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Shim Woo-hyun
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K-Safety Expo 2020 to highlight K-quarantine prevention
K-Safety Expo 2020 opens this fall and will focus on local businesses’ efforts to prevent COVID-19, often dubbed K-quarantine. The three-day exhibition, which runs Sept. 23-25 at the Korea International Exhibition Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, is co-organized by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Gyeonggi provincial government. This year’s expo will feature a wide range of programs and exhibitions emphasizing the late
Technology May 7, 2020
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Hyundai to begin construction of new HQ in May
Hyundai Motor Group is set to start constructing its 105-story Global Business Center in Seoul’s Gangnam-gu later this month -- six years after it purchased the site for a new headquarters. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government and Hyundai Motor Group, the South Korean automotive group recently handed in documents asking permission to break ground. The government is expected to grant permission as early as Thursday. The construction project was expected since the group bought t
Industry May 5, 2020
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South Korean telecom firms expand AI-based senior care services
South Korean telecom firms have expanded their ICT-based senior care services recently, against the backdrop of increasing demand from an aging population. The services mainly use artificial intelligence-powered speakers, as well as the new 5G network and virtual reality programs. As of end-2018, there were 7.6 million people aged 65 years and over in Korea, according to the National Health Insurance Service in 2019. “There is an increasing number of seniors who need home care services
Technology May 4, 2020
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SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom strengthen ties amid COVID-19
South Korea’s SK Telecom and Germany’s Deutsche Telekom agreed to launch a joint venture later this year to develop non face-to-face platform technologies, for which the demand has been soaring amid the COVID-19 pandemic. SKT said Sunday that the two firms have agreed to expand their cooperation on 5G technology and know-how in adapting to changes brought by the new coronavirus. Around 20 executive members of the two companies gathered for a video conference on Wednesday and discu
Technology May 3, 2020
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Samsung remains on top in struggling smartphone market
Samsung Electronics has stayed on top in the global smartphone industry during the first quarter this year, according to a recent report. According to the latest report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung Electronics‘ market share during the first three months reached 21 percent, with shipments of 58.3 million smartphone units. The South Korean company’s shipments in the first quarter fell 19 percent on-year when compared with 71.8 million units in the first quarter of 2019. That wa
Industry May 3, 2020
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LG Electronics files suit against home appliance firm Beko
LG Electronics said Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit against Turkish home appliance maker Beko over allegedly infringing on an LG Electronics patent related to its laundry machine. The complaints were filed Monday with the Mannheim District Court in Germany, claiming that the subsidiary of Turkey’s largest consumer electronics company Arcelik has infringed on the patent related to its TrueSteam technology. According to LG Electronics, the Turkish home appliance firm has made unauthoriz
Industry April 29, 2020
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SK Broadband ups support for online classes amid pandemic
Korean internet network operator SK Broadband has been continuing support for online classes upon sudden demand during the novel coronavirus pandemic, the firm said Tuesday. SK Broadband is currently the content delivery network provider for Educational Broadcasting System, a public broadcasting organization that provides online classes. SK Broadband previously increased the network capacity for EBS from 300 megabits per second to 1 terabit per second. Recently, the company added 2 Tbps to th
Technology April 28, 2020
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Korean telecom firms’ operating profits to drop in Q1: report
Korean telecom firms are expected to see decreases in their operating profits in the first quarter this year, according to a market report on Tuesday. The report by FnGuide said that the operating profits of the three major telecom companies are likely to decline due to the sluggish economy amid the COVID-19 outbreak, though they avoided major damage from it. Their sales, however, are expected to increase, backed by a sales increase in media units, as well as revenues from 5G network subscribe
Technology April 28, 2020
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Korea ups investment to self-produce parts in space development
South Korea’s Science Ministry on Monday said that it will inject 211 billion won ($170 million) into space research to help the nation’s space industry produce key parts of launch vehicles and satellites. The Ministry of Science and ICT’s “Space Pioneer” research project passed a feasibility study Monday, which approved the investment of 211 billion won from 2021 to 2030. The ministry will provide 58 billion won in the launch vehicle area and 137 billion won i
Technology April 27, 2020
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S. Korea pushes to make COVID-19 test scheme international standard
The South Korean government on Sunday said it plans to hand in the nation‘s test-and-quarantine scheme to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will together compile detailed measures used in the nation’s drive-thru and walk-thru testing facilities, as well as those related to public medical facilities built to counter the recent viral outbreak
Industry April 26, 2020
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Hyundai Mobis taps global automakers with sunroof airbag
Hyundai Mobis said Sunday the company is focusing on enhancing the reliability of its roof airbag to take the lead in the global market. The South Korean company’s roof airbag was first developed in 2017, designed to protect passengers from being ejected from sunroofs in rollover accidents. The airbag can deploy and cover the whole roof in 0.08 seconds. Hyundai Mobis’ roof airbag has recently received interest from the global car markets as a safety measure to reduce the number of
Industry April 26, 2020
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Pay with your face: LG CNS unveils facial recognition payment system
LG CNS announced Thursday that the company has introduced a facial recognition payment system using cloud server and blockchain technology. The Korean company’s new payment system uses a kiosk equipped with artificial intelligence specialized in recognizing facial biometrics to identify customers. The payment system then proceeds with payments by accessing customers’ account data encrypted in the cloud server. The company said the AI-based payment system is much more convenient th
Technology April 23, 2020
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ICT Ministry hosts ‘untact’ IR for startups
The Ministry of Science and ICT on Thursday held an online conference to match local information and communication technology startups with investors. The event, titled “Untact IR” in reference to the trend for non-face-to-face contact, is a weekly online conference that has been hosted by the ministry since April 9 and is designed to increase exchanges between investors and companies amid the viral outbreak. During the three-hour online conference, local firms promoted their busi
Technology April 23, 2020
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Hyundai to export hydrogen fuel cell tech
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced Monday that it has approved Hyundai Motor’s export of hydrogen fuel cell technologies. The top automaker in South Korea will export its hydrogen fuel cell solution to two companies based in the United States and the Europe. It hopes to be the first Korean firm to export hydrogen fuel cell technologies abroad. The Trade Ministry said that the decision has been made to support the Korean automaker to increase its foothold in the global
Industry April 20, 2020
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[News Focus] Telecom firms plan to commercialize millimeter-wave 5G network
Korea’s major telecom firms are gearing up to commercialize an ultrafast millimeter-wave 5G network this year, starting with the business-to-business sector, according to industry sources Monday. The next-generation 5G network uses mmWave technology to transmit large data packets at faster speeds. In theory, on the 28-gigahertz band the network speed could reach 20 gigabits per second. Samsung Electronics announced that it has tested a high-frequency 5G network station, confirming that
Technology April 20, 2020
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