SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of three South Koreans have tried artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbot system ChatGPT, and the level of reliability on the outcomes was relatively high, a poll showed Monday. According to a survey of 1,016 adults from across the country conducted by the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s car exports jumped nearly 50 percent in February on-year to reach an all-time high on the back of solid demand for eco-friendly cars, data showed Monday. The value of outbound shipments of automobiles came to US$5.59 billion last month, up 47.1 percent from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Three Japanese animations were among the top five films on the weekend box-office chart in South Korea, industry data showed Monday, proving their unwavering popularity among local audiences. The Japanese animation “Suzume” posted 712,473 admissions from Friday to Sunday to top the box office for the second consecutive week, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju provincial government has announced that it will be introducing a commercial drone delivery service, for the first time in the country, later this year. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Institute of Aviation Safety Technology selected 15 cities and provinces for the drone [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The breakwater site in Gangneung, appearing in the last episode of Netflix’s new South Korean original “The Glory,” is gaining popularity as a local tourist hotspot. In the series, characters Moon Dong-eun and Ju Yeo-jeong, who are in love with each other, decide to travel to Jumunjin port. The [...]
POHANG, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean steelmaker POSCO is offering special hiring benefits to service members from the Marine Corps who joined the relief efforts when super Typhoon Hinnamnor hit the country. The company decided to exempt service members recommended by the commander of the 1st Marine Division, stationed the southeastern city of [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of flight passengers from South Korea to Japan has sharply increased so far this year compared with a year ago, data showed Sunday, on the back of eased travel restrictions and a weaker Japanese yen. The combined number of passengers traveling from Incheon International Airport and Gimpo [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of working South Koreans aged 60 and above has more than doubled in the past 10 years due to higher living costs amid a global economic slowdown, government data showed Sunday. The number of working Koreans aged 60 and older jumped to 5.77 million in February from [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Exposure to air pollutants like fine dust increases the risk of dementia, a study showed Thursday. A joint research team from Yonsei University and Gachon University Gil Hospital conducted a survey of 640 healthy adults over 50 years of age over the course of 32 months. The results showed [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More people from the MZ generation, a Korean term referring to millennials and Generation Z, are buying branded fashion items from secondhand app markets. Bungaejangter, the operator of its namesake secondhand transactions app, revealed that approximately 75 percent of customers that used the “brand follow” features between September 2021 [...]