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SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group said Tuesday it has signed an initial pact with Rolls-Royce to jointly develop an advanced air mobility (AAM) at Britain’s international air show. The partnership is aimed at bringing all-electric propulsion and hydrogen fuel cell technology to the AAM market, Hyundai said in a statement. Hyundai [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday that it will launch a project to realize a variety of tourist attractions in the metaverse. Seoul, designated as a lead organization for this project by the Ministry of Science and ICT, will form a cross-regional consortium with North Gyeongsang Province and North [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The union members of five Naver Corp. affiliates have voted to take various forms of collective action. The South Korean search giant’s labor union, ‘Joint Statement,’ said Monday that the union members of five Naver affiliates, including Ntech Service, NIT Service, Green Web Service, Incomes, and CommPartners, all voted [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. said Monday it has showcased its urban air mobility (UAM) technologies at Britain’s international air show through its wholly-owned U.S. UAM unit, Supernal. Supernal unveiled a peep into the future electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept, its design and technologies at the [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday its accumulated wind-free air conditioner sales have exceeded 7 million units in the domestic market since its launch six years ago. Samsung launched the “no-wind” air conditioner for the first time in the world in 2016 and has expanded its lineup of the product [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean electric scooter sharing service company Swing said Friday it has entered Japan, marking the first local personal mobility service company to start operations abroad. The personal mobility firm has been preparing the ground work for its Japan operations since it established a subsidiary in the neighboring country [...]
INCHEON, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Gas Corp.’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Incheon, the world’s largest LNG storage and supply facility, on Thursday held a demonstration of an anti-drone system designed to respond to drone terrorist attacks. When an unidentified flying object appeared near the LNG terminal, a 1.9-meter-wide, 0.5-meter-tall hydrogen-powered [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that the number of devices registered in its SmartThings Find service that allows Galaxy device users to check the location of their devices or other personal belongings passed the 200 million mark. SmartThings Find is a location-finding service using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK ecoplant Co. said Thursday it was launching a drive to recycle waste incineration ash as a construction material. The company joined hands with CMD Group, a specialist in the manufacturing of eco-friendly construction materials, to promote technological cooperation and to produce block aggregates made of [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech titan Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has developed a new graphics dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip with a faster speed and improved power efficiency. The 24-gigabit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 (GDDR6) adopts third-generation, 10-nanometer technology and boasts a data processing speed that is over [...]