[CES 2020] Samsung unveils life companion bot Ballie

LAS VEGAS -- A small spherical yellow robot, called Ballie, stole the show during a keynote speech by Samsung Electronics’ CEO in Las Vegas on Monday. The South Korean tech giant unveiled its brand new personal care robot, declaring artificial intelligence to be the future of personalized care. Kim Hyun-suk, chief executive officer of Samsung’s consumer electronics division, shared the stage with the ball-shaped bot that rolled around the stage during his keynote speech at the Consum

Jan. 7, 2020

[CES 2020] LG Display CEO vows to expand OLED supplies beyond TVs

LAS VEGAS -- Jeong Ho-young, chief executive officer of LG Display -- the world’s largest organic light-emitting diode panel maker -- vowed Monday to put the money-losing company back on track by expanding supplies of OLED panels to growing markets such as transportation and interior. During a press conference held ahead of the opening of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Jeong revealed his target figures for improving the company’s financial status and plans to expand sale

Jan. 7, 2020

[CES 2020] LG Electronics envisions AI that can reason

LAS VEGAS – It’s a small butler, hard as a tin but intelligent as a human.“Good morning, did you sleep well?” says a robot as it suggests breakfast menus, recommending a light green salad to help reduce stress before your big presentation at work.The AI robot knows your schedule, can even assume the state of your feeling and offer due action plan.This is what a Level 3 AI will be able to do for humans, according to the AI framework envisioned by LG Electronics and Element

Jan. 7, 2020

[CES 2020] Samsung unveils life companion bot Ballie

LAS VEGAS -- A small yellow ball-shape robot, called Ballie, stole the show during a keynote speech by Samsung Electronics’ CEO in Las Vegas on Monday. The South Korean tech giant unwrapped its brand new personal care robot, defining that artificial intelligence is the future of personalized care. Kim Hyun-suk, chief executive officer of Samsung’s consumer electronics division, shared the stage with a yellow ball-shape robot that literally “rolled” during his keynote spee

Jan. 7, 2020

Korean executives continue to deliver keynotes at CES

Chief executives of Korean companies continue to stand at the Customer Electronics Show’s podium for keynote speeches, offering glimpses into ongoing global trends in the electronics industry. This year, Samsung’s Consumer Electronics division CEO Kim Hyun-suk will deliver his keynote address on enhanced applications of artificial intelligence-powered customer electronics on Tuesday. In 2019, LG’s chief technology officer opened CES 2019 with a speech also centered on consumer

Jan. 6, 2020

Lung cancer survival rates up in Seoul

Seven in 10 lung cancer patients who have undergone surgery at Asan Medical Center in Seoul have survived, the hospital said in a report.  The cardiothoracic surgery department at Asan Medical Center in southern Seoul said Monday the postsurgery survival rate of patients with lung cancer, the sixth most common cancer among Koreans, has improved markedly over the past decade. In the hospital’s study of around 7,500 lung cancer patients from 2002 to 2016, the five-year survival rate in

Jan. 6, 2020

KT plans to make AI available everywhere

Artificial intelligence-enabled products and services, including portable speakers, chatbots and robots, are already out there, serving customers in different industries and of different needs. Few of them, however, are offering truly practical benefits. AI speakers are still short of fully understanding human language while robot assistants deployed at public spaces often end up gathering dust due partly to their still clumsy speech and movement capabilities. KT, a Korean conglomerate that o

Jan. 6, 2020

[CES 2020] Korean tech giants to showcase more AI robots

LAS VEGAS -- Living together with multiple robots that assist humans in everyday life at home is no longer a distant future. At the Consumer Electronics Show kicking off Tuesday in Las Vegas, South Korean tech leaders will demonstrate how their robots can live together with humans and what roles they will play, blending artificial intelligence into people’s everyday life at their exhibition booths in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Samsung Electronics will take the largest area of 3,368 s

Jan. 6, 2020

LG announces cooperation with Canada’s Element AI

LG Electronics said Sunday it will cooperate with Canada-based artificial intelligence startup Element AI for software development to be used in its electronic products and services. The two firms signed a memorandum of understanding during a ceremony held in Las Vegas, US, which was attended by LG’s Chief Technology Officer Park Il-pyung and Element AI CEO Jean-Francois Gagne. Element AI was co-founded by CEO Gagne and professor Yoshua Bengio of the University of Montreal in 2016. Be

Jan. 5, 2020

What to expect from Korean tech leaders at CES 2020

Las Vegas -- Expectations were high on Sunday about what will be unveiled by tech giants from South Korea -- one of the most advanced IT powerhouses in the world -- with one day left for the kickoff of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, US. Given that the number of Korean tech firms and research institutes attending the show this year marks the largest of around 400 amongst 4,500 global participants, Korea is anticipated to boast a greater presence in the world’s biggest IT show w

