Starting in January 2026, all public and private facilities with unmanned information terminals, or kiosks, must ensure access for people with disabilities.
The massive fire at the National Information Resources Service's (NIRS) data center late Friday has caused a ripple effect throughout the country’s tightly woven digital bureaucracy.
A government survey found that one in four adults in Korea struggles with digital devices in daily life. Among people in their 60s or older, that figure rose to 80 percent.
Starbucks Korea is considering the introduction of electronic self-order kiosks in its stores by the first half of this year, potentially becoming the first country with kiosks at the coffee giant's stores.
GS25 will install currency exchange kiosks to accommodate the rising number of foreign visitors to Korea, its parent company GS Retail said Wednesday.
A customer uses a kiosk at a food court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Wednesday.
A person uses an unmanned kiosk to send his condolence money at a funeral in Seoul on Sunday. People can now use kiosks to send their condolence money with credit cards without separately withdrawing cash from ATMs.
CU convenience store has installed unmanned currency exchange kiosks to accommodate the increasing influx of foreign tourists in Korea.
We need to closely watch whether the members of society who are not comfortable using the increasingly fast kiosks, or have physical restrictions that make it difficult to use unmanned systems, are neglected.
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