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SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Thursday it will dramatically expand drone training for conscripts, aiming to produce what it calls “500,000 drone warriors” as militaries worldwide adapt to the growing role of unmanned systems on the battlefield. Defense Minister Ahn Kyu-baek announced the initiative at a ceremony designating the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has recently won a major deal in the United States to supply cooling solutions to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, the company’s head said Thursday. Cho Joo-wan, chief executive officer (CEO) of LG Electronics, made the remark in a social media post, marking the first time [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government announced a sweeping plan to eliminate dozens of everyday regulations deemed outdated or unreasonable, including cumbersome telecom service cancellations and male-only membership in a national civic group. The reforms were unveiled Tuesday at a policy coordination meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kim Min-seok, following the government’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean media scholars has called for the abandonment of the medical classification of gaming disorder, arguing that framing play as a disease reflects a long history of cultural repression cloaked in health concerns. In a report commissioned by the Korea Creative Content Agency and the [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – In a potential breakthrough for plastic recycling, South Korean scientists have developed a plasma-based process that can convert mixed plastic waste directly into high-value chemical feedstocks without the need for sorting or label removal. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced Wednesday that its consortium — which [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — In a breakthrough that could reshape medical imaging and telehealth, Korean scientists have developed the world’s first disposable ultrasound patch made entirely of silicon, eliminating the toxic lead traditionally used in piezoelectric devices. The team, led by Lee Byung-chul of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), worked [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) –The world’s leading electronics makers are converging on Berlin this week for IFA 2025, Europe’s largest consumer technology fair, where artificial intelligence and energy efficiency are expected to dominate the conversation as competition intensifies in the premium appliance market. The five-day event, which begins September 5 under the theme “Imagine [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics is deepening its push into Europe’s clean-energy market, announcing a partnership with Britain’s largest power supplier, Octopus Energy, to roll out next-generation heating and cooling systems across the region. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in London on August 28, LG said Tuesday. The agreement [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The presidential Office of National Security held a cybersecurity response meeting Monday to strengthen defenses against evolving cyber threats driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Oh Hyun-joo, the third deputy national security officer, chaired the session attended by officials from 10 government agencies, including the National Intelligence Service and the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is set to unveil its latest vision for the connected home, announcing it will showcase its new AI-powered home hub, LG ThinQ ON, at the IFA 2025 consumer electronics fair in Berlin. The device, equipped with generative artificial intelligence, is designed to understand context, learn household patterns [...]