Articles by Jie Ye-eun
Jie Ye-eun
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SK Telecom-led global AI alliance launched
Led by South Korea’s SK Telecom, a new global alliance has been formed as four major telecommunications firms from South Korea, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore join hands to expand cooperation in the artificial intelligence business. The nation’s No. 1 telecom company in terms of subscriptions said Thursday that it hosted the Global Telco AI Alliance CEO Summit, a hybrid event held both online and offline, in Seoul and gathered key executives of Deutsche Telekom, e&am
Technology July 27, 2023
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[From the Scene] Samsung's new foldable phones unveiled in festive mood in Seoul
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its new Galaxy foldable smartphone series in Seoul in front of nearly 2,000 people, including journalists, industry experts, celebrities and influencers from around the globe. The South Korean tech giant held the summer edition of the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event, at Coex in southern Seoul to introduce its latest foldable smartphone lineup -- the Galaxy Z Flip5 and the Galaxy Z Fold5. Samsung also unveiled the new Galaxy Watch 6 series and Galaxy T
Technology July 26, 2023
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Samsung's new foldable phones return with upgraded hinges, bigger screens
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday unveiled its new Galaxy foldable smartphone series with a bigger screen, lighter weight and a new hinge design, expressing confidence in realizing an “innovative foldable phone experience” for users. The South Korean tech giant kicked off the summer edition of the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event at Coex in southern Seoul at 8 p.m., with some 1,500 journalists and industry people in attendance. Wednesday’s event was all the more special to Sam
Technology July 26, 2023
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[단독] “온리 갤럭시, 노 아이폰” BTS 슈가, 첫 한국 '갤럭시 언팩' 참석
[코리아헤럴드=지예은 기자] 방탄소년단(BTS) 슈가가 삼성전자의 국내 첫 ‘언팩’ 행사에 깜짝 등장할 예정이다. 25일 코리아헤럴드 취재 결과, 슈가는 오는 26일 오후 8시 서울 코엑스에서 열리는 삼성전자의 ‘갤럭시 언팩 2023’에 게스트로 참석할 예정이다. 다만 현장에서 공연은 진행하지 않는다. 익명을 요구한 한 업계 관계자는 “삼성이 안방인 한국에서 진행하는 첫 언팩 행사에 슈가를 초대하기 위해 상당히 큰 노력을 기울인 것으로 알고 있다”고 말했다. 해당 관계자는 “그간 삼성이 ‘언팩’ 행사에 셀럽을 초청하는 것을 지양해 왔지만, 이번 행사의 경우 남다른 의미가 있기에 초대한 것으로 알고 있다”고 덧붙였다. BTS 멤버가 ‘언팩’ 행사에 직접 참석하는 것은 이번이 처음이다. 슈가 외 다른 멤버들의 참석은 확인되지 않았다. 삼성은 BTS 멤버들과 다
한국어판 July 25, 2023
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[Exclusive] BTS’ Suga to appear at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event in Seoul
Suga of K-pop phenomenon BTS is set to participate in Samsung Electronics' upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event, which will be the tech giant’s first unveiling of its flagship phones at home, according to industry sources Tuesday. “Suga will attend the event as a guest, but he will not be performing on the stage,” an industry official, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Korea Herald. Another source close to the matter also confirmed his appearance, saying, “Samsung p
Industry July 25, 2023
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New AI alliance launched
A group of South Korea’s leading companies in 10 major sectors including automobiles, shipbuilding, battery, robots and steel, agreed to form an alliance to strengthen competitiveness by linking and cooperating on value chains across industries with the latest artificial intelligence technologies, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Tuesday. The Industry AI Alliance is comprised of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, public organizations and over 400 domestic firms, inc
Industry July 25, 2023
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[KH Explains] KakaoTalk reigns at home, but falters overseas
KakaoTalk has dominated South Korea’s messenger app market, as it connects people and offers numerous services affiliated from taxi-hailing to banking. While an increasing number of local users heavily rely on the messaging app, about 2.25 million people abroad, which take up over 4.2 percent of all users, fled from the messaging app in the past decade, according to the latest data from its operator Kakao. Launched in March 2010 as a free mobile messenger, the number of KakaoTalk’s m
Industry July 24, 2023
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Samsung likely to lose again to TSMC in chips revenue
