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Amore Pacific Group Signs MOU with Retail Giant A.S. Watson Group to Expand Global Business

Amore Pacific Group Signs MOU with Retail Giant A.S. Watson Group to Expand Global Business

SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cosmetics giant Amore Pacific Group said Tuesday it has signed an initial pact with international health and beauty retailer A.S. Watson Group to expand its global business. With the memorandum of understanding (MOU), the two companies agreed to cooperate to seek the growth of Amore Pacific’s brands [...]

Chosun University Hospital Turns to AI for Cancer Treatment

Chosun University Hospital Turns to AI for Cancer Treatment

GWANGJU, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Chosun University Hospital in Gwangju announced on Sunday that it is using Watson for Oncology, a medical AI supercomputer designed by IBM Inc., for cancer treatment. Once the information about a patient along with the preliminary diagnosis is entered, Watson delivers the optimum method of treatment by analyzing its [...]

Konyang Hospital’s Watson Supercomputer Successfully Diagnoses First Cancer Patient

Konyang Hospital’s Watson Supercomputer Successfully Diagnoses First Cancer Patient

SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Konyang University Hospital reported the first successful diagnosis of a stage three breast cancer patient by IBM’s Watson for Oncology yesterday, the first time the supercomputer was put to use to discover the best type of cancer treatment since its launch at the hospital last month. The Watson supercomputer [...]

Korean Hospitals Deploy IBM’s ‘Watson’ Supercomputer Help Doctors Treat Cancer Patients

Korean Hospitals Deploy IBM’s ‘Watson’ Supercomputer Help Doctors Treat Cancer Patients

SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Konyang University Hospital announced its launch of IBM Watson for Oncology yesterday, a supercomputer diagnostic system that is poised to revolutionize the treatment of cancer patients. The launch ceremony with SK C&C, the South Korean distributor of the system, took place at the hospital yesterday in the presence of the [...]

AI Picks Samsung TV as Hottest Global Product

AI Picks Samsung TV as Hottest Global Product

SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence (AI) system has selected globally ‘hot’ products, with the world’s interest in AI increasing following the epic Go match between Google Deep Mind’s AlphaGo and professional Go player Lee Se-dol. Previously, there have been many cases in which consumer reports, journals or market assessment bodies selected products [...]