SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) –Kakao Mobility, a leading South Korean tech company, announced on October 16 the launch of a new feature called Trending Now for its navigation app, Kakao Navi. This innovative service utilizes big data from user driving patterns to recommend real-time hotspots based on user preferences. Unlike traditional restaurant and nearby [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drivers will now be able to use a voice recognition system in their navigation apps to report an animal injury caused by a car accident without having to make a phone call. The Ministry of Interior and Safety and South Chungcheong Province began testing the ‘Roadkill Reporting [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Thursday its navigation application, “T map,” will alert drivers to the presence of nearby ambulances and fire trucks in cases of emergency starting next week. In partnership with the National Fire Agency and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 23, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – From now on, pedestrians in Seoul can find their ways to their destinations through a smartphone application while walking. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it would offer a route planner app for the pedestrians in the capital city to make it easy to [...]