SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Construction machinery manufacturer Hyundai Doosan Infracore Co. has created a new product that uses big data to cater to client needs. The company recently held a performance brief on ‘DI 360’, a big data collaboration platform, and announced the way ahead for big data-based planning. The platform is capable [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The development of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) technology has resulted in a boom of customized consumer items in South Korea. A good example is the fashion industry, which is rolling out a variety of customized services. Tribons Co., a South Korean apparel manufacturer, is running an online [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Broadcast Advertising Corp.(KOBACO), a state-run broadcasting ad agency, said Thursday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with local IT startups Storelink and Kloser to prevent digital ad fraud. The initiative comes after a soaring number of fraud cases involving abuse of the method of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retailers are beefing up investment to introduce new technology that can contribute to minimizing delivery time, personnel and energy as a way to complete delivery within the shortest possible time. GS Retail Co. acquired a 1.3 percent stake in Kakao Mobility Corp. for 65 billion won (US$54.5 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Interior and Safety announced Tuesday that the artificial intelligence (AI) and big data-based ‘tax arrears analysis service’ that uses big data technology to analyze local tax data and calculate the potential of future payment will cover the entire nation next year. This service predicts if a [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A new program will be developed that will use big data to calculate ‘safe delivery time’, aimed at preventing food delivery riders from dangerous riding practices such as speeding to meet a tight delivery schedule. It has been pointed out that the current delivery schedule time calculated by food [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday that it will start providing a big data-based ‘beach congestion traffic light’ service for 264 beaches across the country during the July-August period in collaboration with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries. After running the service on a trial [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced the launch of a ‘K-Cancer’ initiative to build big data records on the clinical information of the most common cancers for Koreans, including stomach cancer, colon cancer and lung cancer. The Ministry of Health nd Welfare gave a briefing about its public health data and [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Interior and Safety will use big data on complaints related to mosquitoes, cockroaches and other pests to analyse them in tandem with Seoul’s Gwangjin District and reflect the results in pest control policies. The district office will offer the data on the number of pest-related complaints [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Police Agency (NPA) said Saturday it has expanded the use of a crime risk assessment system based on big data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The system, which is designed to help police officers detect crime-prone areas and time frames in advance, was adopted by police stations [...]