SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital said Wednesday it had provided Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, with medical information and advice concerning COVID-19 self-test and at-home treatment. On the basis of the information SNU Hospital offered, Kakao established a ‘COVID-19 self-test chatbot’ offered via [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In commemoration of the 103rd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement, historical sites have been rebuilt on metaverse platforms to commemorate the 1919 nationwide uprising against Japan’s colonial rule. Seodaemun Prison History Hall, a former colonial prison in central Seoul, released a virtual map on metaverse platform Zepeto [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it had set up six ‘smart poles’ throughout the city that are capable of charging electric vehicles (EVs) and drones. The smart poles are state-of-the-art urban infrastructure that combine various functions needed to operate a city, including street lamps, traffic lights, as [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ use of internet banking services soared 18 percent on-year in 2021 as customers preferred non-contact services amid the coronavirus pandemic, central bank data showed Monday. The daily use of online banking services, including mobile banking, reached 17.32 million cases last year, up from 14.68 million a year [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean institutions’ investment in foreign securities touched a new all-time high in 2021 amid bullish overseas stock markets, central bank data showed Wednesday. The outstanding value of foreign securities held by local institutional investors stood at US$402.72 billion as of end-December last year, up $29.97 billion, or 8 [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two-thirds of South Korea’s listed firms have sharply increased their 2021 dividends in an apparent bid to appease shareholders amid a bearish stock market, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. About 67 percent of 853 companies, which have announced their 2021 dividends as of Monday, have decided to raise their [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily active users (DAU) for U.S.-based Roblox, a platform of user-created games and a metaverse leader, shot up to a one-year high this month in South Korea. According to the data by mobile big data platform IGAWorks, Roblox saw its DAU reach 422,378 in the February [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has provided scientific proof that reckless overfishing was the main cause behind the extinction of sea lions on South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo. According to a study conducted at Pusan National University, the number of sea lions was estimated to have plunged to 8,500, less [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The small Mexican town of Taxco, three hours away by car from Mexico City, has set up a ‘Little Korea’ in the downtown square. The 7th Korean Cultural Festival, hosted by the Korean Cultural Center in Mexico, began on Friday. The three-day festival is offering photo exhibitions on Korean [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hydrogen buses produced by Hyundai Motor Co. have been introduced as public city buses in Vienna, Austria. Hyundai said Sunday that the company’s Elec City hydrogen bus has been introduced by Wiener Linien, an Austrian public transportation company, as a public bus in the Austrian capital. It is the [...]