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 ...
Korea to allow non-profits to buy bad consumer loans
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) has proposed regulatory changes that would allow non-profit organizations to purchase bad loans from individ...
Hyundai CEO Muñoz named MotorTrend Person of the Year
South Korea’s top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer José Muñoz was picked as the most powerful figure in the in...
Lotte Duty Free unveils robot bartender in Gimpo Int'l Airport
South Korea's Lotte Duty Free said on Thursday it placed its AI-based robot bartenders in Gimpo International Airport.Lotte Duty Free offers robot...
S.Korean gov't to lift two-bottle limit on duty-free alcohol
South Korean government will lift the number restriction of duty-free alcohol bottles for inbound travelers and halve the patent fees to boost the d...
S.Korea's personal mobilities firm GCoo enters Africa
South Korean personal mobility (PM) company Gbike, the operator of PM sharing service platform Gcoo, said on Wednesday it started the electric kick ...
Macrogen's GenTok to feature on Samsung Health app
South Korea's biotech company Macrogen, Inc. signed a supply agreement to integrate its genome analysis platform, GenTok, into the Samsung Health ap...
Coupang launches Rocket Pet Doctor 2.0 with personalized pet nutrition
Coupang Inc., South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform, said on Wednesday that it has launched "Rocket Pet Doctor 2.0," an upgraded personali...
Naver to lead hyper-personalized shopping trends with super app
Naver Corp., South Korea's largest internet portal, will launch an AI-driven shopping app in the first half of 2025 to boost its lackluster e-commer...
SK Telecom unveils AI personal agent Aster for global users
SK Telecom Co. on Tuesday unveiled an AI-driven personal assistant Aster (A*) that understands users' intentions and goes beyond answering simple qu...
After 37 years of use, Kim returns trusty microwave to Samsung with love
For 37 years, a simple microwave made by Samsung Electronics Co. sat in the kitchen of Kim Kyu-won, providing much more than convenience.It was ther...
Pulley Campus, Yonsei Univ. to co-work on educational AI services
Freewheelin, which operates the AI courseware Pulley Campus for university education, said on Friday that it signed an industry-academia cooperation...
S.Korea's Xingxing to merge Kickgoing
Pump Co., the operator of South Korea's personal mobility (PM) sharing service Xingxing, said on Monday that it will merge with Wololo, the company ...
Samsung Bespoke refrigerator sells 3 mn units in five years
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that the cumulative sales of its Bespoke refrigerator in the South Korean market have surpassed 3 milli...
SK Telecom invests $10 mn in Perplexity
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday that it invested $10 million in Perplexity, the US-based generative artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Everybot buys AI mobility company hycore
South Korea's service robot company Everybot Inc. acquired AI robot mobility specialist hyCore to expand into the personal mobility sector. Everybo...
SoftBank-backed Balancehero still hungry for bigger market
In India, the world’s most populous country, about 1.2 billion people are estimated to have no credit score because most are unbanked, meaning...
NH Investment gets APEC Cross Border Privacy Rules
South Korea's NH Investment & Securities announced Friday that it obtained the global personal information protection certification APEC Cross-B...
LG OLED TV's new theme: Empathetic, personalized AI
LG Electronics Inc., the world’s No. 1 OLED TV producer, defines artificial intelligence as empathetic intelligence for customers. On Wednesda...
Some 6 out of 10 working Korean women choose to be child-free
More than 60% of South Korean women from their mid-20s to their mid-40s who are currently working have no plan to have children although nearly all ...
SK Telecom sees rise of personal AI assistants as game changer
BARCELONA – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, sees the emergence of personal artificial intelligence assistants as a gam...
LG launches new 14-person dishwasher
LG Electronics Inc. announced on Thursday that it released the 14-person LG Dios Objet Collection Dishwasher," which enhances space efficiency and c...
Samyang buys specialty chemical maker Verdant for $257 mn
Samyang Specialty Solutions LLC, a leading chemical and food products maker in South Korea, has entered into an agreement to wholly acquire Texas-ba...
Japanese furniture brand Nitori to open first store in Korea
Nitori Co., dubbed Japan's IKEA, is slated to open its first store in South Korea next week, accelerating its Asia-centered expansion push, while su...
SK Telecom launches call recording service for iPhone
South Korea’s SK Telecom Co. has rolled out an iPhone app using artificial intelligence (AI) that allows users to record calls on their smartp...
Lotte Healthcare to launch AI-based health management platform
South Korea's Lotte Healthcare has entered the digital healthcare market through the launch next week of its personalized healthcare management pl...
LG Uplus pet care platform's subscribers exceed 300,000
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that its pet service platform ForDong has garnered over 300,000 subscribers just 14 months sinc...
SK Group to pursue employee-led ‘deep change’
SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, has been dedicated to its “Deep Change” initiative since Group Chairman Chey ...
SK Telecom's T deal sees 81.5% transaction amount increase in H1
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that the transaction volume of its artificial intelligence (AI)-curated text commerce T deal in the...
LG Electronics to release coffee machine Duobo
LG Electronics Inc. will launch its first capsule coffee machine "Duobo" on Thursday through Kickstarter, the largest crowdfunding platform in the U...
