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 [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting from Tuesday, the government will release through its exclusive website the big data that it has accumulated for many years through the official cattle traceability system. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs implemented the cattle traceability system in December 2008. Under this system, the ministry has [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Trendsetting companies from various fields including communications, credit card and others will join hands to build South Korea’s first private-sector ‘data dam’. SK Telecom Co., jointly with Shinhan Card Co., Korea Credit Bureau Co., GS Retail Co. and Real Estate 114 Inc. have formed a data alliance, announcing plans [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to build a public big data system by 2024 by compiling all data from government agencies. Statistics Korea introduced plans to build the K-Statistics System on Monday, a cloud-based public big data system that collects data from both central and regional governments as well as public [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver Corp.’s big data technology will be employed in the customs clearance process of overseas direct purchases (ODP) as part of an initiative to limit tax evasion. The Korea Customs Service (KCS) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Naver on Tuesday, enabling the KCS [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Many people think of the trail surrounding Mount Jiri as a challenge that needs to be ‘completed’ while a trail that circles Seoul is perceived as a leisurely destination where people go out for a stroll and take photos on weekends. The National Institute of Forest Science announced Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry plans to develop a “big data” collection and analysis system to more efficiently take advantage of diverse and scattered data so as to make better policy for military operations and troops. Currently, the military has vast amounts of data on more than 1.4 million items related [...]