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With Samsung and Huawei out of picture, LG G8 ThinQ tops smartphone camera ranking

Mar 29, 2019

LG Electronics said Friday its flagship smartphone G8 ThinQ ranked top in camera functionality in a recent survey, amid the company’s efforts to increase its presence in the smartphone market domina...
[Herald Interview] SendBird looks to break up messenger monopoly

Mar 28, 2019

Real-time in-app digital messaging is increasingly becoming the norm. On-demand mobility app users can exchange text messages with drivers to get a ride to deliver food. While watching live-streamed...
Premier Music launches application for music learners

Mar 28, 2019

South Korean music lesson franchise Premier Music has launched a new smartphone application for easier lesson management, the company said Thursday. The application allows parents and students to co...
Coupang’s new growth engine: early-morning deliveries

Mar 27, 2019

In the midst of hectic work one afternoon, Kim Su-rin, a mother of two toddlers suddenly remembered their request for breakfast next day -- toast and strawberries. She realized it would not be poss...
SK Innovation unit to build LiBS plant in Poland

Mar 27, 2019

SK Innovation said Wednesday its new material subsidiary will construct a plant for lithium-ion battery separators in Poland next year, aiming to be the global market leader. The energy and chemical...
KT pledges to deliver ‘most extensive’ 5G coverage in Korea

Mar 26, 2019

Competition grows among local mobile carriers over who can provide faster services in wider area
Samsung unprecedentedly preannounces ‘earnings shock’ in Q1

Mar 26, 2019

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday announced that it foresees lower-than-expected earnings for the first quarter of this year. “Due to the worse-than-expected weakening of the display and memory markets...
KT's communication line disrupted in Gangnam area

Mar 26, 2019

Customers using KT mobile network services in the Gangnam area of Seoul experienced disruption, including the use of credit cards, on Tuesday. KT said the Internet service was interrupted in parts o...
Network verification of Samsung’s 5G smartphone completed: SKT

Mar 25, 2019

Telecom firm submits new 5G pricing plan for government approval ahead of launch
SK hynix demonstrates 30% faster solution for next-generation enterprise SSD

Mar 25, 2019

SK hynix, the world‘s second-biggest memory provider, announced Monday it has successfully demonstrated its proprietary solution with next-generation standards for enterprise solid state drive (SSD),...
[Non-memory Korea: 1] Korea’s desperate new mission: Non-memory chip success

Mar 25, 2019

Campaign by President Moon Jae-in drives momentum for companies to expand into the non-memory sector
Most LG businesses to fully adopt cloud services in 5 years: LG CNS

Mar 24, 2019

The structures of more than 90 percent of LG businesses will be transformed in environments powered by cloud computing systems by 2023, the conglomerate’s information and technology solution provide...
Samsung, Motorola compete to win 5G smartphone race

Mar 24, 2019

With South Korea and the US gearing up for the commercial rollout of their fifth-generation wireless networks next month, the countries’ smartphone manufacturers are scrambling to attract consumers ...
SK hynix chief vows to strengthen fundamentals, raise chip yield rate

Mar 22, 2019

Amid concerns growing over slowing demand for memory chips, SK hynix CEO Lee Seok-hee said Friday he would focus on strengthening the chipmaker’s fundamental competitiveness and improving the chip yi...
Twitter focuses on 'public conversation' in S. Korean society: CEO

Mar 22, 2019

Global online social networking service Twitter Inc. aims to make more people participate in "public conversation" in South Korea, the company's chief said Friday. "We believe public conversation in...