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SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The performance-based bonuses that Samsung Electronics Co. paid to its employees declined sharply in second-half of this year amid weaker than expected sales resulting from the economic slump, industry sources said Wednesday. Samsung unveiled what it calls target achievement incentives (TAI) based on its workers’ performance, which could be [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Science and Technology said Tuesday its research team had identified the cause of the sharp decline in the life of electric vehicle (EV) batteries using manganese-based spinel cathode materials. These findings are expected to greatly contribute to increasing the potential for commercialization. Thus far, it [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A hacker in his 30s was arrested on charges of infiltrating built-in home cameras at over 600 different apartment complexes and distributing recorded footage, police said Tuesday. In South Korea, it is common for internet-connected home security devices with cameras to be installed in apartment complexes. A wall-pad device, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean game companies are expanding their scope of business towards content like TV dramas, webtoons and web novels, encouraged by the success of local cable channel JTBC’s corporate drama “Reborn Rich” that was invested in and produced by a Com2uS Corp. affiliate. RaemongRaein Co., which participated in the production [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The size of South Korea’s e-document market contracted slightly last year compared to a year ago, data showed Monday, as non-face-to-face documentation work increased sharply due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data released on Monday by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Internet & Security [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will present its environmental, social and governance, or ESG, vision at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas early next month. The South Korean company will share its sustainability efforts at the Better Life for All zone at CES 2023, set to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned space vehicle Danuri has successfully performed its first lunar orbit insertion (LOI) maneuver, the initial step to enter the orbit of the moon, the state space research center said Monday. The unmanned space vehicle, which carried out the LOI maneuver at 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, carried [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co., a major South Korean display maker, is expected to stop producing liquid-crystal display (LCD) panels for TV by the end of this year at the earliest, industry sources said Monday, amid falling profitability and fierce competition from Chinese rivals. The company said in a regulatory filing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s SK Group said Sunday it will present more than 40 up-to-date low carbon emission technologies at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas early next month, highlighting its drive for the green energy transition. Eight SK affiliates, including SK Inc. and SK Innovation Co., and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first lunar orbiter Danuri started entering the orbit of the moon Saturday, 135 days after its launch, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said. The unmanned space vehicle carried out its first lunar orbit insertion (LOI) maneuver at 2:45 a.m., KARI said, as part of five rounds [...]