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Korean games Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures named Google Play's Best Game

"Cookie Run: Tower of Adventures", the globally popular mobile game of South Korean game developer DevSisters Corp., was selected the Best for Googl...

Retail Hyundai Premium Outlet runs AI Human for foreign customer

South Korea's Hyundai Premium Outlet announced on Tuesday that it will trial the artificial intelligence (AI) service AI Human at its Songdo store u...

Economy Private education spending in S.Korea hits new record high

South Koreans’ spending on private education hit a new record high of 27.1 trillion won ($20 billion) in 2023, as the government’s annou...

Regulations S.Korea to build new English disclosure system

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on Feb. 18 that it will broaden the scope of its English electronic disclosure ser...

Tech, Media & Telecom KT opens Foreigner Center for non-English speakers

South Korea’s KT Corp. announced on Tuesday that it opened the KT Foreigner Center for non-English speakers in Won-gok-dong, Ansan, Gyeonggi...

Artificial intelligence SK Telecom launches AI-based phone interpreting service

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has launched an artificial intelligence-based telephone interpreting service in real-time for ...

Beauty & Cosmetics CJ Olive Young opens specialized store for foreigners in Seoul

South Korea's health and beauty store chain CJ Olive Young announced on Wednesday it has changed its flagship store Olive Young Myeongdong Town as...

Artificial intelligence SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom to design LLM

SK Telecom Co. on Sunday said it will develop a large language model (LLM) specifically for the communications sector with Deutsche Telekom of Germa...

Korean startups English tutoring startup Ringle accelerates service diversification

SILICON VALLEY – Ringle English Education Service, a South Korean startup operating a one-on-one English tutoring platform, is actively seekin...

Corporate strategy CJ CheilJedang simplifies organizational structure in global push

CJ CheilJedang Corp., the South Korean food giant with more than 200 operations worldwide, has streamlined its organizational structure to facilitat...

Artificial intelligence S.Korea's Wrtn integrates Google's latest LLM PaLM 2

South Korean generative AI startup Wrtn Technologies announced on Tuesday that it has integrated Google's latest PaLM 2 non-English language model i...

Automobiles S.Korea's Tada ride-hailing app introduces English service for foreigners

South Korean ride-hailing platform TADA, operated by VCNC, announced on Thursday the introduction of an English language service to its app, in a mo...

Business & Politics Yoon's English School, Thai Edupark to cooperate in local education market

South Korean English education company, Yoon's English School, has signed a business agreement with Thai education firm, EduPark, to expand its pres...

Tech, Media & Telecom LG Uplus offers foreign language chat service for customers

LG Uplus Corp., a South Korean telecom operator of LG Group, said on Tuesday that it had launched a foreign language chat service for its customers,...

Metaverse S.Korea's LG Uplus opens children-specialized metaverse Kidstopia

LG Uplus Corp. announced on Thursday that it will be launching an open beta service of its metaverse "Kidstopia" at the end of this month. The servi...

Artificial intelligence Online portal Naver to release AI-powered search chatbot in H1

South Korean online portal giant Naver Corp. is set to launch a beta version of Search GPT, an artificial intelligence-powered search service, in th...

Entertainment Squid Game makes Rolling Stone's 100 greatest TV shows list

Netflix original South Korean drama "Squid Game" has been selected as one of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time by US music and pop culture magaz...