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[Newsmaker] Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 8 plays it safe

Launching the much-awaited flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 8 in New York, Samsung Electronics played it safe instead of shaking things up with stunning new features. This is the first Note model aft...

Aug 24, 2017
Technology
Netmarble’s ‘Lineage II: Revolution’ becomes top-grossing app in Japan

South Korea’s Netmarble Games said Thursday that its mobile game “Lineage II: Revolution” had become the top-grossing app in Japan’s Apple App Store, just 18 hours after its official launch in the co...

Aug 24, 2017
Technology
LG Electronics to release Q8 smartphone

LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will start sales of the LG Q8 smartphone this week, which will be equipped with high-end audio features. The South Korean tech said sales will start Friday with ...

Aug 24, 2017
Technology
Not all pay TV operators winning from VOD market expansion: report

The video-on-demand service is a fast-growing market for the pay TV industry, but opportunities are not going evenly to all operators, a report said Thursday. The report released by Korea Informatio...

Aug 24, 2017
Technology
Netmarble's 'Lineage 2: Revolution' lands in Japan

Netmarble Games, South Korea's top mobile game developer, on Wednesday rolled out its mega-hit title, "Lineage 2: Revolution," in Japan. The mobile role-playing game immediately became the most popu...

Aug 23, 2017
Technology
SK hynix may be far from acquiring Toshiba

At the news of the ongoing meeting between the top management of Japan’s Toshiba and US-based memory maker Western Digital in Tokyo, industry observers are raising the possibility that South Korea’s ...

Aug 23, 2017
Technology
LG to build $25m EV component plant in Michigan

LG Electronics is accelerating expansion of its vehicle component business with the decision to construct a plant for electric vehicle components in the United States, the company announced Wednesday...

Aug 23, 2017
Technology
Korean mobile games still shut out of China

Five months after the souring of South Korea-China relations over Seoul’s deployment of a US missile defense system, China continues to deny approval to South Korean game companies seeking to publish...

Aug 23, 2017
Technology
LG V30 to feature Google Assistant in Korean: report

LG Electronics’ upcoming flagship smartphone V30 is expected to feature the artificial intelligence-powered Google Assistant in Korean, according to local news reports Wednesday. The Korean voice se...

Aug 23, 2017
Technology
Samsung invests W5 bn in Cyworld

Samsung Electronics reportedly invested 5 billion won ($4.4 million) in South Korea’s first-generation social networking service Cyworld as part of efforts to enhance its artificial intelligence busi...

Aug 22, 2017
Technology
SKT, Starbucks partner for AI-based coffee order service

South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom said Tuesday it is partnering with Starbucks to launch a voice-activated coffee order service using the company’s artificial intelligence speaker Nugu. Under a...

Aug 22, 2017
Technology
How much economic impact has Google’s Android OS had in Korea?

South Korea is one of the world’s most wired countries where close to 90 percent of the population owns a smartphone, with a large number of them made by the country’s tech giant Samsung Electronics....

Aug 22, 2017
Technology
ETRI’s translation technology adopted as international standard

The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute’s translation technology was adopted as an international standard by a French standardization association, the ETRI said Tuesday. The ETRI’s...

Aug 22, 2017
Technology
Samsung aims to connect all home appliances by 2020

Ramping up efforts to establish a complete smart home environment, Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it would add connectivity to all of its home appliance products by 2020 and provide a control platf...

Aug 22, 2017
Technology
Korea's R&D policy to focus on long-term 'vision'

South Korea is seeking to focus on a long-term vision that can raise the overall competitiveness of the country as it utilizes its research and development budget, the ICT ministry said Tuesday. The...

Aug 22, 2017
Technology

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