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SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., a major builder in South Korea, plans to develop and distribute wearable robots that can be used at construction sites. The company announced on Monday that it was selected in a contest held by the Korea Institute for Robot Industry Advancement to work in [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile navigation service T Map will provide location information on about 166,000 fire hydrants across the country. The National Fire Agency said Monday it had signed an agreement with T Map Mobility Co., the operator of T Map, to strengthen its capability of responding to fires through [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it had signed an agreement with Yonam College located in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province to jointly study indoor gardening appliances. The college was founded by LG Group, the parent company of the South Korean tech giant. Under the terms of the agreement, the two [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it has reached a tentative deal to provide a high-end LED signage system to Inspire Entertainment Resort, an integrated resort under development by U.S. casino operator Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE), set to open next year in Incheon, 40 kilometers west of Seoul. Samsung [...]
SEOUL June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea announced Friday it plans to launch its homegrown space rocket next week, after aerospace engineers replaced a malfunctioning part in the oxidizer tank sensor, which forced the country to call off the rocket launch this week. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) canceled Thursday’s scheduled launch of [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Thursday that it had launched a pilot project to enable universities and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to share ultra-large artificial intelligence (AI) models developed by large companies. Ultra-large AI refers to next-generation AI technology that uses large-capacity data and supercomputing infrastructure [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of businesses struggling with a shortage of semiconductor technicians tend to be small and medium-sized companies that need graduates from high schools or two-year community colleges, rather than large conglomerates, a government survey showed Wednesday. A survey conducted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung’s de facto leader Lee Jae-yong discussed ways to boost cooperation in the semiconductor business with ASML CEO Peter Wennink, the company said Wednesday. Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee, who is currently on a business trip in Europe, met with Wennink and CTO Martin van den Brink at the [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday postponed the launch of homegrown space rocket Nuri, as a sensor in the oxidizer tank showed irregularities, just one day ahead of the scheduled liftoff. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) will transport Nuri back to the assembly building for technical review from the launch [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday that it will enter the fast-growing logistics market with its robotic technology as part of efforts to become an automated logistics solutions provider. The tech giant said it will sign a memorandum of understanding with major parcel delivery firm CJ Logistics Corp. later in [...]