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SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Tuesday it will continue efforts to ensure smooth business operations in China, following a media report that a U.S. chip equipment maker will halt offering some supplies and services to the South Korean memory chip giant’s operations in the country. Earlier in the day, Reuters [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean-made webtoon services are gaining popularity in Japan. Japan’s MMD Laboratory reported that LINE Manga was most the widely used webtoon app at 41.9 percent as of June, followed by Piccoma at 37.3 percent. LINE Manga is operated by LINE, a Japanese mobile messenger arm of South Korea’s top [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The government plans to minimize damage from heavy rains using digital twin technology that enables researchers to analyze and forecast expected weather conditions through a simulation of a virtual world. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Monday it will provide the Ministry of Environment with 3D spatial [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc. of South Korea will strive for smooth business operations in China, in spite of the latest U.S. export controls, on the basis of continued consultations with governments concerned, according to officials of the firms Sunday. The Joe Biden administration announced a set [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed molecular sensor can quickly diagnose the infection of avian influenza. A joint research team from Korea University and Seoul National University announced Thursday that it had developed EliF, a molecular sensor that glows only in cells infected with the bird flu. Previously, a polymerase chain reaction [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday its preliminary third-quarter operating profit jumped around 25 percent from a year earlier. The tech company said its profit for the July-September period was predicted to come in at 746.6 billion won (US$529 million), up 25.1 percent from 540.7 billion won from the year-ago [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its preliminary third-quarter operating profit declined by nearly 32 percent from a year earlier, as the company has faced macroeconomic headwinds that weakened consumer demand for electronic devices. The world’s largest memory chip and mobile phone maker said its operating profit for the three [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of 5G base stations in South Korea are concentrated in the greater Seoul area, while some other regions are lacking in the number of such stations, data showed Thursday. About 44 percent of the nation’s 5G wireless base stations in the general-purpose 3.5-gigahertz (GHz) frequency band are [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a silent speech recognition system to help hearing-impaired people communicate, enabling users to understand what others say simply by recognizing the changes in their lip shape. A research team from Yonsei University said Thursday that it had developed a silent speech recognition system combining [...]
JEONJU, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — New technology has been developed that can address the shortcomings of perovskite solar cells, including the reduction in lifespan and environmental pollution caused by lead. A research team from Jeonbuk National University said Thursday it had developed a lead-free, eco-friendly perovskite solar cell using a tin-graphene compound material. The [...]