Roborock’s privacy policy fuels data leak fears over Chinese goods

Roborock’s privacy policy fuels data leak fears over Chinese goods

A new personal data processing policy from Chinese robot vacuum maker Roborock is raising fears that consumer data could be leaked to or misused by ...

AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea

AI data center with up to 3 gigawatts of power envisioned for South Korea

An investor group is planning one of the world’s largest data centers for artificial intelligence in South Korea, a sign of red-hot AI de...

Robotis, MIT to jointly develop physical AI

Robotis, MIT to jointly develop physical AI

South Korea's Robotis Co. said on Tuesday it partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop physical AI.Robotis and MIT w...

North Korean Troops Train in Russia as Moscow Deepens War Coalition

North Korean Troops Train in Russia as Moscow Deepens War Coalition

North Korea has sent hundreds of special forces to eastern Russia for training in recent weeks, according to South Korea’s main intelligence a...

Naver Labs tops in spatial intelligence tech at ECCV

Naver Labs tops in spatial intelligence tech at ECCV

Naver Labs' spatial intelligence technology was recognized as superior to that of Google, Apple, and Meta at the world's leading computer vision con...

Artificial intelligence creates DRAM divide between hot sellers, laggards

Artificial intelligence creates DRAM divide between hot sellers, laggards

In recent years, the big buzz across industries has been around the power of artificial intelligence, with some critics raising concerns about AI ex...

Korea’s Everland to lure horror fans with Netflix series

Korea’s Everland to lure horror fans with Netflix series

Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park, is set to lure horror movie fans at home and abroad with famous fright series such as “Stran...

POSCO DX to focus on AI-led intelligent factory systems

POSCO DX to focus on AI-led intelligent factory systems

POSCO DX Co., an IT service arm of South Korea’s POSCO Group, will transform into an AI-enabled intelligent factory system developer to automa...

LG unveils Google’s generative AI-powered robot CLOi

LG unveils Google’s generative AI-powered robot CLOi

LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday unveiled its service robot CLOi GuideBot powered by Google’s multimodal AI model Gemini to foray into the gene...

Korean Air, Amazon to build AI customer center

Korean Air, Amazon to build AI customer center

South Korea's Korean Air Lines Co. announced on Monday that it will build an artificial intelligence (AI) contact center (AICC) platform in collabor...

Cosmax opens integrated R&D center for bio-material

Cosmax opens integrated R&D center for bio-material

Cosmax Group, South Korea's largest cosmetics manufacturer specializing in original design manufacturing (ODM), announced on Monday that it has la...

After frozen Kimbap craze, here comes Korean street food

After frozen Kimbap craze, here comes Korean street food

It all began in August, when hundreds of tons of frozen South Korean kimbap, or seaweed-wrapped rice rolls, sold out within a month of their arrival...

Baidu’s AI Ernie to power Samsung Galaxy S24 in China

Baidu’s AI Ernie to power Samsung Galaxy S24 in China

Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest smartphone series Galaxy S24 to be released in China will feature Baidu Inc.’s Ernie Bot artificial intellige...

Korea unveils next-gen howitzer plans for defense exports

Korea unveils next-gen howitzer plans for defense exports

South Korea introduced plans for the development of next-generation self-propelled howitzers to its existing customers as the country aims to foster...

Biopharma M&As: Next big thing for South Korean manufacturers

Biopharma M&As: Next big thing for South Korean manufacturers

When Orion Corp., known for its signature snack cake Choco-Pie, announced a $415 million deal to acquire biotech startup LegoChem Biosciences Inc. l...

S-1 sees facial recognition AI as core trend in 2024

S-1 sees facial recognition AI as core trend in 2024

South Korea's system securities provider S-1 Corp. has forecasted a significant rise in the demand for AI-powered security solutions this year, pr...

Hancom to unveil document creator like Mircrosoft's Copilot

Hancom to unveil document creator like Mircrosoft's Copilot

Hancom Inc., a homegrown office suite developer in South Korea, is set to speed up its artificial intelligence business with a beta service of AI-po...

Samsung Elec, Naver tie up for smart building business

Samsung Elec, Naver tie up for smart building business

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chipmaker, and Naver Corp., South Korea’s online giant, have joined hands to develop...

Coupang opens its second logistics center in Taiwan

Coupang opens its second logistics center in Taiwan

Coupang Inc., South Korea’s leading e-commerce platform, has opened its second fulfillment center in Taiwan and plans to open a third one ther...

Are virtual idols the next big thing in K-content?

Are virtual idols the next big thing in K-content?

South Korea's booming virtual idol sector, which combines K-pop content and technology, is fueling interest on the enter-tech (entertainment and tec...

Lotte Global Logistics, CoEvolution to develop automatic solutions

Lotte Global Logistics, CoEvolution to develop automatic solutions

South Korea's Lotte Global Logistics announced on Wednesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a strategic partnership with ...

LG Group manages ESG information like financial data

LG Group manages ESG information like financial data

LG Group has decided to manage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management activities as if they were financial data. The aim is to provi...

CJ Logistics to introduce intelligent CCTV

CJ Logistics to introduce intelligent CCTV

South Korea's CJ Logistics announced on Thursday that it has entered into a business agreement with Hanwha Vision for the development and logistics ...

DK&D to develop green artificial leather with Chinese partner

DK&D to develop green artificial leather with Chinese partner

DK&D Co., a South Korean maker of synthetic leather, on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese eco-friendly non-woven...

K-pop group aespa to premiere ‘Better Things’ single in LA

K-pop group aespa to premiere ‘Better Things’ single in LA

K-pop girl group aespa will hold a concert "aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 - SYNK: HYPER LINE" at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, US, on August 13, their...

Corentec enters Japanese artificial joint market

Corentec enters Japanese artificial joint market

Corentec Co., a South Korean company that develops artificial joints and spinal implants, is making a full-fledged entry into the Japanese market. T...

KT to cooperate with Mongolian gov't on DX techs

KT to cooperate with Mongolian gov't on DX techs

South Korea's telecom service provider KT Corp. disclosed on Monday its plans to collaborate with the Mongolian government to usher in a digital tra...

S&P expects BOK to cut rate by 100 bps in 2024 for growth

S&P expects BOK to cut rate by 100 bps in 2024 for growth

South Korea’s central bank is expected to cut its policy interest rate by one percentage point next year with inflationary pressure easing fur...

S.Korea's ToolGen develops gene-edited cow for artificial blood

S.Korea's ToolGen develops gene-edited cow for artificial blood

South Korean genome editing developer ToolGen Inc. has teamed up with Lartbio Technology, a Seoul-based transgenic animal development company, to de...

LG Energy, Novonix join hands for US EV battery material

LG Energy, Novonix join hands for US EV battery material

LG Energy Solution Ltd., the world’s third-largest electric vehicle battery maker, has teamed up with Novonix Ltd., an Australian cell ingredi...

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