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Chaebol chiefs head to Pyongyang with lips sealed about business in the North

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong holds last-minute meeting with CEOs to discuss the conglomerate’s plans for North Korea

Sept 18, 2018
Industry
KakaoTalk adds ‘delete sent message’ feature, but deletion record stays

Kakao, the operator of South Korea’s most popular mobile messenger KakaoTalk, has officially adopted a new feature that lets users delete sent messages within five minutes of their delivery. The upda...

Sept 18, 2018
Technology
Huawei leads 5G standards with consistent R&D investment

To prepare for the upcoming commercialization of the fifth-generation network early next year, Huawei has been making sizable investments in research and development for 5G technologies, with the amo...

Sept 17, 2018
Technology
Embattled Toptec CEO denies spilling tech secrets

Toptec, a South Korean maker of automated machines for production of display panels and semiconductors, denied recent allegations that it had attempted to sell confidential information on technology ...

Sept 17, 2018
Finance
LIG Nex1 partners with KBR to upgrade military systems

LIG Nex1, South Korea’s second-largest aerospace maker and defense company in terms of defense revenue, has sealed an agreement with the US defense system certification agency KBR to gain US Departme...

Sept 17, 2018
Industry
[News Focus] Moon renews push for ‘H-shaped belt’

With sanctions intact, government reiterates denuclearization precedes economic cooperation with NK

Sept 17, 2018
Industry
Amorepacific chairman honors promising young scientists

A foundation led by Suh Kyung-bae, the chairman and CEO of cosmetics giant Amorepacific, has awarded research grants to five up-and-coming scientists in an effort to support their work and advance th...

Sept 17, 2018
Industry
[Herald Interview] Bluehole charms global audience with mobile strategy game ‘Castle Burn’

Head of Bluehole’s Delusion Studio discusses unmet needs in the mobile RTS genre, gameplay design that better caters to foreign users

Sept 17, 2018
Technology
[Photo News] Smilegate to release MMORPG 'Lost Ark' on Nov. 7

SMILEGATE SHOWCASES ‘LOST ARK’ -- Smilegate RPG CEO Jee Won-gil introduces the company’s latest massively multiplayer online role-playing game, “Lost Ark,” during a media event in Seoul on Monday. Sm...

Sept 17, 2018
Industry
GS Retail unveils 'smart convenience store'

GS Retail Co., a major South Korean retailer, said it opened a "smart convenience store" using a face recognition system and other technologies Monday amid local retail firms' race to automation. Th...

Sept 17, 2018
Industry
[Newsmaker] Three chaebol chiefs join Moon’s Pyongyang trip

Delegation highly symbolic, as businesses unable to contemplate immediate projects

Sept 16, 2018
Industry
[News Focus] With freer rein, Hyundai Motor heir expected to seek radical changes

Chung Eui-sun, now officially the second in command at South Korea’s biggest automaker and second-largest conglomerate, will be able to wield greater power across 55 affiliates, operating in business...

Sept 16, 2018
Industry
Government, central bank lock horns over rate hike timing

The tension concerning the country’s key interest rate hike is expected to peak this week, in the wake of the government‘s latest set of additional measures to curb real estate speculation. While th...

Sept 16, 2018
Economy
Some big biz still asking SMEs to provide know-how ahead of contracts: report

Some South Korean big businesses are still asking smaller partners wanting to secure deals to submit technical know-how before the signing of a contract, a report by a local trade federation said Sun...

Sept 16, 2018
Industry
Korea to test-launch rocket in Oct.

South Korea plans to conduct the first test flight of its locally developed booster engine at the end of next month, the ICT ministry said Sunday, as part of a long-term effort to produce the Korea S...

Sept 16, 2018
Technology

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