NHN, the operator of Korea’s largest search engine Naver, has developed a proprietary voice-recognition application that enables users to search for foreign language expressions. Android-based smartphone consumers can access and download the app, named “Link,” which will introduce a list of foreign expressions after they speak into their phone in Korean. When users say, for instance, “hello” or...

Display maker posts record sales in second quarter LG Display, Korea’s display panel giant, is gearing up to boost the production of high-end, premium liquid crystal displays for small- and mid-size mobile products. The company said Thursday that its board of directors reached a decision to invest over 1.2 trillion won ($1 billion) to transform part of its sixth generation manufacturing line to...

KT, Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, and Yonsei University Health System have launched a joint venture in healthcare IT business named H∞H Healthcare. H∞H, or “Hooh,” refers to the infinite value of human and health, KT said. The two sides invested 1 billion won ($869,000) in the joint venture with a 49 percent stake owned by KT, while Yonsei holds a majority 51 percent in the new entity....

Network, copyright differences remain for online content platform Pooq, a media platform formed by Contents Alliance Platform, was officially launched on Monday in Korea, with over 5,000 users already subscribing to its inexpensive service. But company officials said that more work needs to be done before it can become a global platform where overseas users can access and watch a variety of TV ...

KT, Korea’s second-largest mobile carrier, said Monday that it has launched a pilot service of Voice over Long Term Evolution for the first time in the world. Some 300 workers and college students will be given the chance to test KT’s high-definition VoLTE in Korea. The concept of HD VoLTE is similar to Voice over Internet Protocol telephone service, which uses Internet broadband lines to trans...

LG Display, Korea’s second-biggest display panel maker, has formed a partnership with Seoul National University for the research and development of next-generation display technology. The company said that the two sides will establish the LGD-SNU Cooperation Center within the university’s Research Institute of Advanced Materials to push forward in making Korea the “Mecca” of the world’s leading ...

KT plans to sell its old copper cables that used to be the main telecommunication lines for telephones and the Internet in the 1990s. With the emergence of smarter devices and demand for faster data, copper cables have gradually been replaced by fiber-optic cables, which are lighter and transmit data faster with greater bandwidth. KT said Thursday that it will sell over 26,000 tons of copper ca...

The Korea Communications Commission said Thursday that it has set up a center aimed at supporting developers to create applications for smart TVs. The country’s communications watchdog established the support center in southern Seoul with leading tech and content companies such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and CJ HelloVision. The KCC said the center aims to support and encourage colle...

SK Telecom, Korea’s biggest mobile carrier, said Wednesday that it has launched an application where users can receive their bills and pay them through smartphones. The application named “Smartphone Billing & Payment Platform” can be downloaded by any smartphone users at SK Telecom’s T Store, Google’s Android or Apple’s App Store. With the app, users can not only pay their telephone bills, but ...

DTS, the U.S.-based audio technology company, has introduced a new solution that can enhance viewing and help consumers become more emotionally affected by the content they see on smart electronic products. In a press conference on Tuesday, the company’s senior vice president Geir Skaaden unveiled the “Neo2:5,” an audio solution embedded in Samsung Electronics’ premium smart TVs that can convert...