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DAEJEON, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean scientists have developed a new method for producing fuel cell catalysts that dramatically cuts manufacturing time and improves durability, the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) said Thursday. The technique replaces conventional copper-based coating methods with a carbon monoxide–assisted process that allows researchers to form precise metal thin [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has taken another step toward remaking itself as a global center of artificial intelligence. On Thursday, the government convened the first meeting of a new working group made up of officials and senior executives from Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Group, SK Telecom and Naver Cloud. The mission: figure [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Google will roll out a lower-priced version of YouTube Premium in South Korea that excludes its music-streaming service, the country’s antitrust regulator said Thursday, following a months-long probe into whether the company’s subscription bundling violated fair-trade rules. The launch is part of a corrective plan Google submitted under a consent-decision [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech heavyweight Naver Corp. and Dunamu Inc., operator of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, said Thursday they plan to invest 10 trillion won (US$6.8 billion) over the next five years to build an integrated ecosystem for artificial intelligence and Web3 technologies, aiming to position themselves as global [...]
MUAN, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Jeolla Province is celebrating a wave of high-profile successes — from attracting global data centers and fusion research facilities to the successful launch of the Nuri rocket — cementing its ambitions to become South Korea’s “energy capital.” Early Thursday morning, the country’s first privately built Nuri (KSLV-II) rocket lifted [...]
POHANG, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Mercury released from industrial activities in Asia is traveling across the atmosphere and accumulating in marine organisms throughout the Pacific, including tuna, a staple fish consumed worldwide, according to new research led by South Korean scientists. POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) said Wednesday that its environmental engineering team, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has emerged as one of the world’s most lucrative markets for ChatGPT, generating the second-highest share of global revenue after the United States, according to new data released Wednesday by app-market analytics firm Sensor Tower. While India accounted for the largest share of global ChatGPT app downloads this [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix, one of the world’s leading makers of high-bandwidth memory chips, has decided that the path to public affection might just run through the snack aisle. On Wednesday, the company announced a collaboration with convenience-store giant 7-Eleven to release what may be the most literal tech-themed treat yet: an [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Business sentiment in South Korea rose to the highest level in more than a year in November, supported by an ongoing boom in the semiconductor industry and improving consumer sentiment, a central bank survey showed Wednesday. The Composite Business Sentiment Index (CBSI) for all industries came to 92.1 this [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. and Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered radio access network (RAN) in a bid to lead next-generation 6G network technologies. Under the agreement, the two companies plan to research and demonstrate core [...]