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SEOUL, April 18, (Korea Bizwire) — Woori Bank has officially entered South Korea’s budget telecom market with the launch of its new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service, WooriWON Mobile, which began operations on April 18, 2025. To mark the launch, Woori Bank is offering promotional benefits worth up to 300,000 won for new customers [...]
SEOUL, April 17, (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics retained its position as the global leader in smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2025, according to multiple market research firms. However, a separate analysis based on sales volumes placed Apple in the top spot, raising questions about diverging metrics and the impact of U.S. trade [...]
SEOUL, April 17, (Korea Bizwire) — As artificial intelligence continues to transform societies, a new report reveals that AI-related negative incidents—ranging from deepfake pornography to suicide-linked chatbots—surged to a record high last year. Meanwhile, South Korea saw a decline in its global AI investment ranking, even as the number of domestically funded AI startups increased. [...]
ULSAN, South Korea, April 17, (Korea Bizwire) — In a breakthrough for sustainable energy, researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a new technology that produces hydrogen using only sunlight and sugarcane waste—without any external power source. Professors Ji-Wook Jang and Kwan-Yong Seo of the Department of Energy and [...]
SEOUL, April 16, (Korea Bizwire) — After a brief slowdown at the end of 2024, South Korea’s budget mobile phone market is rebounding in early 2025, buoyed by new low-cost 5G data plans and increased government support. According to data released Monday by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the number of mobile subscriptions under [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom announced on Monday the launch of a groundbreaking “T In-Flight Wi-Fi Auto Roaming” service on select Korean Air flights, marking the first time globally that automatic authentication technology has been applied to in-flight wireless internet. Developed in partnership with SK Telink, the new service allows SKT subscribers to [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game publisher Krafton Inc. on Tuesday strongly denied allegations raised in India over data breaches and unauthorized sale of user information, stating its internal investigation has found no evidence to support such claims. The company’s response came amid pending legal proceedings in the Indian state of Maharashtra, [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s major telecommunications company, said Tuesday it has completed a joint project to create a large language model (LLM) for the Thai language. The project was carried out in partnership with Jasmine Technology Solutions (JTS), an information technology (IT) arm of Thailand’s tech giant Jasmine Group, [...]
SEOUL, April 15, (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator has penalized a domestic game developer for deceiving players about the odds of winning in-game items, marking a rare move to regulate deceptive practices in the booming online gaming sector. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) announced on Monday that it has imposed a corrective [...]
SEOUL, April 15, (Korea Bizwire) — In an effort to protect consumers from online shopping mishaps, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has introduced a new self-assessment service designed to help residents identify and prevent potential e-commerce risks before making purchases. The interactive service, launched through the city’s E-Commerce Center, draws on an extensive database of 7,000 [...]