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SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is confronting renewed debate over its drone regulations as the number of registered unmanned aircraft approaches 70,000 and hobbyists increasingly complain that the country’s rules are among the world’s most restrictive. Online forums and instructional videos about drones are frequently filled with frustrated comments from users who say [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two memory chip giants, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, are facing growing uncertainty over their investment strategies as Washington intensifies pressure on foreign semiconductor makers to expand production in the United States. The challenge comes at a moment of unusual strength for the industry. Riding a global memory [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ambition to build a sovereign artificial intelligence ecosystem was jolted this week after the government’s first evaluation of its national A.I. foundation model program eliminated two of the country’s most prominent technology players, exposing deep uncertainties about what “independent A.I.” truly means — and whether Korea can realistically [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers are expected to post a combined operating profit exceeding 4 trillion won in 2025, rebounding despite a year marked by high-profile hacking incidents that rattled the telecommunications industry, analysts said. According to a consensus of forecasts compiled by Yonhap Infomax from brokerage reports issued [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc. said Monday its automotive dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip has received a top safety rating from a German technical service organization, underscoring its reliability for vehicles’ autopilot systems and other safety-related features. The South Korean chipmaker said its LPDDR5X automotive DRAM has obtained the Automotive Safety [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A large majority of South Korean workers say the rapid spread of artificial intelligence is likely to widen labor-market inequality and deepen wealth polarization, according to a new nationwide survey. The poll, conducted in October 2025 by research firm Global Research on behalf of the labor advocacy group Workplace Abuse [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Sunday it will release its first bathroom-specific air quality management product this week, expanding its premium home appliance lineup into a space increasingly shaped by concerns over hygiene and indoor air quality. The new product, the LG PuriCare Bath Air System, will go on sale Monday and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group’s ambitions beyond automobiles drew widespread international attention at CES 2026, as global media outlets praised the company’s emerging identity as a physical artificial intelligence and robotics powerhouse. Coverage focused on Atlas, the humanoid robot developed by Boston Dynamics, Hyundai’s robotics subsidiary, which made its first public demonstration [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The global success of Arc Raiders, a multiplayer title developed by Embark Studios, has reignited a familiar debate among gamers: What, exactly, determines the nationality of a video game? Since its release in October, Arc Raiders has sold more than 12.4 million copies worldwide, reached a peak of 960,000 concurrent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Hynix said it will once again offer employees the option to receive part of their annual performance bonuses in company shares, extending a shareholder participation program introduced last year, even as potential changes to corporate law cast uncertainty over the program’s future. The memory chipmaker announced Thursday that employees [...]