SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s new digital guide program, which was designed to help seniors use digital devices, has received a positive response from the elderly population. Since July, the city selected 100 digital guides over 50 years of age, deploying teams of two in 50 locations including subway stations, [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday announced plans to develop and install unmanned digital terminals and kiosks for the elderly, people with disabilities and digitally vulnerable people in a bid to cope with the digital divide problem. The city government said it will first develop unmanned terminals by year’s [...]
DAEJEON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The near ubiquity of kiosks at restaurants and stores nationwide has led to an increasing number of related patents, data showed Sunday. The Korean Intellectual Property Office reported that the number of patents submitted in the last 10 years (2012 to 2021) grew by 16 percent each year. The [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of older adults in Seoul have no experience using digital kiosks, a survey showed Monday, despite a rising number of businesses adopting such self-service electronic machines amid the pandemic. The poll released by the Seoul Digital Foundation, a digital arm of the city government, showed 45.8 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With the installation of touch screen-based digital kiosks spreading throughout South Korean society centering on restaurant businesses, elderly consumers are having difficulty adapting to the new technology. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) of 300 elderly consumers over the age of 65, 81.6 percent [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Airports Corp. (KAC) announced on Thursday that it will introduce ‘The Larva Boarding Ticket Robot Service’ that issues boarding passes based on Larva, a popular animation character. One touches the robot’s ‘face’ display, which is shaped like a Larva character, to enter a reservation number, and the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of outlets operated by two leading fast food restaurants, McDonald’s and Lotteria, have electronic kiosks, industry officials said Thursday. A total of 825 out of 1,350 Lotteria branches across the country, or 62 percent, currently operate automated kiosks for ordering food, they said. “Most of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co., a display panel maker under LG Group, said Wednesday it has installed electronic kiosks in its facilities across the country, helping employees make donations easily. The company said employees can swipe their identity cards on the kiosks and make donations ranging from 1,000 won (US$0.88) to [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Self-service digital interactive kiosks are among the emerging technologies that are rapidly redesigning the landscape of South Korea’s service industry. With their convenience and cost-effectiveness, an increasing number of companies in various fields are adopting digital kiosk systems including fast food restaurant chains, banks, cinemas, and convenience stores. Though digital [...]
SEOUL, Dec.3 (Korea Bizwire) – A new type of identity authentication that does not require face-to-face interaction and will make it possible for clients to open new bank accounts without actually visiting a bank was demonstrated on December 2. ‘Bio authentication methods’, such as confirming one’s identity by putting their palm near a device, will [...]