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SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is fast-tracking efforts to develop on-device artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors, critical components for autonomous vehicles, collaborative robots, and unmanned aerial systems, as part of a broader push to secure technological sovereignty and industrial competitiveness. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Friday that a state panel [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Pay, a mobile payment system operated by Samsung Electronics Co., experienced a temporary disruption Friday, the company said, marking its third service disruption so far this year. Service failures for users with Hyundai Card were reported between 6:10 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. In a notice posted at 9:22 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — NCSOFT Corp., a leading South Korean game developer, said Friday it has signed a content distribution collaboration deal with local animation streaming platform Laftel. Under the agreement, Laftel will distribute 3,800 titles of animation content to NCSOFT’s NC Family Zone (NCFZ) PC cafes, starting Sept. 18. NCSOFT plans to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The new Lee Jae Myung administration aims to integrate private firms and the public sector, as well as all other sectors of society, with artificial intelligence (AI) to achieve what it calls a “super-innovation economy,” the government said Friday. Unveiling its five-year economic development blueprint, the government said private [...]
JEJU, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bid to modernize one of South Korea’s most iconic agricultural industries, the Jeju Agricultural Research and Extension Services announced Friday it has formally introduced an artificial intelligence (AI) and 3D modeling system to predict tangerine harvests more accurately. For decades, yield forecasts for Jeju’s signature citrus crop relied [...]
SK Telecom Faces Mounting Pressure as Regulators Order Full Penalty Waivers for Customers After Hacking Breach SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecom regulator has ordered SK Telecom to waive all early termination penalties for subscribers who wish to cancel their contracts by year’s end following the company’s massive hacking incident, intensifying the financial [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has launched its remote customer care service powered by artificial intelligence (AI) technology in more than 120 countries. The Home Appliances Remote Management (HRM) service allows Samsung’s customer centers to remotely access diagnostic data of SmartThings-connected products to provide solutions to resolve issues, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecom watchdog on Thursday ordered SK Telecom Co. to partially waive cancellation fees for non-mobile services following a major data breach that affected its 25 million mobile service users. The move came after the country’s top carrier decided to limit the waiver of cancellation fees to mobile [...]
COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor made its debut at Gamescom, the world’s largest gaming convention, unveiling a retro-style arcade game inspired by its latest concept car. From August 20 to 24, the automaker is hosting a booth in the “Retro & Family” section of Gamescom 2025 at the Koelnmesse exhibition center. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s semiconductor industry was rattled Wednesday by reports that Washington is considering acquiring equity stakes in foreign chipmakers building plants in the United States, including Samsung Electronics and Taiwan’s TSMC. The idea surfaced as the U.S. government explores converting subsidies provided under the CHIPS and Science Act into [...]