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Smart City Expo Doha 2023 Focuses on Data, Connectivity and Sustainability to Improve the Future of Cities

Smart City Expo Doha 2023 Focuses on Data, Connectivity and Sustainability to Improve the Future of Cities

BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 16, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – The Qatari capital will host the third edition of the region’s leading urban innovation event from 29-30 November. Under the motto “A World of Data: Connecting People, Elevating Lives”, Smart City Expo Doha (SCE Doha) will lead the debate on sustainable urban development and the importance of data [...]

Gov’t Opens Cancer Patient Database to Researchers

Gov’t Opens Cancer Patient Database to Researchers

SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and public institutions will make the extensive cancer patient database available to academic and industrial researchers. The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Tuesday introduced the K-CURE online library, a comprehensive big data framework that encompasses 1.98 million cancer patients registered between 2012 and 2019. This dataset [...]

Interior Ministry Develops Model for Installing Crime Prevention Facilities

Interior Ministry Develops Model for Installing Crime Prevention Facilities

SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of the Interior and Safety said Wednesday that a model analyzing satellite image data to identify areas requiring crime prevention facilities will be distributed to municipal governments nationwide. The model, which is scheduled to be distributed from mid-May, was developed using the cities of Ansan and Hwaseong [...]

Gov’t to Release Information About Small Businesses

Gov’t to Release Information About Small Businesses

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid growing market demand for the release of data about owner-operated businesses, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) decided to make public such data held by public financial institutions starting from Friday. Five public financial institutions, including the Industrial Bank of Korea and the Korea Development Bank, under the umbrella [...]

S. Korea to Invest Over 20 tln Won in Data, Network, AI Sectors

S. Korea to Invest Over 20 tln Won in Data, Network, AI Sectors

SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to invest more than 20 trillion won (US$16.4 billion) in data, network and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors over the next three years in a bid to help nurture future-oriented industries, the finance minister said Friday. Along with fiscal spending, the government plans to provide support for [...]

Jeju Has Highest Ratio of Double Income Households in S. Korea: Data

Jeju Has Highest Ratio of Double Income Households in S. Korea: Data

SEJONG, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island had the highest ratio of double income households last year among South Korea’s major cities and provinces, data showed Sunday. Among the island’s 158,000 households with married couples, the share of double income households stood at 60.4 percent or 96,000 households, the highest ratio among major regions [...]