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SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Washington’s Chips Act and its requirements for companies receiving incentives are likely to put South Korean chipmakers’ ability to navigate business uncertainties and balance between the United States and China to the test. The Biden administration on Tuesday announced conditions for subsidies under the US$53 billion act, designed to [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will begin adding its company logo to smartphones and other mobile devices sold in Japan. Samsung Japan recently changed the name of its mobile brand in Japan from “Galaxy” to “Samsung.” The name of its official website, too, changed from “Galaxy Mobile Japan” to “Samsung Japan.” [...]
POHANG, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a highly elastic pressure sensor by imitating the sensory organ of crocodile skin. The research team from the Pohang University of Science and Technology and the University of Ulsan said Tuesday it had developed a pressure sensor using a microdome structure and [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has announced the release of the Bespoke Grande AI washing machine and dryer that feature improved eco-friendly and artificial intelligence (AI) functions. For the washer, Samsung introduced a microplastics reduction cycle that was developed in collaboration with U.S. outdoor brand Patagonia. The cycle can reduce the creation [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest 54 billion won (US$40.8 million) over the next four years to help universities nurture about 400 semiconductor majors every year, officials said Tuesday. The plan by the Education Ministry comes as the country, home to such semiconductor giants as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The increasing adoption of industrial robots centered on labor-intensive and dangerous work could reduce the share of human workers in the overall workforce, thus lowering the number of workers injured by occupational accidents, a central bank report said Monday. Kim Hye-jin, an economist at the Bank of Korea (BOK), [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Prinker Korea Inc., a South Korean startup, claimed Monday that LG Household & Health Care Ltd. has stolen the idea of its customized tattoo printing device, called Prinker M, and created a copycat product. Prinker said LG H&H applied for a design patent under the name of “tattoo printer” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top portal operator Naver Corp. said Monday it will unveil an upgraded version of the hyperscale artificial intelligence platform, HyperCLOVA X, tailored for Korean language in July in a bid to keep up with the ChatGPT-fueled global competition for linguistic AI. HyperCLOVA X, the latest edition of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp.’s recent decision to stop recruiting experienced developers is a reflection of the frozen IT industry amid the slumping economy. The South Korean tech giant’s spending on wages surged from 911.9 billion won (US$691 million) in 2020 to 1.68 trillion won last year. Due to the increased cost [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. announced that it will open up free laundromats and mobile service centers in the parts of Turkey recently devastated by a series of earthquakes. The company has set up some 120 washing machines and dryers at eight temporary shelters in Mersin and Tarsus. LG will deploy [...]