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POHANG, South Korea, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean scientists has developed a groundbreaking sensor capable of detecting all major variants of COVID-19 in real time, offering a significant advancement in the field of infectious disease diagnostics. The research team, led by Professors Oh Seung-soo and Woo Sung-wook of POSTECH’s Department [...]
DAEJEON, South Korea, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Startups founded by alumni and faculty of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have emerged as a driving force in South Korea’s innovation economy, with 20 companies going public over the past four years and a combined market capitalization exceeding ₩10 trillion (approximately $7.1 billion). [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Naver has kicked off a month-long campaign aimed at foreign tourists, promoting trendy destinations across the country through its map platform as part of broader efforts to compete with global rivals like Google. The “Be Local” campaign, which began Monday, targets users who set the Naver [...]
LG Electronics Co. said Monday it has been named the most creative supplier of the year by General Motors Co. (GM) for its outstanding innovation and collaboration. At GM’s 33rd Supplier of the Year Awards held last week, LG Electronics received the Creativity Team Award in recognition of its role in redefining in-vehicle entertainment and [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — From bedtime stories to discipline dilemmas, South Korean parents are increasingly turning to ChatGPT to help raise their children—ushering in what many see as the beginning of an AI-assisted parenting era. The phenomenon, dubbed “ChatGPT parenting,” has taken off across online communities, where parents share how the generative AI tool not [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean smartphone and personal computer makers are staying cautious as unpredictable U.S. tariff policies increase uncertainty around their future production strategies. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration exempted smartphones, computers and some other electronic devices from country-specific reciprocal tariffs, including the 125 percent levies imposed on Chinese [...]
DAEGU, South Korea, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In a fourth-grade English class at Yonggye Elementary School in Daegu’s Dalseong County, a young student taps the play button on her tablet. “I am thirsty,” the screen reads. Her pronunciation of “I am” earns a 65; “thirsty” gets a perfect 100. Without a word from the teacher, she [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics’ heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) business is emerging as a core growth engine, reporting over 3 trillion won in first-quarter revenue this year, according to industry estimates. This marks a robust debut for the newly launched ES Business Division, which was established as a standalone unit [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea’s presidential election just two months away, concerns are mounting over the misuse of generative artificial intelligence—particularly deepfakes—as tools for political manipulation and disinformation. Although such fears remained largely hypothetical during the 2024 parliamentary elections, experts now warn that rapid advances in AI technology over the past year have [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has exempted smartphones, computers and several other electronic devices from a sweeping set of reciprocal tariffs, offering relief to South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co., Apple Inc. and other global tech firms. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a notice Saturday (U.S. time) [...]