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Kakao Pay’s QR code pay option accepted at over 100,000 stores

Kakao Pay, the mobile pay solutions unit of South Korean mobile messaging giant Kakao, said Wednesday that its QR code payment option is now available at more than 100,000 partner stores nationwide.　The feat was achieved within just three months of launching its QR pay service, Kakao Pay said. QR code pay is a mobile payment and acceptance method through which customers can make payments by scanning a QR code, instead of paying with cash or a credit or debit card. Of the merchants that have adop

Riot Games opens ‘League of Legends’ esports arena in Seoul

Riot Games has opened an esports arena and culture entertainment complex for its hit online battle arena game “League of Legends” in Seoul. The US game maker said it had invested around 100 billion won ($88.9 million) in the new space, dubbed LoL Park, which is located on the third floor of the Gran Seoul building in Jongno, central Seoul. The space includes an esports arena for “League of Legends” players that can seat 400 spectators. It will host the 2018 LoL World Championship next month and

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KT provides telecom services for inter-Korean summit

KT Corp., South Korea’s leading wireless and fixed-line services provider, said Tuesday it has been named the official provider of telecom services for the media during the inter-Korean summit this week.Under the agreement with the summit preparation committee, KT is providing telecommunication services at the press center established in Seoul for South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s three-day trip to Pyongyang, from Sunday to Thursday, including network services for TV broadcasting, according t

Sept 18, 2018
Technology
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 update has been applied as of Tuesday.　However, once a user deletes a message, the phrase “this message has been deleted” appears in place of the removed message on both the sender’s and receiver’s chatroom, leaving a conspicuous record of the deletion.　To delete a message, users can long-press a given m

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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 amount reaching some $13.2 billion last year alone, according to the company. That investment by the Shenzhen-headquartered network equipment and solutions provider equaled 14.9 percent of its annual sales. “For the next 10 years, the company will continue expanding investments -- more than $10 billion

Sept 18, 2018
Technology
[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 18, 2018
Technology
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 Space Launch Vehicle-2 (KSLV-2), a three-stage rocket.The single-stage rocket, with a 75-ton thrust engine, developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute is set to be launched between Oct. 25 and Oct. 31 from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, the Ministry of Science and IC

Sept 16, 2018
Technology
Dunamu unveils advanced blockchain app developer tool ‘Luniverse’

Lamda256, the blockchain research and development lab under Dunamu, operator of South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, has unveiled a blockchain app developer tool called “Luniverse,” designed as an easy decentralized app builder solution.　Luniverse is the Dunamu-owned research unit’s proprietary blockchain service development platform that lets developers build various dApps and run token economy systems in an easier and faster manner.“With Luniverse, you can build the key structure of

Sept 17, 2018
Technology
Hit arcade game ‘Metal Slug’ to get VR makeover with KT

The globally popular arcade shooting game “Metal Slug” will be newly released as a virtual reality game this year, brought to fruition in partnership by US-based Studio Roqovan and South Korean telecommunications provider KT.KT and Studio Roqovan, developer of VR game “World War Toons,” have agreed to co-develop “World War Toons: Metal Slug VR,” and showcased a demo of the game at last week’s MWC Americas 2018, KT said Sunday.“WWT: MSVR” will combine the gameplay of first-person shooter VR actio

Sept 17, 2018
Technology
LG chief highlights AI, big data in first visit to R&D center

LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo emphasized that his top priorities are artificial intelligence and big data technologies, at a meeting with research and development leaders of LG affiliates, the group said Thursday. The fourth-generation leader of South Korea’s fourth-biggest conglomerate made his first official visit to LG Science Park, the group’s R&D hub, in Magok, western Seoul, on Wednesday, as part of preparations for the group’s future businesses. Koo was sworn in as the chairman and CEO o

Sept 14, 2018
Technology
[Weekender] Lucrative new world of YouTube

We are living in a world where a vast array of online videos are grabbing the eyes of everyone from toddlers to retirees. And increasingly YouTubers are making a living out of producing viral videos. The views, likes and subscribers add up, as advertisers pay to have their ads shown in such videos.“You get a certain percentage of an amount. Not only that, you are also asked to work with brands, and in other promotions YouTubers can create synergy to bring in cash from their channels,” said Yum-c

Sept 14, 2018
Technology
Renowned scholars discuss AI at Samsung forum

Globally renowned scholars in the field of artificial intelligence gathered at Samsung Electronics’ Seocho campus in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss the tasks faced by Samsung and other tech giants in embracing AI in the near future. The first day of the two-day Samsung AI Forum focused on deep learning algorithms and technologies, with the tech titan inviting eminent professors recognized as experts in the deep learning sector. Yann LeCun, a professor at New York University, lectured on self-supe

Sept 13, 2018
Technology
LG Chem takes over US-based automotive adhesive maker Uniseal

LG Chem, a leading South Korean battery and chemical company, announced Wednesday that it acquired an American automotive adhesive maker as part of efforts to enhance the portfolio of its automotive material business. The Korean firm purchased a 100 percent stake in Indiana-based Uniseal from its parent company Koch Enterprises for an undisclosed price, it said. Uniseal, established in 1960, is one of the top 25 automotive adhesive makers chosen by the Adhesives & Sealants Industry this year. Th

Sept 13, 2018
Technology
Second worker dies after CO2 leak at Samsung factory

YONGIN, Gyeonggi Province -- Another worker died Wednesday about a week after falling unconscious in a carbon dioxide leak at a Samsung Electronics factory, bringing the death toll in the accident to two.The 53-year-old, identified only by surname Kim, was one of the three workers knocked unconscious in the gas leak at a firefighting facility of the semiconductor factory in Giheung, south of Seoul, on Sept. 4. One of them died later that day.(Yonhap)Kim had been in the intensive care unit of a h

Sept 12, 2018
Technology
Korea’s AI speaker market gets a new player with arrival of Google Home

The Google Home and a smaller version known as the Google Home Mini have officially arrived in South Korea, ramping up the competition in the domestic market for voice-controlled speakers powered by artificial intelligence.Google Korea on Tuesday announced the launch of its AI speakers here and began accepting preorders via the Google Store, Hi-Mart, Auction and SSG.Com. The devices officially go on sale Sept. 18. The Google Home runs on the US tech giant’s AI voice assistant platform Google Ass

Sept 12, 2018
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