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, appears to be lagging behind its rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. in terms of revenue from its global semiconductor business for four quarters in a row amid a protracted slump in the global economy. According to industry sources on Sunday, TSMC’s second-quarter revenue slipped 10 percent on-year to $15.53 billion. It slightly beat market expectations, but failed to avoid the impact of a chip recession caused by
Technology July 23, 2023
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Upstage’s LLM tops global open-source AI evaluation
South Korea’s artificial intelligence startup Upstage said Thursday it has secured the top position in the global evaluation of large language models. The company’s 30-billion-parameter LLM scored 67 points, ahead of Meta’s LLaMa-2 (66.8 points) on the Open LLM Leaderboard operated by the AI platform, Hugging Face, as of Wednesday. Hugging Face’s leaderboard evaluates LLMs with less than 100 billion parameters on four key indicators: model’s reasoning challenge,
Technology July 20, 2023
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SK Square closes W860b stake sale of SK Shieldus
SK Square, the investment arm of SK Group, has completed the process of selling a portion of its stake in its security service subsidiary SK Shieldus to EQT Partners, a private equity fund operated by Sweden's largest conglomerate, the Wallenberg Group, a filing showed Thursday. SK Square said it has sold 28.82 percent of its stake in Korea Security Holdings, the parent firm of SK Shieldus, for about 860 billion won ($684 million). EQT Partners acquired a 36.9 percent stake in SK Square and
Industry July 20, 2023
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LG touts expertise, reliability of Exaone 2.0
LG Group’s artificial intelligence think tank LG AI Research on Wednesday unveiled the upgraded version of its hyperscale AI multimodal Exaone that was designed to learn expertise data and use it for research and development and marketing across industry sectors. The Exaone 2.0 is the first upgrade of the AI language model that launched in December 2021. It understands both language and images simultaneously to generate image-to-text and vice versa. The latest hyper AI has learned about 45
Technology July 19, 2023
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[KH Explains] Entrapment in the 'Kakao Kingdom'
Lee Yu-jin, a 34-year-old office worker who has gone on parental leave, thought about deleting her KakaoTalk account, as she wanted to disconnect from co-workers and acquaintances during her temporary break. But she could not get away from the messaging app, as it has become a crucial conversational tool among moms in her son’s kindergarten. Since its introduction as a free mobile messenger in March 2010 under its vision to “connect everything,” KakaoTalk has quickly dominated
Technology July 18, 2023
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[Herald Interview] UK firm lures Korean trendsetters with 'transparent phones'
UK smartphone maker Nothing Technology Limited made its Korean debut last week with its second-generation flagship device, Phone 2. In a market dominated by two big names -- Samsung and Apple, the three-year-old company says it is targeting a niche but lively audience here. “We wanted to have a design identity that’s really strong and authentic to Nothing and something that could be recognized two meters away without looking at the (brand) logo because all smartphones look more the s
Technology July 16, 2023
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[From the Scene] KT to boost mining safety with digital solutions
YEONGWOL, Gangwon Province -- In a push toward digital transformation, South Korean telecommunications giant KT Corp. has launched communication-based digital solutions to help improve worker safety in mines. Jointly developed with Almonty Korea Tungsten Corp., the Korean office of a Canadian mining firm, the LTE-based communication infrastructure has been deployed at Sangdong Mine, in Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon Province. The KT-Almonty "mine safety DX" solution is composed of smart devices
Technology July 11, 2023
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[Herald Interview] Why Korea is a crucial partner for Qualcomm
US chip giant Qualcomm Technologies has made an active push to drive innovation in next-generation growth engine industries in South Korea, with big name companies such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai. It looks to continue the journey through closer partnerships with key industry players here, according to a Qualcomm executive. “Building on more than 30 years of our close collaborations, Qualcomm is committed to driving continued innovation in Korea. We are excited to continue our journey with
Technology July 11, 2023
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