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South Korea's telecom ministry said Friday it will launch an investigation into the latest hacking incident at KT Corp. that led to millions of customers' personal data being leaked.The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency said on Thursday it arrested three suspects for allegedly hacking int...
Updated : 2014.03.07 15:53
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South Korea's No. 2 tech giant LG Electronics Inc. saw its revenue from smartphone sales reach $11.07 billion last year, market research data showed Thursday, further distancing itself from smaller tech players around the globe. The pursuer of Samsung Electronics Co. became the world...
Updated : 2014.03.06 09:12
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Imagine a world where everything is connected.Not only computers but also cars, televisions and front doors of people’s homes can one day in the near future be controlled by either the touch of a but...
Updated : 2014.03.05 19:56
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LG Uplus, Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Wednesday that it has sealed a deal to provide consulting on Long Term Evolution operations to Taiwan Star Cellular Corp.Under the agreement, LG Uplus will share some of its expertise with TSCC in setting up LTE network infrastructure, ...
Updated : 2014.03.05 19:56
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Samsung Electronics’ smartphones account for almost two-thirds of the Android-powered smartphone market, according to Localytics, a global market research firm. The smartphones manufactured by the Korean tech giant snatched up 65 percent of the entire Android market, according to the rese...
Updated : 2014.03.03 20:27
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LG Chem CEO Park Jin-soo said the world’s leading chemical company will reinforce research and development at its core businesses to bolster growth. “By constantly increasing investment in R&D, LG C...
Updated : 2014.03.02 19:50
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The chairman of NHN Entertainment Corp., a leading local online game operator, has joined the list of South Korea's stock rich, whose stock holdings are worth more than one trillion won ($937 million), data showed Sunday.Lee Jun-ho, the chief executive of NHN Entertainment, saw the value o...
Updated : 2014.03.02 15:26
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Samsung Electronics’ new smart wristband Gear Fit won the award for best mobile device at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday. GSMA, the organizer of the MWC trade show, c...
Updated : 2014.02.28 20:19
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The World Economic Forum announced Wednesday a list of 10 new technologies that could reshape society. The list identified by the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies...
Updated : 2014.02.27 21:31
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Updated : 2014.02.27 21:15
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The chief of SK Planet, a local mobile platform provider, on Thursday spoke of how big data can be utilized for maximum results. “Now, the key questions that we have to ask are not “What is big data...
Updated : 2014.02.27 21:14
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KT, the nation’s second-largest telecom operator, ranked No.1 in the Long Term Evolution speed race in Korea, data showed on Thursday. With a download speed of 21.3 megabits per second, KT was in six...
Updated : 2014.02.27 21:14
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South Korea's health agency said Thursday it will review a fitness feature on the latest smartphone by Samsung Electronics Co. to decide whether to designate the device as a medical equipment.Samsung's Galaxy S5 smartphone, introduced Monday, is the first in the industry to come with a bui...
Updated : 2014.02.27 13:32
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The number of users of the long-term evolution network in South Korea is estimated to have surpassed 30 million this month, data showed Thursday, amid heightened battle among mobile carriers.Earlier data from the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning put the number of local LTE user...
Updated : 2014.02.27 11:43
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South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. solidified its position as the No. 1 TV seller last year with a strong market share for its products across the board, data showed Thursday.Samsung took up 40 percent of the world's market for 60-inch and wider TVs in the fourth quarter of 2...
Updated : 2014.02.27 11:32
