SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean seniors are being exposed to vulnerabilities as they struggle to adopt digital devices as contactless – often referred to as ‘untact’ locally – practices continue. Seniors are struggle with isolation as a growing number of cafes and restaurants are introducing QR codes to log customers, while senior [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus continues to rage on, mobile carriers are scrambling to launch so-called ‘untact’ O4O (online-for-offline) platforms. In July, South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. launched ‘T-world Friends’, a web page dedicated to logistics network management for affiliated stores struggling with a recent plunge in revenue. [...]
SIHEUNG, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — So-called ‘untact’ shopping venues are increasing in number as social distancing is gaining public awareness. The store owner of a local fashion vendor in Siheung, Gyeonggi Province introduced an unmanned checkout system, allowing customers to select clothes and then wire their payment to a designated bank account for self-checkout. [...]
DAEGU, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu plans to use so-called ‘untact’ (contactless) means to hold a half-marathon race. Daegu’s Dalseo District announced Thursday that it will hold the Untact Dalseo Half-Marathon Contest from Sept. 27 to Oct. 17. With an annual festival held every September, race organizers needed to come up [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the coronavirus pandemic increasing demand for so-called ‘untact’ consumption, retailers are scrambling to introduce unmanned checkout services. E-Mart Inc., South Korea’s largest discount store chain by sales, currently operates some 700 unmanned checkout kiosks across 110 stores, or 78 percent of all E-Mart stores nationwide. After first introducing [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. will remodel its distribution system to meet so-called ‘untact’ demand. South Korea’s top mobile carrier by subscribers announced Sunday its Big 3 Distribution Innovation Plan that focuses on premium online-to-offline (O2O) services, stronger protection of customer data, and unmanned stores for the latter half of this [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A combined market value of Naver Corp., South Korea’s top internet portal operator, and other so-called ‘untact’ stocks, such as Kakao Corp., have seen their combined market cap surpass the 100-trillion won (US$83.27 billion) mark for the first time amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. The market capitalization of the [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO has introduced South Korea’s first ‘work-from-home policy for childcare without career interruption’ this month, raising the likelihood of a transformation in work culture across South Korean businesses. The steelmaker began receiving registrations for the work-from-home program from all employees with childcare needs. The program allows any employee with [...]
CHANGWON, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Republic of Korea Naval Academy in the southeastern city of Changwon carried out judo belt examinations online under the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The academy, with the authority bestowed by the Korea Judo Association to carry out judo belt examinations, held so-called ‘untact’ examinations for 40 cadets on Thursday. Prior [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of SMEs and Startups has unveiled a trial project to develop 20 general shopping centers into “smart shopping centers” using a wide variety of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. The ministry released the list of shopping centers it had selected as smart shopping centers on Tuesday, including one [...]