In May, the oldest commercial art gallery, Gallery Hyundai, started the test operation for its art non-fungible token (NFT) platform. In addition, AIT, a digital art company founded by Gallery Hyundai, announced its plans to create an NFT of White Ox, one of the most famous paintings of the modern K
In May, the intensity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) seems to have weakened. While the world returns to normal, scientists are also eager to progress their research again. One of the most actively studied scientific research examples is genetic scissor technology. It sounds quite fascina
Roads are full of vehicles. Drivers spend hours behind the wheel each day. What if we can do things other than drive while the car is moving? Autonomous cars can save a lot of time for us. Starting from this April, autonomous buses will operate around the Cheonggyecheon area in Seoul. Therefore, the
Leading countries are making global efforts to accomplish carbon neutrality for dealing with climate change. Most of the action plans for carbon neutrality include “circular economy,” which maximizes product life and minimizes waste. Despite the efforts, according to the Ministry of Environment (MOE
In January 2022, the representative metaverse platform Zepeto collaborated with the beauty brand Hera by opening the brand’s official pop-up store, which attracted much attention for experiencing digital interactive space. As people have had few opportunities to meet face-to-face due to the coronavi
As the business environment has deteriorated due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), corporate sustainability management has emerged as an essential research topic. Therefore, environmental and social responsibilities and governance (ESG) have become significant components in business. In ot
As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is replacing most activities online, companies’ recruitment methods have also been facing huge changes. This year, numerous companies such as GS Retail have started to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) interviews to their recruitment process. AI job in
On October 21st, Nuri, the first Korean launch vehicle using homegrown technology, blasted off. It was a historical day on which Korea joined the global space club. Although the rocket failed to set its 1.5-ton dummy satellite into space orbit, the self-developed rocket itself is a significant miles
Due to the widespread coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), people have been waiting for a long time to get vaccinated. These days, with COVID-19 vaccines coming into our life, people are talking about vaccines every day. The Sungkyun Times (SKT) will now introduce the basic information of a vaccine
A regulation to prevent consumer damages in subscription services will be enforced this month. Thus, it will be mandatory for subscription-based services to inform consumers in advance when turning to a fee-charge service. Recently, the subscription economy has been spreading rapidly throughout our
Recently on the streets, some Kingos may have heard someone ask, “Are you Daangn?” This phrase is used to ask if a person has made an appointment through Daangn Market, which is a famous second-hand marketplace application. The second-hand market that was once considered eccentric has become a smart
According to the Seoul Institute’s April 7th report about the economic sentiment of consumers and revenge spending in the first quarter of 2021, about 24.7% of Seoul citizens appeared to have engaged in revenge spending. Revenge spending refers to a spending boom, whereby consuming suppression cause
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19), more people are looking for food delivery options and almost reflexively, their respective reviews and ratings. However, nowadays, credibility problems of reviews and ratings have come up because of fake and malicious reviews. As a result, many companies have prepa
In the second half of this year, President Moon Jae-in announced a plan to invest 20 trillion won in electric vehicles (EV) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) over the next five years. This is to make Korea the most competitive country in the field of future cars. EVs use electricity for driving
This spring, Apple released its new iPad Pro with a LIDAR scanner, showing its interest in the XR industry. There is no doubt that many have heard about extended reality (XR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), and augmented reality (AR), but there are not yet many opportunities for people to
When people order deliveries, they pay more than the original price, because they also pay delivery fees. It means that if a user wants a payload to be moved to a place, the user should be charged more for a shipping fee. Recently, as the 5G era begins, greater quantities of data can be transmitted
Shim Hyun-chul, a professor of Electrical Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), delivered a lecture on April 8th at the 2020 Spring Knowledge Awakening on Stage (KAOS) lecture, a foundation that shares the scientific knowledge through conferences and publicat