Kakao Healthcare teams up with US digital, biohealth firms

Kakao Healthcare teams up with US digital, biohealth firms

Kakao Healthcare, a digital healthcare platform unit of South Korea's Kakao Group, has teamed up with US digital and health companies such as DexCom...

CJ OliveNetworks opens S.Korea's first logistics center with 5G

CJ OliveNetworks opens S.Korea's first logistics center with 5G

South Korea's digital service company CJ OliveNetworks on Thursday said it set up the mobile communications network "Ieum 5G" exclusively for busine...

Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn

Sports tech startups poised to launch next Korean unicorn

UK Premier League Tottenham Hotspur star forward Son Heung-min and two-way US MLB icon Shohei Ohtani, a designated pitcher and hitter for the Los An...

Welt gets second digital therapeutic device approval in S. Korea

Welt gets second digital therapeutic device approval in S. Korea

South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Wednesday that it has approved the cognitive therapy software "WELT-I" developed by We...

Samsung unveils HealthStack at US healthcare tech exhibition

Samsung unveils HealthStack at US healthcare tech exhibition

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Tuesday that it will showcase Samsung HealthStack ver. 1.0 at the "2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Ex...

S.Korea plans to make digital platform gov't based on large-scale AI

S.Korea plans to make digital platform gov't based on large-scale AI

South Korean government is pursuing various measures to nurture talent as a way to secure national competitiveness in the AI industry as represented...

LG Display to focus on automotive screens for turnaround

LG Display to focus on automotive screens for turnaround

LG Display Co., the world’s top manufacturer of large-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels, is set to focus on the automotive scree...

S.Korean firms' digital transformation more than a step behind Western: Report

S.Korean firms' digital transformation more than a step behind Western: Report

A research report has shown that the level of digital transformation among South Korean companies is lagging behind that of European and American co...

Naver to aid in Saudi’s digital transformation, green light for Neom deal

Naver to aid in Saudi’s digital transformation, green light for Neom deal

South Korea’s online business giant Naver Corp. said on Thursday it has signed an initial agreement with the Saudi Arabian government to assis...

LINE, Mizuho call off plan to set up mobile-only bank in Japan

LINE, Mizuho call off plan to set up mobile-only bank in Japan

LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group’s plan to introduce an internet-only bank in Japan has fallen through about five years after they unveil...

Kia EV9 boasts 336-mile target range in digital world premiere

Kia EV9 boasts 336-mile target range in digital world premiere

Kia Corp.’s second all-electric sport utility vehicle EV9 made its global premiere virtually on Tuesday, boasting a target driving range of 54...

Kobiolabs, Kakao Healthcare to explore microbiome-based precision medicine solutions

Kobiolabs, Kakao Healthcare to explore microbiome-based precision medicine solutions

Kobiolabs Co., South Korea's new drug development company for microbiomes, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for...

S.Korea's Riiid launches learning platform to prep for US SAT, ACT tests

S.Korea's Riiid launches learning platform to prep for US SAT, ACT tests

South Korea's Riiid, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based provider of educational solutions, on Monday said it has launched R.test, an AI diagnosti...

Samsung, Aramco to cooperate in using industrial 5G tech

Samsung, Aramco to cooperate in using industrial 5G tech

Samsung Electronics Co. and Saudi Aramco announced on Friday the signing of a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding aimed at localizing ...

Korea's CJ Freshway promotes waste cooking oil recycling

Korea's CJ Freshway promotes waste cooking oil recycling

CJ Freshway, a South Korean food distributor and food service company, announced on Friday that it has partnered with S&D Company, the operator ...

KT, Amano Korea join hands to develop smart parking solutions

KT, Amano Korea join hands to develop smart parking solutions

South Korean telecom operator KT Corp. announced on Wednesday that it has signed a business agreement with parking control system specialist Amano K...

Apple Pay to shake up S.Korea's digital payment market

Apple Pay to shake up S.Korea's digital payment market

The launch of Apple Pay in South Korea on Tuesday is poised to shake up the country’s digital payment market as the sector leader Samsung Pay ...

Korea’s Micro Digital to supply bioreactors to major US firm

Korea’s Micro Digital to supply bioreactors to major US firm

Micro Digital Co., South Korea’s only bioreactor maker, is set to ink a supply deal with a major US biopharmaceutical producer to expand its g...

Korea's LifeSemantics establishes health functional food subsidiary

Korea's LifeSemantics establishes health functional food subsidiary

Digital healthcare company LifeSemantics Co. has entered the health functional food business by creating a new subsidiary, NutraSemantics. The South...

LG Electronics showcases new products in Dubai

LG Electronics showcases new products in Dubai

LG Electronics Inc. held a two-day event in Dubai to unveil its latest products and solutions for the Middle East and African markets.The South Kore...

BC Card signs contracts for Indonesia's digital payment project

BC Card signs contracts for Indonesia's digital payment  project

BC Card Co., a South Korean credit card company, said on Friday it has signed two contracts to provide digital payment services for Indonesia’...

LS Electric unveils smart factory solutions

LS Electric unveils smart factory solutions

South Korea’s LS Electric Co. on Wednesday said it has unveiled its future factory automation solutions for the digital transformation era at ...

Ascent Korea raises $25 mn to expand its search data analysis solution

Ascent Korea raises $25 mn to expand its search data analysis solution

Ascent Korea, a South Korean startup that provides an artificial intelligence-based solution to analyze search data and identify users’ hidden...

Korea's AI startup Quantit attracts $23 mn Series A investment

Korea's AI startup Quantit attracts $23 mn  Series A investment

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) company Vaiv Company Inc. announced on Tuesday that Quantit, its fintech subsidiary, has received a 30 bi...

Kakao Impact, KAIST team up for social change through technology

Kakao Impact, KAIST team up for social change through technology

Kakao Impact, a corporate foundation of Kakao Corp., South Korea’s top mobile platform company, said on Tuesday it has agreed to work with the...

S.Korea's Hyundai L&C launches engineered stone Opimo

S.Korea's Hyundai L&C launches engineered stone Opimo

Hyundai L&C, an interior solutions provider under the Hyundai Department Store Co. Group in South Korea, announced on Monday the launch of its h...

Hyundai Steel's sustainability report wins gold prize in US

Hyundai Steel's sustainability report wins gold prize in US

South Korea's steelmaker Hyundai Steel announced Sunday that its integrated report 2022 Beyond Steel has been recognized for its excellence by a wor...

Korea’s LG CNS to enhance digital channel biz with Adobe

Korea’s LG CNS to enhance digital channel biz with Adobe

South Korea’s largest cloud computing service provider LG CNS Co. joined hands with US computer software company Adobe Inc. to improve its dig...

KT’s global digital push deepens with Singtel partnership

KT’s global digital push deepens with Singtel partnership

KT Corp. has joined hands with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) to export its cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, as wel...

Network usage fees likely to take center of debate at MWC2023

Network usage fees likely to take center of debate at MWC2023

Major participants in the mobile world congress (MWC) 2023 such as Google Inc. and Netflix Inc. are expected to discuss telecommunications network f...

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