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SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea moves to tighten emissions standards for new buildings, including private apartments starting later this month, policymakers are looking to timber-based construction as a viable path toward carbon neutrality in the housing sector. A new report from the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) underscores the urgency [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean football star Son Heung-min has appeared in the popular online shooting game Fortnite as an in-game character, the title’s publisher Epic Games said Monday. Fortnite players can purchase the limited-time Son character within Fortnite’s item shop from Monday through Saturday. The character comes with the uniform themed [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Cloud Corp., the cloud service affiliate of IT giant Naver Corp., said Monday it has signed an agreement with the city of Izumo in southern Japan to introduce its artificial intelligence (AI) phone chatbot service, CLOVA CareCall. Under the agreement, Naver Cloud will work with the city of [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As online platforms in South Korea face growing scrutiny over the spread of extremist speech and criminal activity, major tech firms are stepping up content moderation policies—even amid concerns over free speech and algorithmic overreach. Naver’s streaming platform, Chzzzik, recently restricted access to a broadcaster’s channel after the streamer made [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s SK Group is embarking on what it calls its “fourth quantum leap,” leveraging artificial intelligence to transform its industrial footprint through a landmark AI data center in Ulsan—marking a new chapter in the conglomerate’s seven-decade history of strategic pivots. The company, which began in textiles in 1953 before [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it will install large light-emitting diode (LED) digital displays at Roig Arena, a new indoor multipurpose facility in Spain, as part of its effort to expand its global sports entertainment business. The company plans to install a massive exterior LED screen, dubbed “The Eye,” [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) unveiled an artificial intelligence-based sleep environment solution on Thursday, as South Korea’s leading builder accelerates efforts to integrate wellness technologies into residential living. The new system, dubbed “Hey, Sleep,” uses AI to analyze individual sleep patterns and automatically optimize environmental factors such as [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung vowed Friday to provide full-scale support for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, aiming to position it as South Korea’s next major economic growth driver. Lee made the remarks during a ceremony to launch a project to build an AI data center in Ulsan, some 305 [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, said Thursday it has nearly completed replacing universal subscriber identity module (USIM) chips for its entire user base of 25 million, about two months after it said sensitive USIM data may have been leaked due to an unidentified cyberattack on its [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s Alibaba Group, announced Thursday that it will launch its second data center in South Korea this month, strengthening its foothold in a rapidly evolving cloud and AI market. At a press briefing held in Seoul’s Gangnam district, the company outlined its expanded [...]