Hundreds of young S. Koreans flock to panda-themed event store to grab limited edition items

SEOUL -- Dressed in casual jackets and coats, young South Koreans in their 20s and 30s flocked to a pop-up store featuring Fu Bao, a three-year-old YouTube celebrity Chinese panda currently living at a zoo in South Korea. Despite the windy weather on the first day of the pop-up store event, about 800 people competitively raced to make a reservation to enter the store, filled with Fu Bao-related apparel, accessories, and cups engraved with a picture of the female panda. About 70 perce

November 9, 2023

SK E&S partners with central city to establish hydrogen bus infrastructure

SEOUL -- SK E&S, an energy wing of South Korea's SK Group, has partnered with the central city of Cheonan to develop and establish infrastructure for hydrogen fuel cell buses and hydrogen charging stations. South Korea is currently undergoing a structural change in a bid to reduce the country's dependency on fossil fuels and adopt clean and renewable energy systems. Hydrogen buses are part of South Korea's big picture to go green and clean energy vehicles are being o

November 9, 2023

Seoul Mayor shows strong will to push commercialization of commuter water bus

SEOUL -- Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon showed his strong will to commercialize "Han Gang River Bus," a 199-seater commuter boat designed to carry passengers along the Han River that flows through Seoul from the east and out to the West Sea, also known as the Yellow Sea. In September 2023, Seoul City unveiled a blueprint for the so-called "water bus" that will be commercialized in 2024. The capital city promised that the commuter boat would provide improved services than

November 9, 2023

Samsung Electronics to provide real-time AI interpretation service for Galaxy brand

SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics has revealed its plan to adopt a real-time interpretation service for a Galaxy brand that can help users accurately communicate while on the phone. Without installing an application, anyone can engage in a verbal conversation and view the translated text on their smartphone screen. The interpretation service will be incorporated into the tech giant's next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model which offers generative AI functions within the de

November 9, 2023

Worker killed in robot accident at sorting center during test operation

SEOUL -- A male worker in his 40s was killed in an accident that took place inside an automated sorting center when a cooperative robot mistook its human coworker for a box of paprikas. The robot fatally wounded the man when it tried to lift the worker up with its actuators. Cooperative robots are machines that are deployed to a workplace where human workers are present. They collaborate with their human coworkers to carry out chores that need quick and precise handling of products

November 9, 2023

Southern port city of Busan selected as top tourist spot with most beautiful nightscape

SEOUL -- The southern port city of Busan was selected by the culture ministry and the state tourism promotion body as the top city with the most beautiful nightscape other than Seoul. Among the list of 100 beautiful night sceneries selected across the country, eight places were located in the city well known for its food, culture, and landscape including mountains, rivers, and the sea. Busan with a population of 3.4 million is South Korea's second-largest city and main maritime

November 9, 2023

Philippines' defense forces adopt Lunit's AI chest X-ray solution

SEOUL -- A national military hospital in the Philippines has adopted "Lunit INSIGHT CXR," a chest X-ray analysis solution developed by South Korea's medical artificial intelligence company Lunit, to detect various types of chest diseases. The solution can significantly help medical officers treat soldiers suffering from lung diseases. According to Lunit CEO Brandon Suh, lung-related diseases commonly take place among soldiers and police officers due to group affiliatio

November 9, 2023

Lauv releases Korean version of 'Love U Like That' using AI voice technology

SEOUL -- American singer-songwriter Lauv has released the Korean version of his hit song "Love U Like That" using artificial intelligence-based voice technology. The Korean version was created after the AI solution learned the voice of Kevin Woo, a former member of the South Korean boy group U-Kiss. The South Korean office of Universal Music Group, an American music corporation, said this is the first time for an American pop artist to roll out a non-English-based

November 8, 2023

POSCO Holdings partners with Canadian investment company to roll out oil field brine-based lithium businesses

SEOUL -- POSCO Holdings, the holdings company of South Korea's steelmaker POSCO, has partnered with a private investment company based in Alberta, Canada, to develop and commercialize businesses that include the extraction and processing of lithium from oil field brine. Oil field brine is salt water often found in and around underground oil wells. Although they are a typical byproduct of oil and natural gas, they were mainly thought useless due to impurities containing dissolved

November 8, 2023

CJ Feed & Care to develop AI-based monitoring technology for shrimp farms

SEOUL -- CJ Feed & Care, a livestock feed corporation affiliated with CJ CheilJedang, will develop an artificial intelligence-based monitoring technology that can manage shrimp farms using underwater sound waves. The solution can help shrimp farmers supply an appropriate amount of feed by estimating the number of shrimp underwater and their weight. The company will work with Tidepool, a domestic smart aquaculture solution startup. The smart monitoring technique is more efficient

November 8, 2023