Korea Times K-Culture Reporter
Baek Byung-yeul is a journalist at The Korea Times focused on cultural content, including films and cultural events in South Korea. You can contact him at baekby@koreatimes.co.kr to share your insights.
LG Electronics’ AI-based self-driving robots can be widely used for facility diagnosis at hazardous worksites in the future, the company said Wednesday, after completing a two-day demonstration of unmanned facility management using its robot at POSCO’s Gwangyang steel plant.
S-Oil CEO Anwar A. Al-Hejazi, third from left, and S-Oil President Ryu Yul, second from left, pose with Kim Jong-uk, fourth from left, commissioner general of Korea Coast Guard, and Kim Sung-yi, fifth from left, chairman of Korea National Council on Social Welfare, after presenting 270 million won ($208,000) in sponsorship to the coast guard in Songdo, Incheon, Wednesday. S-Oil said the sponsorship will be used for medical expenses for injured maritime police officers, tuition assistance for children of fallen officers and awards for officers who show heroism. Courtesy of S-Oil
LG Group’s business-to-consumer (B2C) units are expected to launch a huge discount event to celebrate the LG Twins’ Korean Series championship victory, according to LG, Tuesday.
Han Jong-hee, left, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, and other employees of the company participate in a meal service for the homeless at a welfare organization in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Nov. 6. Samsung said Tuesday the group held a two-week donation event called Sharing Week across the group's affiliates starting Nov. 1, with 110,000 employees participating in community service, monetary donations and blood donations. Courtesy of Samsung Electronics
Google Cloud is strengthening the enterprise generative AI market in Korea with its enterprise AI platform Vertex AI at a time when many enterprise customers are considering adapting the emerging technology to improve productivity and create new business models, according to the head of the U.S. tech giant’s Korean unit, Tuesday.
NCSOFT, Krafton, Netmarble and other Korean game companies will unveil new titles at the G-STAR game showcase starting Thursday, to present how they are diversifying their portfolios from mobile role-playing games (RPGs) to various genres on diverse platforms, according to the companies, Monday.
Chung Ki-sun, CEO of HD Hyundai and grandson of Hyundai Group founder Chung Ju-young, was promoted to vice chairman, thereby commencing the beginning of the third generation of management of the shipbuilding, oil refining and machinery conglomerate, the group said Friday.
Renault Korea will produce Swedish electric vehicle maker Polestar’s upcoming EV Polestar 4 at its plant in Busan starting in 2025, as the collaboration between their parent companies – Renault Group and China’s Geely Group – has expanded from joint vehicle development to production, according to the Korean unit of the French automaker, Friday.
Samsung Electronics will supply its eco-friendly housing solution Net Zero Home to a smart city, currently being built near the Swedish capital of Stockholm, as part of its move to expand into Europe’s smart city-related market, the company said Friday.