SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – It is reported that a specific absorption rate of SK Telecom’s “Kids Phone JooN” is three times higher than that of other smartphones on average. Congresswoman Yu Seung-hee said that, based on data submitted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the specific absorption rate (SAR) of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The cost of mobile devices in South Korea is most expensive, ranking No. 1 among OECD countries. Congressman Mun Byeong-ho said that, based on data submitted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the average cost of cellular phone handsets in Korea took the first place in [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Flitto, a made-in-Korea social translation platform, won a grand prize in Taiwan’s largest start-up conference, “IDEAS Show Start-up Battle.” The award winning will raise the company’s reputation and secure a bridgehead for expanding its business into China. The IDEAS Show, hosted by the Taiwanese National IT Industry Promotion Agency, was [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Middle school students will have to take software courses from next year. The Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning, jointly with other ministries including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, held a meeting on July 23 at [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 24, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A team of Korean researchers have succeeded in developing a technology to manufacture transparent electronic memory cells that have the transmittance level above 80 percent of visible rays based on reduced graphene oxide (RGO). Kim Tae-geun, professor at Korea University, jointly with Kim Hee-Dong and other three [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean research team successfully analyzed the genome of the Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius Monachus) for the first time. On March 31, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced the result of the research team comprised of the National Science Museum, the Theragen Etex Bioresearch Institute, the Cultural [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 26 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the results of the “Survey of Internet Addiction 2013” conducted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the National Information Society Agency, one in every four Korean teenagers has a high risk of smartphone addiction. A total of 11.8 percent of the respondents [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the massive leak of personal information from credit card companies and mobile telecom service providers recently, the cases of voice phishing originating from overseas are also on the rise. For two months in January and February this year alone, the number of phone calls blocked for [...]