WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Donald Trump’s recent controversial remarks on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is stoking a renewed yet consequential question for South Korea: Would America’s security commitment remain steadfast in the midst of seemingly unbridled North Korean threats? During a campaign rally in South Carolina on Saturday, Trump [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a stern warning against North Korea on Tuesday, saying the regime will be brought to an end by the South Korea-U.S. alliance if it uses nuclear weapons. Yoon made the remark during a speech marking the 75th Armed Forces Day, which is celebrated on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A variety of South Korean businesses, including those specializing in automobiles, self-driving technology, semiconductors for automobiles, and telecommunications software will unite forces to create a connected car ecosystem. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that it hosted an inauguration ceremony for the Connected Car Alliance in Yeouido, [...]
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to South Korea for early summit talks with his new counterpart reflects Washington’s focus back on the region in its national security strategy and hope for Seoul’s greater role in pending challenges, including North Korean threats and the raging war in Ukraine, experts here [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ICT ministry said Tuesday the country has launched an industry alliance to bolster the development of “metaverse” technology and ecosystems. The metaverse refers to a shared virtual space, in which users interact with each other through digital avatars and experience a virtual reality (VR) world. The new [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The election of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would mean a stronger alliance with South Korea and other allies, but tensions with North Korea could escalate because Pyongyang could try to test his administration, experts said Saturday. “I think if Biden is elected, most American allies, including South [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has formed an alliance with global telecom operators, content developers and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to develop 5G-based augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) content to boost the budding industry. The Global XR Content Telco [...]
London, United Kingdom, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SNOMED International, the leader in global clinical terminology, announces today the organization’s participation in the COVID-19 Interoperability Alliance. The Alliance is an informatics focused environment supporting collaborative authoring of COVID-19 related interoperability data resources. Alongside Alliance partners Clinical Architecture, logica, MITRE, Regenstrief Institute, Apelon, and Care Evolution, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A ruling party heavyweight in South Korea strongly criticized U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris on Friday for his remarks on President Moon Jae-in’s push for inter-Korean cooperation. “It’s good to express his personal view, but if South Korea follows whatever a foreign ambassador says, he or she would be like [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A financial arm of South Korea’s leading portal operator Naver Corp. said Wednesday it has joined a cross-border mobile payment alliance with its Asian partners. The collaboration enables the four companies’ nearly 80 million users to make electronic payments at stores that use Naver Pay, Line Pay and Payco [...]