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SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The time is coming when public transport fares will be paid automatically if you simply pass by card readers without having to tag your traffic card or smartphone on the readers. South Korean smart payment operator Tmoney Co. said Monday that it will launch a trial operation of the [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has introduced a new service that allows users to play streaming games on a smart TV without a separate game console. The global tech behemoth announced the launch of the Samsung Gaming Hub, a streaming platform synchronization service available on smart TVs and monitors released in [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The culture minister on Friday pledged to lift the country’s strict regulations on the computer gaming industry, saying “games are not a disease.” Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Park Bo-gyoon made the comment during a meeting with industry leaders at the Korea Association of Game Industry in southern Seoul. [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s leading chemical maker, said Thursday it will take the initiative to build a virtuous resource cycle ecosystem using plastic waste with its business partners. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Sampyo Cement, Hyundai Rotem, the Korea Engineers Alliance and the Korea Cement Association [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Robotics Co., the largest industrial robot manufacturer in South Korea, said Thursday it will release an innovative disinfection robot enabling face-to-face disinfection. The newly-developed robot uses plasma sterilization, a method that has been used for the sterilization of surgical instruments at hospitals, to sterilize the air, while carrying [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. said Thursday it will allow alternative payment options for apps sold in South Korea in compliance with a law that bans app store operators from forcing their own in-app payment systems. The U.S. tech giant announced on its developer site that apps distributed on the company’s App [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has begun mass production of 3-nanometer semiconductors, stepping up its game in the most advanced chipmaking process node and beating its rival and foundry leader TSMC. The next-generation 3nm chips are built on Gate-All-Around (GAA) technology, which Samsung said will eventually allow area [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology said Wednesday it has developed a new self-healing coating material that repairs car surface scratches through exposure to sunlight. The newly-developed coating material, hindered urea, is added to conventional commercial coating materials to convert their chemical properties and to make high molecular [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co. has acquired German display startup Cynora GmbH for about US$300 million to advance technology for foldable smartphone screens, a report said Wednesday. Bloomberg reported that the South Korean firm purchased Cynora’s “intellectual property and technology” on organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels used in foldable smartphones. Cynora’s [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game companies with products featuring virtual coins and other blockchain functionalities are taking a wait-and-see approach towards the recent plunge in the prices of cryptocurrencies operated by them for in-game purchases and trading. Wemix, a cryptocurrency operated by Wemade Co., the developer of the play-to-earn (P2E) game [...]