BUSINESS
Samsung helps 200 students land software jobs
Around 200 students who have received training at Samsung Software Academy for Youth since December last year landed jobs in the software sector, the South Korean tech giant said Monday. Known as SA...
Nov 18, 2019
KT aims to expand 5G technology into medical sector
South Korean mobile carrier KT has pledged to develop a virtual reality surgery platform with a local software company in a push to expand the use of the fifth-generation wireless network into the m...
Nov 17, 2019
Japan OKs 1st shipment of liquid hydrogen fluoride to S. Korea amid restrictions
Japan has approved the first export of liquid hydrogen fluoride, one of the key materials under restriction to South Korea, to the neighboring country since it tightened related controls in July, ind...
Nov 16, 2019
Ministry extends bidding for W120b public IT project
The South Korean government has extended the bidding deadline for a digital budget accounting system called “dBrain,” after LG CNS and its partner ITCEN decided Tuesday not to enter the race. Samsun...
Nov 13, 2019
Samsung Electronics’ biggest trade union to launch this week
The fourth and biggest Samsung Electronics labor union will be launched under the Federation of Korean Trade Unions this week, industry sources said Tuesday. Breaking a 50-year streak of adherence t...
Nov 12, 2019
Samsung Display earns gold grade from UL for recycling
Samsung Display said Monday it has received a gold grade from Underwriters Laboratories in recognition of its efforts to recycle waste at its factory. The panel maker’s second plant in Asan, South C...
Nov 11, 2019
LG Electronics sues China’s TCL over LTE patent in Germany
LG Electronics has filed a lawsuit with two German courts against China’s phone manufacturer TCL over patent infringement, the South Korean tech giant said Sunday. In the suits filed with the distri...
Nov 10, 2019
Telecoms get conditional approval for M&As
Corrective measures imposed on SKT, LG Uplus to restrict price hikes, protect consumers
Doosan’s hydrogen-powered drone wins CES awards
Doosan Mobility Innovation, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, has won two awards from the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 for its fuel cell drones that can fly uninterrupted for ...
Global Innovator Festa selects 46 teams with entrepreneurial potential
“The most challenging part of getting something out of startup ecosystems is getting into one, and that is 100 percent dependent on you,” said Antti Hammainen from Finland, who gave a keynote speech ...
Kakao posts all-time high earnings on the back of mobile ad business
Kakao’s third-quarter revenue reaches a record 783.2 billion won ($672 million) thanks to remarkable growth in its ad business on KakaoTalk
Nov 7, 2019
Samsung Display hosts OLED forum in Taiwan
Samsung Display hosted a forum on organic light-emitting diode technology for IT applications in Taiwan on Thursday as part of efforts to expand the market for OLED laptops. Around 350 officials fro...
LG Chem opens Korea’s biggest petrochemical tech center in Osan
LG Chem announced Thursday it has opened a technical service and development center in Osan, Gyeonggi Province, marking the country’s largest petrochemical technology center. The chemical affiliate ...
Samsung, LG reach out to society by donating electronics
A trend in corporate social responsibility among South Korea’s leading businesses is to provide their signature electronics devices to improve people’s daily lives or work environments, according to ...
Nov 6, 2019
LG Electronics sues Chinese TV maker Hisense over patent violation
LG Electronics said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Hisense with a US court, accusing the Chinese TV maker of infringing four of its patents. The South Korean tech giant claims that most of t...
Nov 5, 2019