SEJONG, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Glimpses of the future – 57 to be exact – were distributed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to regional (metropolitan, provincial and special) governments on September 14. President Moon’s “New Deal”, a promise of urban renewal, was one of his core campaign proposals, and the 57 [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A consortium of South Korean construction companies will start building an eco-friendly residential city in Kuwait in 2019, the infrastructure ministry said Monday. The builders’ consortium led by POSCO A&C and Hyundai Architects and Engineers Associates Co. plans to build the “smart city” which is environmentally friendly, well-organized and [...]
SANTA CLARA, CA, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Hitachi Insight Group, which is responsible for driving the global unified internet of things (IoT) business and go-to-market (GTM) strategy for Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today unveiled new video analytics software to enhance and extend its Smart City and Public Safety solutions portfolio. Hitachi Video Analytics (HVA) [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Design Week, Korea’s largest public design festival, took off Thursday with yet another emphasis on the significance and the value of design. Organized by the Seoul Design Foundation, this year’s festival is themed “Smart City, Smart Design, Smart Life”, and will take place in multiple venues and galleries [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will push to build a highly efficient and eco-friendly city in Cambodia using its latest information technology, and support the Southeast Asian nation’s public housing program, the government said Monday. South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, and its Cambodian counterpart will sign a memorandum of [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a Hyundai Research Institute report entitled ‘The Trend of Promising Industries Related to Internet of Things (IoT)’ revealed on July 12, the global IoT market is expected to swell from $300 billion in 2015 to $1 trillion by 2020, with 28.8 percent annual growth. For South Korea, experts foresee [...]
World Cities Summit, Singapore International Water Week, and CleanEnviro Summit Singapore to drive innovation, co-creation, and sharing of solutions across urban development, water, and waste management in June Singapore, Apr 16, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Singapore is once again taking the lead to encourage governments and industry to come together to share and co-create solutions with [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) –The Strategic Alliance of Smart City Industrial Technology Innovation, an organization under the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, will create a fund of 50 billion yuan (US$8.05 billion). The gigantic fund, to be formed by June this year, will be used to pay for programs including smart city traffic [...]
WASHINGTON, Mar 27, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The Smart Cities Council, an industry coalition to advance smart city development and innovation, announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind Smart Cities Apps Gallery showcasing smartphone apps created by, and for, cities around the world. This gallery adds to its growing list of hands-on resources for the world’s [...]