SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. on Thursday unveiled what it claims is the industry’s first IPTV set top box-embedded PC allowing users to reduce space and enjoy various multimedia contents. Developed under collaboration with local tech firm LG Electronics Inc., the device allows users to switch [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) --A new era in which people rent cell phones could start as early as this fall. In order to offer users as many choices as possible, SK Telecom announced that they are looking into starting a cell phone rental service. Since new products are expected to be launched starting next month, [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The two South Korean male filmmakers who have tied the knot in the first same-sex public wedding in South Korea asked Monday that they be recognized legally as a couple as they appeared in their first court hearing. The hearing drew public attention as it came weeks after the [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean research team has developed a core technology in realizing a super-mini display with high resolution. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced on May 25 that a team led by Professor Lee Byeong-Ho and Dr. Yoon Han-Shik at Seoul University has developed a metal nanoparticle [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has demonstrated a digital transmission of a high-imaging ultra-high definition (UHD) TV in Luxembourg, as it seeks to pave the way for setting global standards with the advanced visual technology. Samsung rehearsed a transmission of digital content that has [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – BC Card is set to launch Korea’s first mobile credit card service that does not involve the use of a real plastic card. According to a company statement on May 3, BC Card conducted a series of pre-launch tests for its new product over a period of four days, and [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run power company said Thursday it has completed construction of the world’s largest diesel power plant in Amman, which is expected to generate some US$3.2 billion in sales over the next 25 years. The new power plant in the capital of Jordan has a maximum generation capacity [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An acupuncture technique to reduce facial wrinkles has proven to be effective following a clinical trial on 107 individuals. Doctor Joe Jin-Hyoung at Kwangdong Hospital of Traditional Korean Medicine said on April 21 that the hospital’s medical team conducted acupuncture treatments to reduce wrinkles around the eyes and mouth [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A new method to instantly identify the authenticity of hard-copy documents has been developed by Korean researchers. The National Forensic Service (NFS) said on April 9 that it has filed a patent for a technique of printing a 128 bit QR code encrypted with information on a hard-copy document, [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency is set to establish an SNS scanning system to detect emergencies or traffic jams in the second half of the year, said agency officials on April 2. The agency will be developing a system that detects keywords such as accident, traffic and bumper-to-bumper on Twitter and Facebook and other [...]