SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will start to unveil more digital services, from mobile identification to artificial intelligence (AI) doctors, as the pandemic limits face-to-face contact, the ICT ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it has named key services to support for digital transition amid the pandemic, including [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Smart devices and digital services gained popularity in line with growing demand for new tech services amid the contactless trend spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, the science ministry said Thursday. In a report, the science ministry said new tech services continued to rack up fast growth this year thanks [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major telecom operators are lending hands to the country’s digital New Deal stimulus projects by expanding their investment in public infrastructure. Early this week, the country announced a set of ambitious stimulus measures amounting to 160 trillion won (US$132 billion). Under the digital New Deal initiative, 58.2 [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Various South Korean providers launched digital services providing real-time information about the availability of face masks at designated stores on Wednesday as the country strives to solve a mask supply crunch amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Ten mobile application and online service developers have started to offer information on [...]