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SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Britain’s Trade Minister Douglas Alexander paid a rare visit to an artificial intelligence (AI) research center of LG Group on Monday as the South Korean company prepares to launch a new financial service with the London exchange. Alexander visited the AI research center in western Seoul with officials from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. emerged as the third-largest smartphone vendor in Japan in the second quarter, industry data showed Monday, climbing two notches from a year earlier. The South Korean tech giant accounted for 10 percent of the market in the April-June period, up from 7 percent a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple is preparing to unveil its iPhone 17 series next month, including a new ultra-thin “Air” model, in a launch closely watched by South Korea’s top electronics suppliers whose earnings are tightly bound to the device’s global success. The event, scheduled for September 9 at Apple Park’s Steve Jobs [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As smishing scams evolve with increasing sophistication, South Korea’s internet watchdog is stepping up its defenses with a new filtering system designed to block malicious text messages at the source. The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) said Sunday that it has launched an “SMS X-ray” system that intercepts [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 1(Korea Bizwire) — Scientists at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have unveiled an artificial intelligence technique that can reconstruct clear video images obscured by fog, smoke, frosted glass, or even human tissue. The joint research team, led by Professor Jang Moo-seok of KAIST’s Department of Bio and Brain Engineering and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have detected a surge of Siberian river water, organic material and sediment flowing into the East Siberian Sea, a shift they say could disrupt sea-ice formation and alter the timing and navigability of the Northern Sea Route. The Korea Polar Research Institute said Friday that a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest chipmakers are facing renewed uncertainty after the Trump administration moved to revoke a waiver that had allowed them to import U.S.-made semiconductor equipment into their factories in China without prior approval. The U.S. Commerce Department announced that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will no longer be [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. began construction of a large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) data center in the southeastern coastal city of Ulsan on Friday as part of its drive to lead the AI era. A groundbreaking ceremony for SK AI Data Center Ulsan was held in the city located some 310 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry plans to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to assist military commanders’ decision-making in combat situations and support defense-related policymaking, officials said Friday. The plan was discussed at a meeting, chaired by Defense Vice Minister Lee Doo-hee, over the use of AI technology in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s police are intensifying efforts to combat a surge in voice phishing scams, which authorities now describe as a “social disaster” threatening every generation. The National Police Agency on Thursday unveiled five public service videos on YouTube — including one in which a senior police official receives a [...]