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SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver Corp. said Tuesday it has showcased the company’s latest technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), for construction and real estate industries at an exhibition in Saudi Arabia. The South Korean IT giant promoted digital twin, AI and cloud solutions customized for Saudi Arabia during the Cityscape Global 2025, which [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has introduced a new home ventilation system designed to improve indoor air quality in increasingly airtight residential spaces, as South Korea moves into the winter heating season and concerns over fine dust persist. The company said Tuesday it will launch LG Premium Ventilation Plus, a system that filters [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – SK hynix Inc.’s expanded investment plan for its new chip cluster will bolster its responsiveness to soaring global demand for memory chips amid the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, industry watchers said Tuesday. During a meeting held Sunday with President Lee Jae Myung and leaders of other major conglomerates, SK [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group is moving to strengthen its defenses against mounting cyber threats, establishing a new group-wide control tower and sharply increasing investments in information security amid a wave of high-profile hacking incidents in South Korea. According to industry officials on Tuesday, the conglomerate recently created the Group Cyber Threat [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ spending on mobile application processors (APs) has surged to an unprecedented level this year, approaching 11 trillion won (US$8.1 billion) amid sharp increases in global memory prices—intensifying pressure on the company’s smartphone division and accelerating its shift toward greater use of in-house chips. According to Samsung’s third-quarter regulatory [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech giant Samsung Group unveiled Sunday a 450 trillion-won (US$309.1 billion) investment plan for the next five years, as part of broader efforts to ramp up domestic investment after Seoul concluded its trade deal with the United States. Samsung Electronics Co., the crown jewel of the country’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Nuri rocket is set to lift off before dawn on Nov. 27 carrying 13 satellites, a diverse payload that underscores the country’s expanding ambitions in science, commercial space ventures and next-generation technology. According to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the fourth Nuri launch will carry the 516-kilogram [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Group said Sunday it reduced roughly 5.39 million tons of carbon emissions in 2024, marking a 26 percent drop from the previous year and putting the conglomerate ahead of its climate goals. The results were detailed in the latest LG Net Zero Special Reporting 2024, published on Nov. 14. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States have agreed to strengthen digital trade freedoms and prevent discriminatory regulation against American firms operating in Korea, according to a joint fact sheet released Friday by the presidential office. Under the agreement, the two governments pledged to ensure that U.S. companies are not subjected [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — OpenAI will begin piloting a new “group chat” feature for ChatGPT in South Korea, allowing multiple users to collaborate with the AI simultaneously within a single conversation window, the company announced Friday. The feature, which is also being tested in Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan, represents one of the company’s [...]