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SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — In a quiet shop tucked into Seoul’s tech hub of Yongsan, a line of visitors snakes past gleaming rows of keyboards — not computers, just keyboards. Each visitor leans in, tapping delicately, listening. Some nod approvingly at a soft “clack,” others recoil from a sharper “snap.” Welcome to the world [...]
SEOUL, April 25, (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest corporations are ramping up their responses to the renewed threat of U.S. tariffs under the Trump administration by stockpiling inventory and expanding production within the United States, signaling a shift toward more aggressive contingency planning. During first-quarter earnings calls on April 24, companies across the automotive, [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and Hanwha Corp. to jointly develop next-generation data center cooling solutions. Under the agreement, the three companies will collaborate to build a power-saving data center with a total capacity of [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Corp. said Friday it has opened a new youth information technology (IT) education center in Ivory Coast as part of an initiative to promote digital literacy and youth empowerment in developing nations. The center in Bingerville aims to address limited access to IT education in the West African [...]
SEOUL, April 25, (Korea Bizwire) — Microsoft is once again under fire from South Korean gamers over what many are calling continued neglect of the country’s gaming market, following the surprise global release of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered — a launch that excluded South Korea entirely. Released at midnight on April 23 (KST) [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will soon mandate that large foreign gaming companies designate local representatives as part of a broader effort to enhance consumer protection and enforce gaming regulations more effectively, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on Thursday. The ministry plans to revise the enforcement decree of the Game [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) service DeepSeek, which temporarily suspended its service in South Korea amid controversy over its data management, was found to have transferred Korean user information to several companies in China and the United States without permission, the state data protection watchdog said Thursday. It was also [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter net profit more than quadrupled on rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips, including high bandwidth memory (HBM), exceeding market expectations. The world’s second-largest memory chipmaker said in a regulatory filing that its net income reached 8.1 trillion won (US$5.7 billion) for [...]
ANYANG, South Korea, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In a proactive move to enhance public safety, the city of Anyang in Gyeonggi Province announced on April 23, 2025, that it will install AI-powered gender recognition CCTV systems at 28 additional women’s public restrooms this year. The initiative is part of a broader effort to deter [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics is taking a cautious approach to the initial public offering (IPO) of its Indian subsidiary, pushing back earlier expectations of a May 2025 listing in light of ongoing global market instability. According to industry sources on April 23, LG Electronics recently completed a revised version of its Updated [...]