YEONGJONG ISLAND, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A new smartphone app lets users know how long it will take them to get from home to their boarding gate at Incheon International Airport. The Incheon International Airport Corp. introduced the world’s first ‘Home to Airport’ service provided by an international airport on Wednesday, which calculates the [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday unveiled a mobile application for pedestrian safety as the South Korean tech giant eyes to beef up its presence in the software sector despite its planned departure from the smartphone business. The Soft V2X, with V2X standing for “vehicle to everything,” is LG’s smartphone [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Car owners will now be able to find out if their vehicle is the subject of a recall using a new mobile app developed jointly by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Transportation Safety Authority. The government started providing recall information for eight private companies [...]
NAJU, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Rural Community Corp., South Korea’s state-run agricultural company, has developed a smart water management app that enables users to manage a variety of water facilities, including reservoirs, through a mobile device. The app enables users to check a variety of information, including the location and water level [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Tuesday its research team launched the country’s first mobile app that detects deepfakes — images or videos digitally manipulated with artificial intelligence (AI) — to curb misinformation and prevent potential harm to victims targeted by the technology. The software, [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The King Sejong Institute Foundation (KSIF), a South Korean government entity that operates Korean language centers abroad, on Wednesday unveiled an mobile app that is designed to help foreigners practice conversion in Korean. King Sejong AI Teacher is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based app that enables users to practice Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that it will release a mobile app that offers a wide variety of information on public transport, including alerts that are issued when the user’s routes overlap with those of confirmed COVID-19 patients. The mobile app ‘My-T’ is scheduled to be released [...]
Bangkok, TH, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Anantara Vacation Club, Southeast Asia’s premier points-based vacation ownership programme, has announced the official release of its new mobile app for Club Points Owners around the globe. The app is the culmination of 7+ months of research and development, and was accelerated by Anantara Vacation Club’s continued partnership [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — With a growing number of people suffering from the so-called ‘corona blues,’ symptom of depressions and lethargy caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, medical authorities are using smartphone applications to introduce ways to mend psychological health. The National Center for Mental Health (NCMH), affiliated with the Ministry of Health [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Energy Co., South Korea’s leading oil refinery and gas station operator, introduced Muffin, a newly developed integrated automobile management platform on Monday. Users can pre-register their license plate number, fueling patterns (type of fuel, amount, and price), and means of payment on the Muffin app to enable fuel [...]