SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of consumers stayed indoors and enjoyed home entertainment over the Lunar New Year holiday. KT Corp., major South Korean telecommunications giant, analyzed the usage patterns of its artificial intelligence (AI) speaker Giga Genie, which showed that the speaker’s usage rose by 37.7 percent during the holidays [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are gearing up for the Lunar New Year holiday when data usage spikes along highways, airports and shopping malls, company officials said Saturday. People travel long distances during the holiday season to visit their hometowns, causing heavy traffic jams. Some travel abroad or make trips [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Nowon District announced on Wednesday that it will open up a pet lounge for families who have to leave their pets behind over the Korean Lunar New Year holiday. The pet lounge will be located on the second floor of the Nowon District Office and will open from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean tech companies will keep their assembly lines up and running during this week’s Lunar New Year holiday due to rising demand at home and abroad, industry sources said Tuesday. Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of chips said it plans to maintain normal operations at its [...]