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Shinsegae launches online stores for Starfield

IndustryNov 27, 2020

Shinsegae Property, the real estate development company owned by Shinsegae Group, announced Friday that the company has opened official online stores for its shopping mall brand Starfield on both the...
E-Land Group vows fight against hackers

IndustryNov 27, 2020

E-Land Group Vice Chairman Choi Jong-yang of E-Land Group, which was recently hit with a ransomware attack, said Friday that the company will not surrender to the threats of the hackers. According t...
Posco’s environmental activities recognized by Boston College’s journal

IndustryNov 24, 2020

Posco, South Korea’s leading steelmaker, has been recognized for its environmental activities in a recent journal published by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, the company said Tu...
Samsung Electronics marks all-time high TV market share

TechnologyNov 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...
Korea holds online job fair for foreign-invested firms

IndustryNov 23, 2020

The South Korean government on Monday opened the 15th Job Fair for Foreign-Invested Companies. The job fair this year will be held online through Friday, according to the organizers. The event is co...
Samsung’s Bespoke brand steers home appliance sales

IndustryNov 22, 2020

Samsung Electronics said Sunday that sales of its home appliances launched under the Bespoke brand have increased rapidly. Bespoke refrigerators, for instance, took up 65 percent of its total refrig...
[Weekender] Spending time by yourself? You are not alone

IndustryNov 21, 2020

According to a report by HS Ad, there has been rising demand for “speakeasy bars” in Korea in recent months. Speakeasy bars were originally illicit establishments that served alcohol during the proh...
KakaoTalk users to be able to make multiple profiles

TechnologyNov 19, 2020

Kakao said Thursday that the company will add a new visibility setting to its messenger application KakaoTalk to protect the privacy of users. The new visibility setting is to allow users to control...
LG Innotek partners with KIPO on info protection

TechnologyNov 19, 2020

LG Innotek, the high-tech parts making unit of LG Group, said Thursday that the company had signed an agreement with the Korean Intellectual Property Office and partner firms to increase cooperation ...
Kakao sets new standards for digital wallet

TechnologyNov 18, 2020

Kakao said Wednesday that it would add a digital wallet feature to South Korea’s largest messenger application KakaoTalk. The company will also start introducing new subscription-based services via t...
Growth rate of pay TV subscriber slow

TechnologyNov 18, 2020

The growth rate of pay TV subscribers in South Korea has slowed this year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ministry of Science and ICT. The number of new pay TV subscribers during th...
SKT CEO pushes ahead with remote working

IndustryNov 18, 2020

SK Telecom CEO Park Jung-ho said Wednesday that the company will allow its employees to work from anywhere. “We need to study how we can improve the ways in which we communicate while working since ...
KT CEO appointed as new board member of GSMA

TechnologyNov 17, 2020

KT CEO Ku Hyeon-mo has been appointed one of the four new board members of GSMA, an international industry organization dedicated to representing the interests of mobile network operators, the South ...
Mobile carriers, government still deadlocked over frequency pricing

TechnologyNov 17, 2020

The Seoul government and telecommunications firms held a meeting to negotiate the pricing of frequency reallocation costs for 3G and Long-Term Evolution networks in Seoul on Tuesday, but failed to re...
Hyundai Mobis appoints Axel Maschka as global sales head

IndustryNov 15, 2020

Hyundai Mobis, South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker and a key affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, announced Friday that Axel J. Maschka will become the new head of the company’s global sales division...