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S. Korean chipmakers take over 73% of global DRAM market in Q2

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, South Korea’s two-biggest memory chip makers, dominated the global DRAM market with the largest combined share in the second quarter of the year, showed data from ma...

Aug 14, 2018
Technology
S. Korean ICT firms eye the North’s W100tr telecommunications market

Experts say ICT technologies are essential to economic cooperation between two Koreas

Aug 14, 2018
Technology
[Photo News] Sejong City to launch IoT-powered public bike system

IOT-POWERED BIKES -- A fleet of public bikes powered by internet of things technology are parked at a docking station in Sejong City on Monday. The GPS-equipped bikes, which will officially be availa...

Aug 13, 2018
Technology
Samsung seeks to recover sales volume with Note 9

Despite massive upgrades and a Bluetooth pen, Samsung Electronics appears to have set lower-than-expected prices for the newest Galaxy Note 9 as part of its sales expansion strategy to recover from p...

Aug 12, 2018
Technology
[Health-tech Korea] Healing dry eye syndrome with optic nerve regeneration

Korean medtech startup Nu Eyne develops eye wearable aimed to heal DES via weak electric stimulation

Aug 12, 2018
Technology
Tencent acquires stake in Bluehole, secures strategic partnership for global expansion

Bluehole, the South Korean game company behind the hit survival shooter game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” said Friday that it had entered a strategic partnership with China’s Tencent Holdings to ...

Aug 10, 2018
Technology
Global hit game ‘Fortnite’ arrives in Korea via PS4, Android devices

The globally popular survival shooting game “Fortnite: Battle Royale” officially arrived in South Korea on Friday. “Fortnite” is now available on PlayStation 4 consoles and Android smartphones, with ...

Aug 10, 2018
Technology
S Pen gets smarter for Galaxy Note 9 phablet

Bluetooth-enabled pen can remotely operate frequently used apps

Aug 10, 2018
Technology
Naver Webtoon forms ‘Studio N’ for webtoon-based film, drama production

Naver Webtoon, the digital comics platform operator under South Korean internet business giant Naver, on Thursday announced the launch of its new unit “Studio N,” which will take charge of translatin...

Aug 9, 2018
Technology
Samsung to release Galaxy Note 9 early to boost sales

Samsung Electronics will start taking preorders for the upcoming flagship Galaxy Note 9 smartphones one day earlier than before in order to boost its sluggish smartphone sales, according to the indus...

Aug 9, 2018
Technology
Kakao posts record Q2 revenue, but operating profit down 38%

Kakao, operator of South Korea’s top-used mobile messenger KakaoTalk, said Thursday it posted record-high revenue in the second quarter, but its operating profit dropped 38 percent due to heightened ...

Aug 9, 2018
Technology
Netmarble's operating income down 40.8 percent in Q2

Netmarble Games, South Korea's No. 1 mobile game developer and publisher, said Wednesday that its second-quarter operating income decreased 40.8 percent on-year. Operating income came to 62.2 billio...

Aug 8, 2018
Technology
Pizza Hut Korea introduces pizza serving robot

Pizza Hut Korea said Wednesday it has launched a test operation of a robot to serve food to customers as the company moves to strengthen its competitiveness with cutting-edge technologies. The robot...

Aug 8, 2018
Technology
Chinese bike-sharing giant Ofo preparing to pull out of Korea: sources

Less than a year after entering South Korea, Chinese bike-sharing giant Ofo is preparing to pull out of the Korean market in a move that appears to be motivated by shifting market priorities, people ...

Aug 7, 2018
Technology
Korea’s Macrogen, Bigster to create blockchain-based medical data platform

Macrogen, South Korea’s leading gene sequencing service provider, said Monday that it will work with local big data company Bigster to create a blockchain-based medical big data platform where inform...

Aug 6, 2018
Technology

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