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S. Korea to begin 5G service in March: finance minister

South Korea's finance minister said Wednesday that Seoul will become the first country in the world to start commercial operations of fifth-generation mobile network services next month. Hong Nam-ki...

Feb 20, 2019
Technology
SK hynix makes Zero Waste to Landfill list

SK hynix has become the 14th company in the world and the first in South Korea to obtain international Zero Waste to Landfill certification, the company said Tuesday. The honor is granted to business...

Feb 19, 2019
Technology
LG Innotek starts mass production of 3D sensor module for G8 ThinQ

LG Innotek said Tuesday it will start mass-producing 3D sensing modules for smartphones, including LG Electronics’ upcoming G8 ThinQ phones. The electronics parts supplier of LG Group is rolling out...

Feb 19, 2019
Technology
S. Korea ranks 7th in OECD's science, technology capabilities scale in 2018

South Korea's science and technology capabilities ranked seventh among other major economies in 2018, a state-run think tank said Monday. The Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning said its ...

Feb 18, 2019
Technology
KT launches air quality monitoring app

KT is launching a mobile application that tracks fine dust levels over the Korean Peninsula, where worsening air quality in recent years has become a national emergency. The app, called Air Map Kore...

Feb 18, 2019
Technology
SK Telecom to introduce media upscaling solution at MWC

SK Telecom Co. said Monday it will unveil its media upscaling solution, based on its artificial intelligence (AI) technology, in Barcelona next week. South Korea's top mobile carrier said it will sh...

Feb 18, 2019
Technology
Korean mobile carriers to bring 5G to life at MWC 2019

5G services to enable transcending of time and space, connecting industries and increasing user convenience

Feb 17, 2019
Technology
Samsung to launch Galaxy S10 on March 8

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. will release its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, on March 8 in the United States, its website said Friday. Samsung's US website opened a preo...

Feb 15, 2019
Technology
Samsung loses out to Chinese players in Thailand, India

After being defeated by Chinese rival Xiaomi in India, Samsung Electronics again was deprived of its No. 1 title in smartphone shipments to Thailand in the final quarter of last year, losing the top ...

Feb 14, 2019
Technology
[Exclusive] Chey open to SK hynix‘ non-memory chip business

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won on Thursday hinted its semiconductor business could expand into the non-memory semiconductor market in order to diversify profits and raise future competitiveness in th...

Feb 14, 2019
Technology
Korean chipmakers no longer ‘playing chicken’

Major chipmakers vow timing strategies to prevent oversupply

Feb 13, 2019
Technology
Samsung heir meets UAE crown prince

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korea’s top conglomerate, Samsung Group, met recently in Abu Dhabi with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan to discu...

Feb 12, 2019
Technology
‘Rather than fancy AI, Dyson focuses on practical problem solving’

UK-based technology company Dyson spent over two years coming up with its latest lighting product, the Dyson Lightcycle Task. And this new development started from thinking about how a light contribu...

Feb 12, 2019
Technology
Samsung Display remains cautious over investments in QD OLED

Persistent rumors have been circulating over South Korea’s leading display panel manufacturer pursuing a new investment in large quantum dot organic light-emitting diode panels. Samsung Display, howe...

Feb 11, 2019
Technology
BlackRock becomes 3rd-largest shareholder of Samsung Electronics

BlackRock, the world’s biggest fund management company based in New York, has become the third-largest shareholder of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics, according to the industry Friday. T...

Feb 8, 2019
Technology

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