Articles by Shin Ji-hye
Shin Ji-hye
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Ex-MLB closer Kim Byung-hyun traded to hometown club in KBO
Former Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Kim Byung-hyun was traded to his hometown club in the top South Korean league on Thursday.The Nexen Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) shipped the 35-year-old submarine pitcher to the Kia Tigers, in exchange for 23-year-old left-hander Kim Young-gwang.The Tigers are based in Gwangju, a metropolitan city about 330 kilometers south of Seoul. Kim was born and raised in the city, before entering a college in Seoul and signing with the Arizona
Baseball April 10, 2014
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SMEC displays new machinery tools in Seoul
SMEC, a local machinery and communications network provider, is scheduled to attend a machine tool show in Seoul to unveil its new products. The Seoul International Machine Tool Show, one of four global machine tool shows, opened Wednesday. The event is expected to draw 800 companies from 30 nations, along with more than 90,000 visitors. At the show, SMEC plans to unveil various new products including its 5-axis machining center for high precision and high productivity, and 9-axis multitasking m
Industry April 9, 2014
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Samsung Electronics to see slight dip in profit
Samsung Electronics is expected to post a slight dip in profit in the first quarter of this year. The company said Tuesday its operating profit was estimated to be 8.4 trillion won ($7.9 billion), a drop of 4 percent from a year earlier, while its sales forecast remains flat at 53 trillion won. The decline is due largely to lackluster smartphone sales, which are expected to bring the electronics giant 6 trillion won in operating profit, a decline from 6.5 trillion won from a year earlier despite
Industry April 8, 2014
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국내 디스플레이 업체 애플 iTV용 샘플 패널 개발
6일 업계에 따르면 국내 한 디스플레이 업체가 애플 iTV를 위한 샘플 패널을 개발 중이며, 올해 하반기에 출시될 것으로 알려진 애플 iTV는 내년에 양산 될 전망이다. IBK증권의 이승우 연구원에 따르면, 현재 이 업체는 애플 iTV용 65인치 OLED 패널을 제작 중이며, 해당 패널은 테스트용으로 채택 여부는 확실하지 않다고 전했다. 익명을 요구한 다른 업계 관계자는 “애플 iTV는 올해 하반기 65인치, 77인치 LCD 패널로 2백만 대를 생산할 계획이었지만, 지난 10월 애플이 해당 업체에 방문해서 양산계획을 내년으로 연기했다”고 전했다. 지연된 이유에 대해 애플 TV의 콘텐츠 수급뿐만 아니라, 애플이 OLED 패널 생산을 고려하고 있기 때문이라고 전했다. “재팬 디스플레이와 샤프의 OLED TV 양산 능력이 아직 부족해서, 국내 업체가 수급하게 될 것”이라고 이 관계자는 밝혔다. 신한투자증권의 소현철 연구원은 “현재까지는 OLED TV의
한국어판 April 6, 2014
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Samsung steps up home appliance marketing
Samsung is ready to join the world’s largest furniture expo ― armed with home appliances, not smartphones ― to seek fresh profit sources amid the slowing growth of its smartphone sales.Samsung Electronics is scheduled to join the Milan Furniture Fair in Italy, which opens next Tuesday, to unveil its new smart home appliances including washing machines, televisions and refrigerators. Its CEO Yoon Boo-keun is also expected to attend the event. This is the first time for Samsung to display its home
Industry April 4, 2014
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Samsung pushes for major restructuring
Samsung Group has pushed forward with internal restructuring of its key petrochemical units to boost competitiveness and efficiency, with the market expecting more deals involving Korea’s largest conglomerate.The latest Samsung General Chemicals’ acquisition of Samsung Petrochemical was seen as part of chairman Lee Kun-hee’s succession process for his three children.This merger, which was announced on Thursday, is said to be for the sake of Lee’s daughter Lee Boo-jin, in the view of market obser
Industry April 3, 2014
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[Newsmaker] Samsung-Apple battle enters second round
The second round of a raging patent war between the world’s top two technology companies, Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc., resumed in a U.S. court in California on Monday. This time, Google’s Android mobile operation system has come into the spotlight, with a celebrated former Google executive ― Andy Rubin, who oversaw the development of the Android operating system ― expected to step up as a witness for both Samsung and Apple.What a coincidence. Two battling companies calling in the same wit
Industry April 1, 2014
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SK Telecom sees little sales boost from Galaxy S5
