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LG Electronics to establish new biz center in US to seek future growth engines

Nov 26, 2020

LG Electronics, a major home appliance maker in South Korea, on Thursday said it will set up a new business unit in the United States to seek future growth opportunities. LG's North American Innovat...
S. Korean mobile carriers eye more cloud gaming users as demand grows

Nov 26, 2020

South Korean telecom operators are targeting wider market penetration of cloud gaming services by expanding availability, industry officials said Thursday, amid strong demand from mobile gamers. The...
KT announces first IPTV export to Thailand

Nov 26, 2020

South Korean mobile carrier KT said Thursday the company’s Internet Protocol television service is now available in Thailand, marking the first export case of IPTV platform technology to a foreign co...
SK Telecom spins off mobility business

Nov 26, 2020

SK Telecom announced Thursday the mobile carrier’s shareholders approved the spinoff of its mobility business unit as part of enhancing the carrier’s future mobility solutions. Approved by 99.98 per...
S. Korea to roll out more digital services amid pandemic

Nov 26, 2020

South Korea will start to unveil more digital services, from mobile identification to artificial intelligence (AI) doctors, as the pandemic limits face-to-face contact, the ICT ministry said Thursday...
Samsung maintains top spot in Western Europe smartphone market in Q3: report

Nov 26, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. maintained the top spot in the Western Europe smartphone market in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, despite sales decline. The South Korean tech giant...
SK Telecom enters semiconductor biz with new AI chip

Nov 25, 2020

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's leading wireless carrier, unveiled Wednesday a new artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor for data center operations, expanding its business to the semiconductor mar...
Samsung top smartphone vendor in Europe, Middle East and Africa in Q3: report

Nov 25, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. was the top vendor in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) smartphone market in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Wednesday, despite sales decline. Samsung ...
Samsung narrows gap with Apple in Canadian smartphone market in Q3: report

Nov 25, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. remained the second-largest smartphone vendor in Canada in the third quarter of the year but narrowed its market share gap with Apple Inc., a report showed Wednesday. The Sou...
Naver eyes re-entering Japanese search engine market after 2 previous failures

Nov 25, 2020

Naver Corp., the operator of South Korea's dominant internet portal, is positively reviewing making inroads into the Japanese search engine market despite two previous failures, the company's executi...
[Monitor] US and Chinese startups dominate global top 10 list

Nov 25, 2020

Global top 10 unicorns by valuation
Samsung Electronics marks all-time high TV market share

Nov 24, 2020

Samsung Electronics posted an all-time high share in the global TV market in terms of revenue during the third quarter, according to a report. Market research organization Omdia said in its report t...
LG releases new 4K projector amid pandemic

Nov 23, 2020

LG Electronics Inc. on Monday introduced a new cinema projector in South Korea that boasts easy screen alignment amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. The latest model of the LG CineBeam Lase...
SK Telecom, Samsung develop advanced cloud native core network system

Nov 22, 2020

SK Telecom Co., South Korea's leading mobile carrier, said Sunday it has developed a next-generation cloud native core network system with Samsung Electronics Co. that can provide better 5G services....
Apple, mobile carriers release new iPhone 12s in S. Korea

Nov 20, 2020

Apple Inc. and South Korea's three major telecom operators started shipping the iPhone 12 mini and the 12 Pro Max on Friday. The launches of the smallest and the largest versions of Apple's latest d...