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KAIST to host forum in Seoul discussing AI ethics, policymaking

KAIST, South Korea’s leading science and technology research university, will host a forum in Seoul on Thursday to discuss the ethics of artificial intelligence technology development as well as poli...

Jun 20, 2018
Technology
SK Telecom separates 11Street from SK Planet to catch up with Amazon

SK Telecom’s board of directors decided to split money-losing subsidiary SK Planet into an e-commerce and a data tech firm as part of strategies to boost the online shopping business, it said Tuesday...

Jun 19, 2018
Technology
[News Focus] Mobile operators speed up 5G commercialization after allocation

South Korea’s three mobile operators are speeding up their plans to commercialize fifth-generation network services after the completion of the auction for 5G frequency bands. According to the plans...

Jun 19, 2018
Technology
[Photo News] Game industry trade show kicks off in Seoul

DISCUSSING GAME EXPORTS -- Business meetings are held at the “2018 ITS GAME” game industry trade show, which kicked off at Coex in Seoul on Tuesday. In its ninth edition, the event has the participat...

Jun 19, 2018
Technology
WHO says game addiction is mental disorder in final disease classification draft

The World Health Organization has recognized game addiction as a mental disorder in its latest version of the revised 11th International Classification of Diseases released Monday, drawing backlash f...

Jun 19, 2018
Technology
Koreans spend more time on Instagram, less on Facebook

Instagram’s growing popularity driven by women in 30s with money, social status, experts say

Jun 19, 2018
Technology
Mobile carriers secure 5G frequencies at W3.6tr

South Korean mobile carriers on Monday secured frequency spectrums for the upcoming fifth-generation network in an auction at a total of 3.6 trillion won ($3.26 billion), the Ministry of Science and ...

Jun 18, 2018
Technology
Samsung’s global sales grow alongside increased risks

Tech titan expected to mull measures at upcoming global strategy meetings

Jun 18, 2018
Technology
Cyber attacks caused $72b losses for Korea firms in 2017: Microsoft

The South Korean branch of US tech giant Microsoft Corp. released a report on Monday which claimed cyber attacks caused direct and indirect losses of $72 billion last year for local companies. The r...

Jun 18, 2018
Technology
Developer of Korea’s top fintech app Toss raises $40m from GIG, Sequoia China

South Korean fintech startup Viva Republic, the maker of money transfer app Toss, said Monday that it has newly raised $40 million in funding from Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and venture in...

Jun 18, 2018
Technology
Naver challenges YouTube with video-strong blogs, but hurdles persist

In South Korea, Naver dominates the internet technology space. Here, the Naver portal website serves as a mainstream hub for just about every web-based activity, ranging from searches and shopping to...

Jun 17, 2018
Technology
Samsung ordered to pay $400m to KAIST over semiconductor tech patent infringement

Samsung Electronics has reportedly been ordered to pay $400 million to the licensing arm of South Korea’s top science and research university KAIST over infringing a patent related to key semiconduct...

Jun 17, 2018
Technology
Global smartphone shipments to grow 1.4% in 2018: report

Global shipments of smartphones are expected to grow 1.4 percent in 2018 compared to the year before, with numbers likely to rise at a faster clip from 2019 onwards once the real-world 5G network is ...

Jun 17, 2018
Technology
Auction for 5G frequencies kicks off under heavy guard

Mobile carriers vow to secure high-quality, efficient frequency blocks

Jun 15, 2018
Technology
Naver adopts AI function in blog service

South Korea's top portal operator, Naver Corp., said Friday that it has adopted an artificial intelligence supported function that automatically edits bloggers' content. The service, called "auto tr...

Jun 15, 2018
Technology

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