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SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – As the third quarter of 2024 comes to a close, South Korea’s gaming industry is experiencing a stark divide in financial performance, with companies’ fortunes increasingly dependent on their intellectual property (IP) portfolios, leading major players to adopt divergent strategies for 2025. Industry powerhouses Krafton and Nexon, often considered the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A solar coronagraph jointly developed by South Korea and the United States has been successfully installed to the International Space Station (ISS) to begin its mission of observing the sun and its outer atmosphere, or corona, Seoul’s national space agency said Wednesday. The Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) was installed [...]
CHEONAN, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) announced on November 11 that its researchers have developed a highly sensitive gas sensor capable of monitoring hydrogen sulfide levels to measure food freshness at lower temperatures than existing technologies. Hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas produced by decomposing protein-rich foods, serves as a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has shared more than 100 patents with smaller businesses as part of efforts to promote shared growth, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The leading South Korean tech giant transferred 128 patents to 85 companies this year to assist them in developing innovative products and solutions without [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A robot dog, made by a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, has been deployed to beef up security at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s property in Florida, according to a news report. Made by Boston Dynamics, the remote controlled, four-legged robot was seen patrolling the sprawling Mar-a-Lago estate [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT SAT Co., the satellite service arm of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., said Tuesday it has successfully launched its geostationary satellite for communications service into orbit. The Koreasat-6A was launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from a space launch complex in Florida at around 12:22 p.m. Monday [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. CEO Cho Joo-wan has met with Jim Keller, CEO of U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) chip startup Tenstorrent, to explore expanding their partnership in the fast-growing AI chip industry, the Korean company said Tuesday. During the meeting in Seoul, the two leaders discussed collaboration opportunities in next-generation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — JSR Corp., a Japanese semiconductor materials producer, has started construction of a new production line in South Korea in a move expected to bolster the chip industry’s supply chain, the industry ministry said Tuesday. The Japanese firm held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new facility that will produce metal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will expand its semiconductor package facilities in South Chungcheong Province to boost production of high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, company officials said Tuesday. Under a memorandum of understanding with the provincial government, Samsung Electronics will convert an underused liquid crystal display plant owned by Samsung Display [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics announced on November 11 the launch of its latest mobility innovation, the Digital Cockpit Gamma, a new concept that reimagines the driving experience through advanced automotive technology. This marks the third iteration in the company’s forward-looking cockpit series, following the Alpha and Beta versions released last year. The [...]