SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Digital Foundation, a digital arm of the Seoul city government, on Tuesday launched a new service that allows users to raise pets in Metaverse Seoul, a metaverse ecosystem for administrative services. Users can adopt 10 kinds of virtual pets, such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, in the [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) —Korean Air has unveiled a special Boeing 777-300ER aircraft wrapped with photos of the members of BLACKPINK, a popular K-pop girl group, in honor of the Busan World Expo bid. The plane will promote the Expo by flying around the world, starting with a flight from Incheon to Paris. The [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – About 13,000 illegal immigrants left South Korea through a crackdown and the voluntary departure program over the past two months, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday. The government has resumed its crackdown on foreigners staying or working illegally here since last October after a pause due to COVID-19. The [...]
BUSAN, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Museum of Art in Busan has announced that it will host a participatory exhibition in the Children’s Gallery, featuring a collaboration between an artist and children from Thursday until Dec. 17. The exhibition will display 12 new artworks by the artist Kim Hong-seok and will be held [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The retail industry is increasingly targeting gaming enthusiasts with marketing strategies focused on popular games. Convenience store E-Mart 24 announced on Tuesday a partnership with Nexon’s flagship game ‘Dungeon & Fighter’ to launch various collaborations. By utilizing intellectual property rights (IP) related to the game, E-Mart 24 aims to [...]
WONJU, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) —Wonju, a city in Gangwon Province, aims to become a hub city for sports tourism and has formed a special task force to promote it by discovering various leisure resources and attracting tourists to the region. Despite its natural environment and proximity to the Seoul metropolitan area, the city’s sports [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus, South Korea’s three largest mobile operators, have partnered with BMW to launch vehicle-specific embedded SIM (eSIM) plans. The five plans consist of two each from SK Telecom and KT, and one from LG Uplus. An eSIM enables mobile data usage through an identification [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Korea Motors is running a ‘Create Your SM6′ campaign until May 26, using AI technology to create personalized SM6 images and turning them into NFTs. The campaign is centered on the INSPIRE trim of the all-new SM6 TCe 300, which elevates the design and performance of the SM6 [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — KT announced today the launch of two next-generation AI service bots with improved driving stability and marketing utilization compared to previous models. Produced by Bear Robotics and LG Electronics, the robots bring KT’s total lineup of AI service robots to five. The next-generation AI service robot from Bear Robotics [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — As climate change drives mosquitoes to become less active in the summer and more active in the spring and fall, earlier measures are needed for mosquito control. According to data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the mosquito activity index (in parks) reached 36.17 points in April, entering the “concern” [...]