SK Telecom failed to see a significant rise in mobile-service subscribers through Samsung Electronics’ new smartphone Galaxy S5 despite pushing for an early roll-out.As the nation’s largest mobile carrier is due to begin a business suspension on April 5 for doling out excessive handset subsidies, the company reportedly pushed Samsung to move up the release date to March 27 from the initial launch on April 11. However, the launch of the Galaxy S5 did not seem to positively affect sales. The numbe
Industry March 30, 2014
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Korea may see first disaster relief robot
The chief executive of Korean robot company Robotis hopes his firm will develop the nation’s first humanoid robot capable of disaster relief operations. And THOR-MANG, the Tactical Hazardous Operations Robot, is his biggest hope. The humanoid robot took part in the U.S Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Robotics Challenge in December 2013 as part of a collaboration between Robotis and Virginia Tech, the University of Pennsylvania and Harris Corporation, coming ninth in the semifinals. T
Industry March 27, 2014
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KT offers big benefits
KT, the nation’s second-largest telecom company, is providing diverse telecommunications services at a discounted price for its users to better enjoy KT’s Internet and voice call services. KT said for two months starting in March it will offer free Internet data and a smart set-top box for those who subscribe to “Olleh Internet” and “Olleh TV.”Customers who sign on for a three-year contract with Olleh Internet will automatically receive a three-month free Internet trial service. Those who sign u
Industry March 27, 2014
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LG unveils rapid-cooling air conditioner, dehumidifier
LG Electronics on Tuesday unveiled its latest Whisen air conditioner and a dehumidifier to showcase the most up-to-date technology in home appliances.At a press event, LG said the air-conditioning speed of its new Whisen Victory is 20 percent faster than the previous products. The product also has an Ice-cool Power function, which quickly lowers room temperature with winds that are colder than existing models.Ice-cool Power also puts the new Whisen’s air-conditioning speed at 65 percent faster t
Industry March 25, 2014
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LG to commercialize glasses-free 3-D TV
LG Electronics, the world’s No. 2 TV maker, is expected to mass produce glasses-free 3-D TVs by 2017, much later than the government’s initial commercialization plan. “It will take at least three years, given the current level of technology,” said Bang Young-woon, the head of LG Electronics’ TV products and planning division after a UHD conference last Thursday. He added that the glasses-free 3-D TVs on the market cannot be called fully glasses-free as they offer 3-D vision only when viewed stra
Industry March 24, 2014
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[단독] 삼성전자 갤럭시S5, 3월 27일 출시
삼성전자의 갤럭시 S5 국내 출시일이 이번달 말로 앞당겨진다. 24일 SK텔레콤 관계자는 4월 11일로 예정되어있던 갤럭시 S5의 출시일을 3월 27일로 앞당긴다고 전했다. SK텔레콤이 영업을 하는 시기에 맞춰 출시하기 위함이다. 이 SK텔레콤 관계자는 “4월 5일 이후에 출시할 경우, KT와 LG유플러스 만으로는 시장에 대한 영향력이 적다고 판단되었기 때문”이라고 전했다.또한 삼성측 관계자도 “삼성전자가 글로벌 업체이지만 한국을 기반으로 하고 있는 만큼 국내 1위 이통사인 SK텔레콤을 무시할 수는 없다”면서 “이 때문에 SK텔레콤 영업정지가 시작되는 다음달 5일 이전으로 출시일을 앞당기는 방안을 검토 중”이라고 말했다. 업계 관계자는 “갤럭시S5의 해외 출시일에도 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것”이라고 전했다.(코리아헤럴드 신지혜 기자, 김영원기자)<관련 영문기사>Galaxy S5 to be unveiled on March 27Samsung Electronics, the nation’s
한국어판 March 24, 2014
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LG전자 무안경 3D TV 양산 3년 걸려
LG전자의 무안경 3D TV가 3년 후 양산될 것으로 예상된다. LG전자의 방영운 상무는 지난 목요일 UHD 컨퍼런스가 끝나고 기자와 만나 “현재 기술 수준을 고려할 때 양산까지 3년 소요될 것” 이라며 “현재 시중에 나와있는 무안경 3D TV는 정면에서만 볼 수 있기 때문에 진정한 3D TV가 아니다” 라고 말했다. 정부는 2011년 스마트 미디어 시대에 대비하기 위해 무안경 3D TV, 차세대 스마트TV 등 유망미디어 기술개발에 총 1984억 원을 투자했다. 이 국가과제는 2015년을 상용화를 목표로 2014년에 과제가 종료된다. 무안경 3D TV의 상용화가 늦어진 점에 대해서 미래부 전파정책기획과는 “관련 코덱, 압축 그리고 플랫폼 네트워크 관련 기술은 ETRI를 통해 거의 완성 되었다. 하지만 디스플레이 등 다른 기술이 좀 더 시간이 소요될 것으로 보인다” 라고 말했다. 한국투자증권의 유종우 연구원도 무안경 3D TV의 양산을 위해서는 “매우 높은 수준의 해상도가 필요하다”라
한국어판 March 24, 2014
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Hancom buys embedded software firm
The local office suit developer Hancom purchased the nation’s largest embedded software provider MDS Technology, according to a company statement on Friday.Hancom acquired the software company for 74.5 billion won ($68.9 million) from international venture capital firm STIC Investments, which had bought MDS Technology in August 2010. The company plans to expand its business beyond its conventional office program into embedded software markets. “Considering the expansion of the domestic embedded
Industry March 21, 2014
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