Bank of Korea seen cutting interest rates by 25 bps in January
The Bank of Korea (BOK) is widely expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday amid the nation's softening economy and moderating i...
Baby Shark receives three Emmy nominations
South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, said on Friday that "Baby Shark’s Big Movie" received thre...
Samsung Heavy sails autonomous demonstration vessel
The South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Thursday the launch ceremony for Samsung Heavy Industries' autonomous demonstra...
SK Broadband unveils upgraded AI-powered IPTV service
SK Broadband Co., South Korea’s No. 2 internet service provider, has upgraded the voice command function of its internet protocol television (...
Hudson AI dreams of a world without language barriers
South Korean startup Hudson AI is striving to break language barriers with its artificial intelligence-powered voice dubbing technology, enabling gl...
LG Uplus unveils new AI serivice for IPTV
South Korea's LG Uplus Corp. unveiled its Media Agent, an artificial intelligence (AI) service for Internet TV (IPTV).The company's AI assistant is ...
Naver’s HyperCLOVA X Vision proves a picture is worth a thousand words
A picture is worth a thousand words, as the adage goes, stressing the power of vision over text.People also say eyes are windows to the soul, emphas...
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...
With AI tech, Samsung Electronics on par with Apple: Han Jong-hee
MILAN, ITALY – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has for years been desperate to catch up to US Big Tech Apple Inc. in high-end ...
DeepBrain AI launches deepfake detection solution
South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI announced on Friday that it released the country's first service-as-a-software (SaaS)-based deepfake detection ...
Kim Jong Un urges women to be good comrades — and give birth
SEOUL—Kim Jong Un has a new mission for North Korean women: Have more babies.Kim acknowledged the impoverished nation’s plunging bi...
HYBE to showcase game voice AI tech at G-Star 2023
Supertone, HYBE Co.'s AI audio subsidiary, is set to participate in the international gaming exhibition G-Star 2023, taking place from Nov. 16 to 18...
Samsung to apply GenAI to all home appliances from 2024
BERLIN, GERMANY - Samsung Electronics Co. from next year will incorporate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into all home appliances and de...
SK Telecom buys major stake in AICC developer Persona AI
South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will boost its artificial intelligence (AI) contact center (AICC) unit to emerge as a comprehensive provider of AICC pr...
LG unveils upgraded hyperscale AI for future businesses
LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate, on Wednesday introduced an upgraded hyperscale AI to be used for its future growth engine...
LG Uplus releases ad with generative AI
South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. on Tuesday unveiled the first video ad using generative artificial intelligence (AI)...
Pinkfong Baby Shark console game to launch in September
South Korea's The Pinkfong Company, popularly known for its "Baby Shark" character, announced on Tuesday the imminent release of a console game titl...
SK Telecom introduces voice authentication tech to AI contact center
SK Telecom Co. announced on Thursday its partnership with American voice technology company, Pindrop, to introduce an artificial intelligence voice ...
S.Korea's KIC to strengthen responsible investments
Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) plans to actively voice its opinions on portfolio companies' management over the next two years to tighten its re...
DeepBrain AI joins CB Insights' Global 250 Generative AI Startups list
DeepBrain AI, a South Korean AI startup, said on Friday it made the list of "Global 250 Generative AI Startups" by CB Insights, a New York-based mar...
KT to invest $2 million in US voice biomarker developer
KT Corp., a South Korean telecommunications giant, plans to invest $2 million in Sonde Health Inc., a US voice biomarker developer, to enhance the c...
SK Telecom commercial feature AI human to promote content platform
South Korea’s major telecom company SK Telecom Co. has adopted a virtual human to feature in one of its commercial ads for the first time in t...
LG fridges, TVs to leverage embedded AI to distinguish human voices
LG Electronics Inc., an industry frontrunner in applying artificial intelligence to home appliances, has unveiled a new speaker identification techn...
NCSOFT publishes three AI academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022
South Korea’s gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. will present three academic papers at INTERSPEECH 2022, the world’s largest and most comprehensi...
South Korean gamers mobilize offline to make their voices heard
Angered by what they deem to be an unfair rewards system and poor customer service, South Korean players of Kakao Games Corp.’s Japan-created ...
SK Telecom blocks voice phishing via AI, police database
SK Telecom Co., a South Korean major mobile carrier, is strengthening its spam call filtering system to prevent voice phishing. The system blocked 3...
Voice Caddie, Daol PE acquire US golf grip brand SuperStroke
Voice Caddie, a South Korean maker of golf course rangefinders and related golf products, and Daol Private Equity are jointly acquiring SuperStroke,...
KT provides AI-powered voice recognition service to Mercedez
South Korea’s top wireless carrier KT Corp. announced Thursday that it has launched an AI-powered voice recognition service for Mercedez-Benz ...
Samsung Elec unveils solution for stable 5G voice calls
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has developed a software solution for more stable 5G voice calls in a move to incre...
Neosapience develops AI voice actors that sound like humans, not robots
In February 2020, a South Korean broadcasting network aired a virtual reality (VR) reunion between a grieving mother and her late daughter. The docu...
