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SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranked third globally last year in the growth of patent applications, underscoring Asia’s expanding role in global innovation even as economic uncertainty persisted. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 2025 World Intellectual Property Indicators, cited Tuesday by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are facing a widening shortage of research and development workers, particularly in strategically important technologies such as semiconductors and artificial intelligence, according to a new industry survey released on Monday. The survey, conducted by the Korea Industrial Technology Association, found that corporate research institutes were short about [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s science ministry said Monday that a security breach at KT Corp., the country’s second-largest mobile carrier, stemmed from lax internal controls over femtocells—small base stations used in homes and offices—allowing attackers to penetrate the company’s core network and carry out unauthorized mobile payments. The Ministry of Science and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics unveiled its 2026 lineup of sound devices ahead of the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026, signaling a continued push to blend audio performance, design and artificial intelligence in its home entertainment strategy. The new products, which will be introduced at Samsung’s “The First Look” event [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display said it will unveil a lineup of record-setting gaming display technologies at CES 2026, underscoring its push to dominate the fast-growing OLED monitor market. The South Korean display maker announced on Sunday that it will introduce the world’s first gaming OLED panel capable of a 720-hertz refresh rate, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Games built with generative artificial intelligence are facing a growing backlash from players and critics, exposing a widening fault line in the global gaming industry over how far AI should be allowed to shape creative work. The debate flared anew after the Independent Games Awards (IGA), a prominent indie game [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Nexon and the startup Ironmace are headed to South Korea’s Supreme Court in a long-running legal battle over the online game Dark and Darker, after both sides signaled they would appeal a recent appellate ruling. According to the gaming industry on Friday, Nexon has filed an appeal against Ironmace, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it plans to showcase new gaming monitors with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) technology capable of upscaling contents to 5K resolution. The LG UltraGear evo monitors will be introduced during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January, the South Korean tech giant [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arcade industry is seeing a resurgence in spending as venues grow larger and attract an older, more affluent clientele, according to new data from KB Kookmin Card. An analysis of card transactions at about 400 entertainment and leisure merchants nationwide found that average per-person spending at arcades reached [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is set to unveil its first mobile graphics processing unit developed entirely with in-house technology, marking a significant step toward greater independence in the fiercely competitive semiconductor industry shaped by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. According to industry officials on Thursday, Samsung has equipped its upcoming Exynos [...]