GALAXY PUSH -- Samsung Electronics said Sunday that it would run a nationwide marketing promotion for its flagship smartphones Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge at around 2,200 electronics retail and mobile shops in Korea. (Samsung Electronics)

Technology March 27, 2016

LG SUPPORTS MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES – The LG Foundation, a charitable organization run by LG Group, held an entrance ceremony for a mentoring program for teenagers from multicultural families in Seoul on Saturday. The teen participants will take language and science classes run by professors and students from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and KAIST over the next two years. (LG Foundation)

Technology March 27, 2016

A race to conquer space has been heating up with more billionaires and entrepreneurs around the world betting big on commercial space businesses such as space travel and cargo delivery to space stations. Korea, as a late-starter, succeeded in launching a rocket in 2013. However, the country has been struggling to make its way into the top echelon of the world’s space sector due to its lack of talents, experience and investment.Long exposure of the launch, reentry and landing of U.S. space firm S

Technology March 25, 2016

LG Electronics’ mobile business chief Cho Ju-no said Thursday that the company’s upcoming flagship smartphone G5 will offer differentiated value to customers, exuding confidence in the imminent battle with competitors Samsung Electronics and Apple. “Even though LG Electronics is beefing up its budget smartphone lineup, it will focus on delivering fun and exotic value to customers through premium products like the G5,” Cho said.LGE CEO Cho Ju-no poses with the G5 smartphone.　(LGE)In reference to

Technology March 24, 2016

THAI MINISTERS VISIT KOREAN START-UP CENTER-- Thai ministers and officials, including Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak (third from right, first row) and ICT Minister Uttama Savanayana (second from right, first row), pose after visiting the Center for Creative Economy and Innovation in Daejeon, a start-up incubation center run by SK Group, Wednesday. (Yonhap)

Technology March 24, 2016

MOBILE APP FOR AUTO REPAIR -- Cardoc, a mobile application that helps find auto repair shops, has surpassed 600,000 downloads. (Cardoc)

Technology March 24, 2016

Korean display giants -- Samsung Display and LG Display -- will continue to face headwinds in the world’s liquid crystal display sector as their Chinese rivals are upping the ante, according to market analysts.Citing prolonged oversupply, dipping demand and increasing clout of Chinese display-makers, the analysts from Korea, Taiwan and Japan all gave a dismal outlook over this year’s LCD market during the Korea Display Conference 2016 in Seoul this week.   Samsung Display’s LCD factory in Suzhou

Technology March 23, 2016

Smart card chip solution developer Kona I said Thursday that it has signed a supply deal with Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran, the largest telecommunications firm in Iran.The Seoul-headquartered firm said that it will supply some 10 million USIM chips to the Iranian company, which currently takes up around 70 percent of the Iranian telecom market.Kona I’s integrated circuit card. (Yonhap)Kona I was able to ink the deal after beating Gemalto, the world’s leading USIM chip maker, in a yea

Technology March 23, 2016

Network operator SK Telecom released Albert School, a toy robot for computer coding education, on Wednesday.The robot is the latest version of the company’s toy robot Albert and is specifically designed to help software education at schools.  Students attend a computer-coding class run by mobile network firm SK Telecom. (SKT)The previous Albert models can be only controlled by mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs, but students can write computer codes with PCs to control the new Alb

Technology March 23, 2016

SKT OFFERS FREE MOBILE DATA FOR TOURISTS -- SK Telecom said Wednesday it would start a marketing campaign in which it provides up to 5-gigabyte mobile data for foreign tourists every week. The program, which will be run together with Samsung Electronics and Korean Tourism Organization, picks 250 tourists every week. For more information visit the website of the program: emk.visitkorea.or.kr (SKT)

Technology March 23, 2016

LG RELEASES ULTRAWIDE SINAGE DISPLAY -- A model poses with LG Electronics’ 86-inch digital signage display with a 58:9 aspect ratio in Seoul on Wednesday. (LGE)

Technology March 23, 2016

LG Electronics has been making all-out marketing efforts for its upcoming marquee smartphone G5 and a smart device lineup, dubbed Friends, ahead of their official release in the coming days.After having suffered lackluster sales of the G4 smartphone last year, LG took a bold move by introducing its first modular smartphone G5 and a group of smart devices -- including a 360-degree camera, a virtual reality headset, a ball-shape home monitoring robot, and a toy drone -- which can be controlled by

Technology March 17, 2016

Korea’s leading display manufacturer LG Display said Thursday that it would invest in building a new production line for organic light-emitting diodes for lighting products. LG Group’s display business arm said the new production line for its fifth-generation OLED panel, a square sheet measuring 100 cm by 120 cm, will boast production capacity that is 30 times higher than an existing line for OLED panels that are 100 cm by 100 cm.  LG Display’s OLED lightsThe new OLED facility, to be built in Gu

Technology March 17, 2016

SKT RELEASES STANDALONE SMARTWATCH -- Mobile carrier SK Telecom released a budget standalone smartwatch, dubbed Luna Watch, featuring 1 gigabyte of RAM, a 1.6-inch (4-centimeter) display and a 350mAh battery in Seoul on Thursday. The smartwatch, priced at 198,000 won ($169), is the latest product of the firm’s Luna brand, which includes budget smartphones. (SKT)

Technology March 17, 2016

SAMSUNG GEAR IN STYLE -- Samsung Electronics unveiled a limited edition of the Gear S2 smartwatch at the ongoing Baselworld watch and jewelry trade show in Switzerland on Wednesday. The limited smartwatch model, a collaborative work with luxury jewelry brand de GRISOGONO, is decorated with more than 100 black and white diamonds on the side rim of its screen and features a high-end leather strap. (Samsung)

Technology March 17, 2016