SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s gaming community has publicly challenged the Ministry of Health and Welfare, accusing it of overstepping legal boundaries by treating video games as objects of addiction control without clear statutory grounds. The Korea Game Users Association said on Monday that current mental health legislation does not list games as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul will roll out a new data-driven platform this week that allows residents, entrepreneurs and policymakers to track the city’s economic pulse in unprecedented detail, city officials said on Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will launch an online “Economic Dashboard” on the Seoul Data Hub starting Jan. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea prepared to welcome 2026, the Year of the Red Horse, an unsettling debate emerged within the country’s horse industry: whether euthanasia for retired racehorses has become unavoidable. At a closed-door meeting last month near Gwangmyeong Station, officials and experts from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Korea Racing [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics is steadily expanding its footprint in the U.S. luxury home appliance market, leveraging its ultra-premium built-in brand SKS to gain ground in a sector long dominated by American manufacturers. At a high-end residential development in Spring Valley, about 20 minutes west of downtown Las Vegas, nearly 90 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group’s autonomous driving joint venture Motional plans to launch a fully driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas later this year, marking a long-awaited commercial milestone after years of heavy investment and development. At a media event held this month at its Las Vegas technical center, Motional said it [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Applications to artificial intelligence–related majors surged in South Korea’s 2026 regular university admissions cycle, underscoring the growing perception of AI as a gateway to future employment and industrial relevance. According to an analysis released Monday by Jongro Academy, the number of applicants to AI-related departments at 20 leading universities rose [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics’ boldest vision for the future of mobile devices took center stage at CES 2026, as its newly unveiled tri-fold smartphone was named the show’s top product by CNET, underscoring the company’s continued dominance in consumer electronics innovation. The Galaxy Z Tri-Fold won CNET’s highest honor, Best of CES [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has expanded its stock-based bonus program to include all employees, ending a rule that had required executives to receive at least half of their performance bonuses in company shares, according to people familiar with the decision. The move comes as Samsung’s share price has surged over the past [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics is on the verge of forming its first-ever majority labor union, as membership in its cross-company union has surged amid persistent employee dissatisfaction over performance-based pay, despite the company’s record profits. According to industry sources on Jan. 11, membership in the Samsung Electronics branch of the cross-company union [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ambitious push to develop a homegrown artificial intelligence foundation model has become mired in controversy even before its first round of selections is announced, exposing deep divisions within the country’s AI industry over what truly constitutes technological independence. The government-led “Sovereign AI Foundation Model” project, launched to reduce [...]