Bloom Technology blazes trail once again
Global video game digital distribution service Steam plans to launch a South Korean online game “Kingdom Under Fire” powered by a blockchain platform this month.
Bloom Technology, the creator of the game, announced on Nov....
Korean startup strives to become hectocorn
South Korea’s Moiin Group announced on Oct. 31 that the developer of virtual reality technologies would join forces with the country’s 7Stock Holdings.
Under the bilateral partnership, the two corporations would work together to attract...
Open beta version of PLEX comes to town
CJ OliveNetworks announced on Oct. 25 that it would tap into the communications platform as a service (CPaaS) market by launching the open beta services of its API total platform dubbed PLEX.
CPaaS...
New tech can be applied to hair transplants
A team of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Oct. 7 that they had developed medical adhesives applicable to hair transplants.
The team headed by Prof....
Two universities signing cooperation agreement
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on Sept. 22 that it had signed an agreement to build a joint campus in New York together with New York University (NYU).
Included in the participants...
Two tech giants accused of violating privacy
Two multinational tech giants of Google and Meta Platforms have been ordered to pay fines amounting to 100 billion won ($72 million) in Korea for violating the country’s privacy regulations.
The Personal Information Protection...
Hyundai Bioscience will apply for emergency use of COVID-19 drug
Korea’s biopharmaceutical company Hyundai Bioscience said on Sept. 6 that it would apply for emergency use of its COVID-19 treatment to the country’s medical authority late this month.
The oral drug...
Interactive map distributed compiling chemicals by biological, chemical & combined reactions
A team of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) reported an interactive metabolic map of bio-based chemicals in a peer-reviewed journal on Aug. 10.
The ivory tower announced...
Korean conglomerate works on AI, big data, and smart energy
LS Group recently announced that the Seoul-based conglomerate would work on digital transformation based on such futuristic technologies as AI, big data, and smart energy.
As a part of such efforts,...
Sogang Prof. Kang Suk-ju receives Merck Young Scientist Award
Merck Korea announced on Aug. 25 that Prof. Noh Yong-young from POSTECH had received the 2022 Merck Award in an event held on the sidelines of the International Meeting of Information...