Korean LG CNS to expand digital marketing biz with DX tech

Korean LG CNS to expand digital marketing biz with DX tech

South Korea’s LG CNS Co., the information technology service arm of LG Group, is geared up to expand the digital marketing business for growth...

S.Korean food delivery app Baemin vows to hike logistics unit's service quality

S.Korean food delivery app Baemin vows to hike logistics unit's service quality

Woowa Youths, an affiliate of Woowa Brothers, the parent company of South Korea's top food delivery app Baedal Minjok, on Monday announced its visio...

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio launches new drug development platform STB Cloud in US

Syntekabio,Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) drug development company, said on Monday it has launched its cloud-based AI drug develo...

Lunit exports AI imaging analysis solution to Brazil

Lunit exports AI imaging analysis solution to Brazil

South Korea's medical imaging startup Lunit said on Monday it has signed a software licensing agreement with Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital in...

AI medical startup Arpi wins Pre D.Day X SNU Medicine event

AI medical startup Arpi wins Pre D.Day X SNU Medicine event

South Korean startup accelerator D.Camp hosted this year’s last demo day on Saturday in collaboration with Seoul National University’s C...

KT to commercialize self-driving robots with startup Neubility

KT to commercialize self-driving robots with startup Neubility

KT said on Friday that it has signed a partnership agreement with Neubility, an outdoor self-driving robot developer, to expand its robot service bu...

Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake

Truston Asset looks to help run Taekwang with 5.8% stake

South Korea's Truston Asset Management has changed the purpose of its stock investment in the chemical and textile company Taekwang Industrial Co. f...

Vuno's fundus-reading AI obtains medical device certification in Thailand

Vuno's fundus-reading AI obtains medical device certification in Thailand

South Korea's medical device startup company Vuno announced on Thursday that its fundus reading artificial intelligence (AI) solution Vuno Med-Fundu...

TmaxSoft, Douzone Bizon form partnership for enterprise ICT market

TmaxSoft, Douzone Bizon form partnership for enterprise ICT market

South Korea's two leading software firms TmaxSoft and Douzon Bizon signed a strategic business agreement on Thursday to link Douzon's enterprise res...

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

S.Korea's Bespin Global, Daewoo E&C sign smart city deal with Aussie company

South Korea's cloud management company Bespin Global on Wednesday said its subsidiary Bespin Global Vietnam formed a strategic partnership with Daew...

Kakao's AI filter reduces profanity in online news comments

Kakao's AI filter reduces profanity in online news comments

South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp. has reduced swearing and negative comments about news on its online portals such as Daum and Kakao View by using...

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

CJ Logistics expands global e-commerce shipping services

South Korea’s CJ Logistics Corp. is ramping up its cross-border e-commerce (CBE) businesses as its local rival Coupang Inc. is increasing domi...

CJ OliveNetworks develops factory big data solution

CJ OliveNetworks develops factory big data solution

South Korea's IT service management firm CJ OliveNetworks Co. Ltd. said on Wednesday that it has developed a real-time database (RTDB), a data manag...

ESTsoft completes construction of studio dedicated to AI virtual humans

ESTsoft completes construction of studio dedicated to AI virtual humans

South Korea's application software developer ESTsoft Corp. said on Tuesday that it has built a dedicated studio in its headquarters in Seoul's Gangn...

Korean startup Mathpresso completes $59 mn Series C investment

Korean startup Mathpresso completes $59 mn Series C investment

Mathpresso, the company that operates the artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning platform Qanda, said on Tuesday that it has completed Series C...

S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

S.Korea's startup Bunker Kids raises $1.5 million in Series A funding

South Korea's tech start-up Bunker Kids announced on Tuesday that it raised 2 billion won ($1.5 million) through Series A investment from Korean ven...

80% of Korea's data centers to use homegrown AI semiconductors by 2030

80% of Korea's data centers to use homegrown AI semiconductors by 2030

South Korea by 2030 will upgrade its level of domestic artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors to the world's best by using the nation's high-pe...

LG Group seeks future growth engines with new R&D units

LG Group seeks future growth engines with new R&D units

LG Group, South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate, set up new research and development units at key affiliates to seek future growth engines...

EV charging service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy

EV charging  service firm Scalardata attracts 3 bn won from GS Energy

Scalardata, a South Korean start-up running an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure integration platform "evmodu.kr," announced on Monday t...

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

SK Energy buys stake in subscription car wash service

South Korea is seeing growth in the variety of services for the rising number of eco-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) on the nation's roads.Industry...

Jobis&Villains selected as beneficiary of UK venture support program GEP

Jobis&Villains selected as beneficiary of UK venture  support program GEP

South Korea's Jobis & Villains Corp., which operates the tax return service "3o3," announced on Thursday that it has been officially registered ...

Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service

Lordsystem, NHN Doctortour agree to promote mobile passport authentication service

South Korea’s two companies, Lordsystem and NHN Doctortour, decided to cooperate on mobile passport identity verification services, which wi...

LG Group think tank unveils breakthrough AI tech Exaone

LG Group think tank unveils breakthrough AI tech Exaone

LG AI Research, the artificial intelligence (AI) think tank of South Korea's LG Group, on Thursday unveiled Exaone, a gigantic AI technology that ra...

Cafe24 signs agreement with CJ Logistics for fulfillment service

Cafe24 signs agreement with CJ Logistics for fulfillment service

South Korea's e-commerce platform Cafe24 said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with CJ Logistics to provide fulfillment services to online s...

Kakao unveils measures to prevent recurrence of service disruptions

Kakao unveils measures to prevent recurrence of service disruptions

South Korea’s Kakao Corp. has unveiled a series of measures to prevent a recurrence of service disruptions after the mobile platform giant cam...

Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand

Shopee Korea widens logistics service range for Thailand

Shopee Korea, an e-commerce platform for Southeast Asian and Taiwanese customers, said on Wednesday that it would expand the Shopee Logistics Service ...

Twelve Labs secures $12 mn for AI-powered video analysis platform

Twelve Labs secures $12 mn for AI-powered video analysis platform

Twelve Labs Inc., a South Korean artificial intelligence-powered video search platform developer, closed its seed extension round with an additional...

Kakao Brain to unveil AI chest X-ray diagnosis service next year

Kakao Brain to unveil AI chest X-ray diagnosis service next year

Come next year, Kakao Brain, the artificial intelligence arm Kakao Corp., is slated to unveil an AI system that can write the first draft diagnosis ...

Samsung, Naver agree to partner in developing next-gen AI semiconductor solutions

Samsung, Naver agree to partner in developing next-gen AI semiconductor solutions

Samsung Electronics Co. and Naver Corp. have agreed to cooperate in developing next-generation AI semiconductor solutions optimized for artificial i...

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries establishes chief AI officer post

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries establishes chief AI officer post

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has created the position of chief artificial intelligence (AI) officer (CAIO) to propel a major busines...

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