SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple held its first “Apple Game Showcase” in South Korea on Tuesday, signaling a stronger bid to position the iPhone, iPad and Mac as serious gaming devices in a market long dominated by Android phones. The event, staged at Stage X Seongsu in eastern Seoul, featured five major Korean developers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics said Tuesday it is expanding its global free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, LG Channel, into the Middle East for the first time, launching in the United Arab Emirates this month. The rollout extends LG’s FAST footprint—which already spans Asia, North America, Europe and Latin America—into another major [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Two senior Coupang executives sold tens of millions of won worth of company stock shortly after a massive data breach occurred — but before the company acknowledged the incident — raising concerns about potential insider trading. According to a Dec. 2 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday condemned Coupang’s massive data breach and instructed his cabinet to swiftly determine the cause and impose strict accountability, calling the incident “astonishing” both in scale and in the company’s failure to detect the leak for nearly five months. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting in Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is bracing for a wave of phone scams and phishing attempts after the recent massive data breach at Coupang exposed names, addresses, phone numbers and portions of purchase histories belonging to nearly all of the e-commerce giant’s customers. Security specialists warn that although the leaked information does not [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled its first trifold smartphone, a device with two folding hinges that expands into a 10-inch display, underscoring the company’s push to broaden its lineup of foldable phones. The new handset, called the Galaxy Z TriFold, features a 6.5-inch cover screen when folded — similar [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Global defense revenues reached an all-time high in 2024 as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza fueled a surge in weapons demand, particularly across Europe, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). South Korea’s leading defense companies continued their rapid ascent, pushing the country into [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy conscripts report markedly higher levels of insomnia and depression than their counterparts in other branches, according to a Defense Ministry mental-health survey that lawmakers say underscores the urgent need for branch-specific interventions. The survey — conducted jointly by the ministry, the Armed Forces Medical Command and Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Mezzomedia, a leading integrated digital marketing firm in South Korea, projects that artificial intelligence will upend nearly every corner of the advertising industry next year, reshaping consumer behavior, media consumption and how brands reach customers. In its newly released “2026 Trend Report,” published Dec. 1, the company identified four [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has been selected as “Best TV Brand” at the Euroconsumer Awards 2025, reinforcing its dominance in one of the world’s most competitive premium television markets, the company said Monday. The annual awards are jointly organized by consumer media outlets in Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Brazil—members of the [...]