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Kakao Games to launch slew of new games by end-2018

Kakao Games, which recently pushed back its initial public offering plans to next year to prioritize internal growth, is stepping up efforts to successfully launch and service a variety of new games on its home turf of South Korea by year’s end. 　The game publishing unit of Kakao is set to launch within this month “Friends Racing,” a casual game featuring Kakao Friends, the flagship characters from the country’s top-used mobile messenger KakaoTalk. Players can choose among eight Kakao Friends ch

Korea’s Naver, Celltrion, Samsung BioLogics on Fortune’s ‘Future 50’ list

South Korean internet giant Naver and the country’s top biopharma companies Celltrion and Samsung BioLogics have been listed on Fortune’s Future 50, which ranks global companies with the best prospects for long-term growth.　The global business magazine on Friday announced the Future 50 list, compiled annually in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group. Naver, which operates Korea’s dominant portal website, ranked sixth. Celltrion, a developer of biosimilar drugs, ranked 17th, while contract

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Samsung announces commercialization of newest EUV process

Samsung Electronics announced Thursday it will start wafer production of the 7-nanometer Low Power Plus with extreme ultraviolet lithography technology at a tech day event held in Silicon Valley. Samsung Tech Day is an annual event to announce the chipmaker’s technology road map and introduce the newest semiconductor solutions for its enterprise clients. The foundry technology using extreme ultraviolet, or EUV, known as the most advanced process technology, enables the use of a single mask to cr

Oct 19, 2018
Technology
LG pushes for autonomous driving solutions

LG Electronics appears to be on course to ramp up its drive for the development of autonomous driving with an aim to debut its first artificial intelligence-based self-driving solution at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, according to the industry on Thursday. The South Korean electronics manufacturer’s Chief Technology Officer Park Il-pyung will deliver a keynote speech at CES about the newest technologies under development by LG, which includes its AI-powered navigation system, according to

Oct 19, 2018
Technology
Samsung introduces new 7-nanometer process utilizing EUV tech

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday announced that it has started the production of foundry chips using the 7-nanometer Low Power Plus process that utilizes the extreme ultraviolet lithography technology for the first time in the industry."The commercialization of its newest process node, 7LPP gives customers the ability to build a full range of exciting new products that will push the boundaries of applications, such as 5G, artificial intelligence, enterprise and hyperscale data center, IoT, au

Oct 18, 2018
Technology
Lee Jae-yong in Stuttgart seeks auto parts business expansion

Samsung’s vehicle components unit expands to develop commercial ADAS system, hires software engineers under Lee’s command

Oct 18, 2018
Technology
Kakao Navi app gets AI makeover with upgraded voice commands

Kakao Navi, the mobile navigation app from South Korean mobile messaging giant Kakao, now offers upgraded voice command features following the adoption of the firm’s artificial intelligence engine Kakao I, the company said Wednesday. With the change, Kakao Navi users can access key features of Kakao Navi as well as those offered by Kakao’s AI speaker Kakao Mini via voice. To activate, users simply need to say “Hey Kakao,” click the voice command button or make hand gestures near the phone. Kakao

Oct 18, 2018
Technology
Korea’s ICT Ministry, World Bank co-host Digital Development Partnership workshop

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said Wednesday that it co-hosted the Digital Development Partnership workshop with the World Bank, sharing Korea’s experience in building a digital economy with high-level representatives from low-income countries. Held from Oct. 15-19, the DDP workshop brought representatives from countries ranging from Angola to Indonesia and Uzbekistan to learn from Korea’s digital development experience across both the public and private sectors. Boutheina Guermazi,

Oct 18, 2018
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Samsung opens 7th AI center in Montreal

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to open its seventh artificial intelligence research center in Montreal in line with efforts to bolster its capabilities in the field, industry sources said Wednesday.The new center will become Samsung's second AI center in Canada, along with one in Toronto.(Yonhap)Samsung Electronics has AI research centers in South Korea, Britain and Russia, as well as in the United States, where it has a center in Silicon Valley and another in New York.The upcoming center in Mont

Oct 17, 2018
Technology
SK Telecom, Samsung announce successful 5G first call

South Korea’s biggest network operator SK Telecom announced Monday the company had succeeded in the first call in a test bed using commercial fifth-generation equipment by Samsung Electronics. To reach the goal of commercializing the world’s first 5G services through mobile routers as early as in December, the two Korean mobile operator and equipment manufacturer are speeding up technological preparations for the launch.The first call refers to the final procedure of testing smooth data transfer

Oct 16, 2018
Technology
Around 35,000 Korean Facebook accounts affected by security breach: KCC

South Korea’s media regulator said Sunday that around 35,000 Korean Facebook accounts had been compromised in the latest security breach at the social networking site, pledging to continue investigating the matter and to take action as needed.The Korea Communications Commission said Facebook had informed the regulator that an estimated 34,891 accounts had been compromised Sept. 14-25, exposing sensitive information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers and other information visible on us

Oct 15, 2018
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SK Telecom’s LTE/5G network-aggregation tech approved by 3GPP

A network-aggregation technology standard that grants users simultaneous access to today’s Long Term Evolution network and the next-generation 5G network has gained official approval from the telecommunications standardization body 3GPP.South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom said Thursday that its dual-connectivity technology, which allows data to be sent over the 5G and LTE networks at the same time, was accepted as an official standard at last week’s 3GPP conference in Chengdu, China.As a resu

Oct 15, 2018
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LG’s V40 ThinQ smartphone to be priced at W1.04m

LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday that its latest V40 ThinQ flagship smartphone will come with a price tag of 1.04 million won ($917) in the domestic market.　The company said it will take preorders from Wednesday through Oct. 23 with the device to reach customers starting Oct. 24.　The company said to get people to order their phones in advance, it will offer to replace both the 6.4-inch display and rear panel free of charge within a year of the purchase. It said in the case of the back panel, user

Oct 14, 2018
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[Newsmaker] How to check what Facebook hackers accessed in your account

NEW YORK (AP) -- Could hackers have been able to see the last person you cyberstalked, or that party photo you were tagged in? According to Facebook, the unfortunate answer is “yes.”On Friday, the social network said fewer users were affected in a security breach it disclosed two weeks ago than originally estimated -- nearly 30 million, down from 50 million. In additional good news, the company said hackers weren‘t able to access more sensitive information like your password or financial informa

Oct 14, 2018
Technology
KT to provide special offer on top-up SIM card

KT Corp., South Korea's leading wireless and fixed-line services provider, said Friday it will provide a special offer for foreigners purchasing its new top-up SIM card, which can be recharged for calls and texts.The telecom giant released South Korea's first top-up SIM card last month. Compared with other products in the local market, users can add more messages and calls on the original plan. Models pose with KT Corp.`s top-up SIM card in this photo provided by the company on Oct. 12, 2018. (Y

Oct 12, 2018
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