegrade phthalate, an endocrine disruptor. Newly named as [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Pollack, one of the most common white fish, has been found to play an important role as a health supplement. According to the Korea Overseas Fisheries Association on Monday, such results were published by Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. in November 2017. It was found that the protein content of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — T-ONE Mobility, in collaboration with four taxi unions in South Korea, has announced the launch of T-ONE, a cap-hailing mobile application. The application will be available on Google Play for trial over the next ten days. After selecting a destination, the app automatically hails a taxi based on the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Lawmakers have submitted a bill that would allow broader access to private information, on the condition that the data is tightly veiled under pseudonyms, parliamentary officials said Tuesday. Signed on by 10 legislators, the bill proposes allowing data holders to release personal information for use other than intended purposes [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has found that a 2009 penalty decision by the state antitrust watchdog against U.S. Qualcomm Inc. was not completely lawful, sending the case back to a lower court for reconsideration, court officials said Monday. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) fined the global chipmaker 273.2 billion [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., currently the fourth-largest pay TV provider in South Korea, has decided to take over CJ Hello, the country’s No. 3 player in the pay TV market. The merger with CJ Hello, which is owned by CJ E&M, a unit of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — China edged out South Korea in the global liquid crystal display (LCD) television sector last year to be the world’s top manufacturing country of the products, data showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by industry tracker IHS Markit, China accounted for the largest share (31.9 percent) of the [...]
SUWON, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will release a full lineup of 8K QLED TVs with upscale features for the global market to expand its presence in the growing premium segment. QLED TVs are LED TVs that use quantum dots to enhance performance in key picture quality areas. Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — SsangYong Motor Co., the South Korean unit of Indian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., said Friday that it has successfully tested a partially self-driving system on its upcoming sport utility vehicle set to be unveiled in March. The automaker has been developing the midsize SUV under the project name [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The infrastructure ministry on Friday announced three locations that will be turned into themed smart cities that will receive a total of 12 billion won (US$10.65 million) in investment. Daejeon, Gimhae and Bucheon were picked for this year in the government project that aims to improve the daily convenience [...]