Coronavirus
DEF2020 Special Session: 5 Rising Startups Responding to the Pandemic
South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance with the Korea Startup Forum successfully held this year's Digital Economy Forum 2020...
South Korea Holds First Online Digital Economy Forum 2020 (DEF2020)
South Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance with the Korea Startup Forum held this year's Digital Economy Forum 2020 (DEF2020)...
SK Telecom Hosts “ai.x 2020 conference: Human.Machine.Experience.Together”
SK Telecom (SKT) on the Thursday held this year's "ai.x 2020" conference under the theme "Human.Machine.Experience.Together." The online event focused...
Digital Economy Forum 2020: POST-CORONA DIGITAL ECONOMY
Under the theme of "POST-CORONA DIGITAL ECONOMY – Accelerating Digital Transformation for Genuine Innovation," this year's Digital Economy Forum 2020...
LG Electronics Introduces New PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier
LG Electronics on Thursday revealed its first wearable air purifier to deliver a new portable protection level of safety. The...
Korean IT Firms Back to Remote Working in Fear of Second COVID-19 Wave
Industry officials said on Tuesday that South Korean information technology (IT) companies permitted their employees to go back to remote...
Four New Emerging “New Normal” Lifestyle Trends in South Korea
Along with the COVID-19 pandemic comes a "new normal" of lifestyle trends such as working and staying at home. People...
Samsung Extends Contactless Customer Service through WhatsApp
Samsung Electronics began extending customer service support through WhatsApp to give speedy solutions to clients' inquiries from the comfort of...
Daewoong to Begin Trial of COVID-19 Stem Cell Treatment in Indonesia
Daewoong Pharmaceutical, a South Korean bioengineering company, stated on Monday that it would conduct phase 1 of clinical trials for...
Celltrion to Distribute Antigen and Antibody COVID-19 Testing Kits Abroad
Celltrion Group announced on Tuesday that it plans to broaden its diagnostic portfolio for SARS-CoV-2 by introducing antigen and antibody...
Celltrion to Conduct Trial of Remsima as COVID-19 Therapeutics in UK
Celltrion Healthcare announced on Wednesday that it would commence clinical trials of Remsima, an anti-inflammatory biosimilar, on COVID-19 patients this month...
Hyundai Mobis to Capitalize Untact Marketing in Post COVID-19 Era
In response to the rapidly changing social environment and global economy, Hyundai Mobis encourages sales orders from foreign markets by...
Hyundai Motor to Offer 55.7 Bln Won Financial Aid to Dealerships
Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday that it would offer 55.7 billion won ($46.26 million) worth of financial aid to...
Celltrion’s CT-P59 Antiviral Candidate Reduces COVID-19 Virus 100-Fold
Celltrion announced on Monday that its antiviral treatment candidate CT-P59 for COVID-19 positively lowered the amount of SARS-CoV-2 virus in...
SK Telecom, Omron Introduces Autonomous COVID-19 Quarantine Robot
In partnership with Omron Electronics Korea, SK Telecom introduced its autonomous quarantine robot powered with 5G and AI that enables...
ulikekorea Introduces AI-Based COVID-19 Body Patch Monitoring Tech
uLikeKorea announced on Wednesday that it successfully developed a "COVID-19 body patch monitoring technology" that could monitor the user's real-time...
Macrogen’s AxenTM COVID-19 RT Test Kit Gets Export Approval
Macrogen, a South Korean genomics biotech firm, said on Thursday that its test kit AxenTM COVID-19 RT received export approval...
Bioneer’s Molecular Diagnostic Equipment Attracts Global Attention
Bioneer Co., a South Korean biotech firm, on Wednesday, said that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to source...
SK Bioscience: Gates Foundation Funds 4.4 Bln Won for Vaccine R&D
On Tuesday, SK Bioscience announces that it would receive 4.4 billion won ($3.6 million) financial backing from the Bill &...
KT to Conduct Epidemic Research with Support from Gates Foundation
KT Corp. announced on Sunday that it would conduct three-year research with support by the U.S.-based Bill & Melinda Gates...