Jan. 5, 2020

Samsung to release Galaxy S20, Galaxy Fold 2 on Feb. 11

Samsung Electronics will release the sequel to the Galaxy S10 at an event next month. In an invitation sent to media on Sunday, the Korean tech giant said it “will unveil new, innovative devices that will shape the next decade of mobile experiences. The reveal will take place at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event in San Francisco at 11 a.m. on February 11.” Samsung is expected to unveil Galaxy S20, the next iteration in the Galaxy S series, and Galaxy Fold 2, the successor to the

Jan. 5, 2020

S. Korea starts universal super high-speed internet service for entire country

South Korea has started offering super high-speed internet service for the entire country that will allow universal, convenient access to online data, the government said Sunday."High-speed internet has been designated as a universal service that everyone is entitled to receive no matter where they are," the Ministry of Science and ICT said. The ministry said KT Corp., the country's top fixed-line operator has been tasked with providing the infrastructure in places that have not benefi

Jan. 5, 2020

S. Korean air, ocean monitoring satellite heads to French Guiana ahead of launch

A South Korean geostationary environmental monitoring satellite that can closely check the movement of fine dust and ocean conditions is being moved to French Guiana ahead of its launch, the government said Sunday.The 3.4-ton Chollian-2B, scheduled to be sent into orbit on Feb. 19, has been placed in a specially built non-vibration shipping container in Daejeon, 164 kilometers south of Seoul, where it was built by the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute, the Ministry of Science and ICT

Jan. 5, 2020

LG Electronics reinforces lineup of 8K TVs for CES

LG Electronics said Friday it will bring two more 8K TV models to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. The 2020 lineup of LG’s 8K TVs will include a 77-inch organic light-emitting diode TV model, in addition to the current 88-inch OLED model, and a 65-inch NanoCell model, along with the current 75-inch model.LG’s 8K TV models have around 90 percent contrast modulation levels, certified by the Consumer Technology Association, the organizer of CES.  All four model

Jan. 3, 2020

Samsung to introduce fresh concepts of home electronics at CES 2020

Samsung Electronics said Friday it will introduce new concepts of home electronics at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, ranging from a beer fridge to a footwear management system. The South Korean tech giant will unveil three cube-type refrigerators -- Wine Cube, Beer Cube and Beauty Cube, whose names indicate their purpose.  It will also introduce a footwear management system featuring the technology of the company’s clothes care system, Air Dresser.  Under t

Jan. 3, 2020

Samsung, LG to showcase upgraded AI-powered products at CES

South Korea's top two electronics giants -- Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. -- will lock horns in the field of artificial intelligence at the upcoming tech expo in the United States, industry observers said Friday, as they pin high hopes on the products powered by human-like algorithms. AI is one of the key themes set to draw keen attention at the annual four-day Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, where more than 4,500 firms from around the glo

Jan. 3, 2020

Samsung heir discusses world’s first 3-nm process for foundry

Samsung Electronics’ de facto leader Lee Jae-yong on Thursday discussed the tech giant’s strategy to utilize the world’s first 3-nanometer process technology for manufacturing chips. Lee visited the company’s semiconductor research and development center in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, as his first official gesture of on-site management in 2020. The Samsung heir discussed the company’s plans to commercialize cutting-edge chips ordered from global customers on the la

Jan. 2, 2020

[Graphic News] Industrial materials, nanotech investments to jump 136% in 2020

　Korea’s public investment in future industrial materials and nanotech will jump 136 percent on-year in 2020, as the country moves to enhance its global competitiveness in cutting edge sectors, the government said.　The sum of 233.6 billion won ($201.2 million), approved by policymakers and experts, follows the passage of this year’s budget by the National Assembly. The focus will be on acquiring original technologies, expanding research and development infrastructure and the creation

Jan. 1, 2020

Samsung, LG to unveil upgraded AI-equipped fridges at CES 2020

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics said Wednesday they will showcase their new editions of refrigerators equipped with enhanced artificial intelligence capabilities at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, slated to kick off next Tuesday in Las Vegas, US.It is not the first time that they are displaying their smart fridges at the show. But this year, backed by improvements in AI technologies, some upgrades and more convenient features will be highlighted.The most notable change that they h

Jan. 1, 2020

Korea’s largest messaging app runs into server failure on New Year’s Day

KakaoTalk, Korea’s most widely used messaging app, had a server slowdown around midnight on New Year’s Eve, with some of its users unable to send out New Year’s greetings, according to the app’s operator on Wednesday.  The system error in the KakaoTalk server lasted for some two hours from around midnight. Upon identifying the problem, the company immediately took recovery action, it said. The server was fully restored at 2:15 a.m.During the year-end period, the mess

Jan. 1, 2020