LG Group Chairman names AI, bio, clean tech as new growth engines

LG Group Chairman names AI, bio, clean tech as new growth engines

LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo has pledged to continue investing in future-oriented businesses and human resources despite the global economic slowd...

Korea's Hancom, Naver Cloud agree to cooperate in AI field

Korea's Hancom, Naver Cloud agree to cooperate in AI field

Hancom Inc. and Naver Cloud announced on Wednesday a strategic partnership to integrate Naver Cloud's large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) "Hype...

Kakao will launch Korean-specific vertical AI in year's first half

Kakao will launch Korean-specific vertical AI in year's first half

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s platform giant operating the country’s No. 1 chat app KakaoTalk, by the first half of the year will launch an...

S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent

S.Korea's Elice, FuriosaAI to develop training for AI semiconductor talent

South Korea's artificial intelligence (AI) digital education provider Elice on Tuesday said it signed a memorandum of understanding with the AI semi...

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...

LG takes lead in nurturing young AI talent by holding AI hackathon

LG takes lead in nurturing young AI talent by holding AI hackathon

South Korea's LG announced on Sunday that it held the "LG AI Hackathon" for nurturing young artificial intelligence (AI) talent for two days from ...

Korean research team develops AI chip to cut power use

Korean research team develops AI chip to cut power use

South Korean scientists have developed a chip that needs less electricity for advanced efficiency and data processing to help the country’s se...

S.Korean startup DeepBrain AI unveils 3D virtual human B2B technology

S.Korean startup DeepBrain AI unveils 3D virtual human B2B technology

South Korean AI startup DeepBrain AI has unveiled a 3D virtual human B2B technology that can engage in real-time conversations, display emotional ex...

AI tech firm Interminds to attract up to $12 mn in Series C

AI tech firm Interminds to attract up to $12 mn in Series C

South Korean startup Interminds Co., an AI developer of unmanned convenience store operations, aims to attract 10 billion won to 15 billion won ($7....

Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW Driving Center for 9 consecutive years

Hankook Tire supplies tires to BMW Driving Center for 9 consecutive years

Hankook Tire & Technology, a tire manufacturer based in South Korea, announced on Wednesday its exclusive partnership with BMW Driving Center's ...

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...

SK C&C, Naver Cloud team up to boost AI services for Korean companies

SK C&C, Naver Cloud team up to boost AI services for Korean companies

SK C&C, a leading information technology service provider in South Korea, has announced a partnership with Naver Cloud to develop ultra-large ar...

NHN, KT, Naver to jointly build AI semiconductor farm

NHN, KT, Naver to jointly build AI semiconductor farm

Three large cloud service providers (CSPs) in South Korea will participate as a team in the project K-Cloud pursued by the government to verify dome...

S.Korea’s KCC develops AI-based color matching system

S.Korea’s KCC develops AI-based color matching system

South Korea’s chemical and auto parts maker KCC Corp. on Monday said it developed the K-Smart system of using an artificial intelligence (AI)-...

Kakao halts its own AI chatbot beta service a day after release

Kakao halts its own AI chatbot beta service a day after release

Kakao Corp., South Korea’s platform giant operating the country’s No. 1 chat app KakaoTalk, has introduced its first artificial intell...

Lunit's Insight DBT gets certification from EU for medical device

Lunit's Insight DBT gets certification from EU for medical device

South Korean medical AI company Lunit said on Monday that its 3D breast tomosynthesis artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis solution, "Lunit I...

S.Korea's Naver gets global compliance certification

S.Korea's Naver gets global compliance certification

South Korea’s top search portal Naver Corp. said on Friday that it had received a global certification for its compliance management system fr...

Upstage’s AskUp offers Korea’s first GPT-4-powered chatbot service

Upstage’s AskUp offers Korea’s first GPT-4-powered chatbot service

Upstage, a South Korean AI tech startup, has unveiled a new version of its generative AI chatbot powered by GPT-4, to become the first to offer Open...

SK Telecom introduces voice authentication tech to AI contact center

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 ...

Wrtn Technologies joins latest AI fad, looking for prompt engineers

Wrtn Technologies joins latest AI fad, looking for prompt engineers

Wrtn Technologies Inc. has joined the latest generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom with its high-paying official job post for a prompt engine...

CJ Group adopts AI-based copywriter for producing marketing content

CJ Group adopts AI-based copywriter for producing marketing content

South Korea's CJ Group on Tuesday said it will develop and run a personalized artificial intelligence (AI) copywriter that automatically produces ma...

Governor of Louisiana visits Kumho Tire HQ in Seoul

Governor of Louisiana visits Kumho Tire HQ in Seoul

South Korea's leading tire manufacturer Kumho Tire Co., Inc. announced on Monday that Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards visited its headquarters i...

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

Hankook Tire halts fire-hit Korean plant, threatens a fifth of global capacity

South Korea’s top tire maker Hankook Tire & Technology Co. shut down a local production complex on Sunday due to a fire, stoking concerns ...

KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse

KT launches open beta version of metaverse platform Genieverse

South Korea's KT Corp. announced on Monday the launch of an open beta version of its business-to-consumer (B2C) metaverse platform, "Genieverse."The...

LG Elec to showcase eco-friendly cooling, heating solutions at ISH 2023

LG Elec to showcase eco-friendly cooling, heating solutions at ISH 2023

LG Electronics Inc. is aiming to expand its presence in the European air conditioning market with its high-efficiency heat pump cooling and heating ...

Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in mobility, AI, data

Hyundai Motor spins off 4 in-house startups in mobility, AI, data

Hyundai Motor Group has spun off four new in-house startups, including MOBINN with autonomous driving technology and APLAYS with AI-powered music cu...

Korea's StoneBridge Ventures invests $91 mn in semiconductor, AI

Korea's StoneBridge Ventures invests $91 mn in semiconductor, AI

South Korean venture capital investment firm StoneBridge Ventures Inc. announced on Thursday that it has invested a total of 120 billion won ($90.9 ...

Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement

Hankook Tire chairman arrested for alleged embezzlement

The head of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, was arrested on Thursday on charges of embezzlement, breach of tr...

SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company

SK Networks invests $22 mn in US AI-based device company

South Korea's SK Networks has identified a startup specializing in AI-based devices and software platforms as a new investment target. The startup, ...

Lunit to supply AI image analysis solutions to Singapore

 Lunit to supply AI image analysis solutions to Singapore

South Korea's Lunit Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI) medical company, announced on Wednesday that it has secured a contract to provide Lunit In...

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