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Samsung Aims to Use 100 pct Recycled Plastics in All Its Mobile Phones by 2050

Samsung Aims to Use 100 pct Recycled Plastics in All Its Mobile Phones by 2050

SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it aims to broaden the use of eco-conscious materials to all its smartphone products in the coming years. The world’s largest smartphone maker said it plans to use recycled plastic materials in all its new flagship Galaxy smartphones and stop using plastics in packaging [...]

Kakao Mobility Fined for Inappropriately Requiring User Information

Kakao Mobility Fined for Inappropriately Requiring User Information

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp., the nation’s leading taxi-hailing service, was fined Wednesday for inappropriately requiring users to agree to provide personal information to a third-party company. The Personal Information Protection Commission said it decided to impose a fine of 6 million won (US$4,760) on the company for violating the personal [...]

Meta Fined for Violating Personal Info Protection Law

Meta Fined for Violating Personal Info Protection Law

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, was fined by South Korea’s data protection watchdog on Wednesday for allegedly disadvantaging its customers refusing to provide personal information. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), a central administrative body, said it decided at a plenary meeting to impose a penalty [...]

Teuida Offers Interactive Korean Learning Programs Based on Simulated Conversations

Teuida Offers Interactive Korean Learning Programs Based on Simulated Conversations

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — While Korean TV series, films and K-pop, like “Squid Game” (2021), “Parasite” (2019) and BTS, have made their presence felt in the world in recent years, demand for Korean language has exploded with many young people across the globe searching for language learning applications. A recent CNN news report [...]

Apple Pay Can be Launched in S. Korea: Financial Regulator

Apple Pay Can be Launched in S. Korea: Financial Regulator

SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial regulator said Friday that local credit card firms can introduce Apple Pay, the long-awaited mobile payment service of U.S. tech giant Apple Inc., as they have followed relevant procedures. There have been reports for months that Hyundai Card Co., a local credit card unit of Hyundai [...]

South Korean iPhone Users Lose ‘Batterygate’ Lawsuit

South Korean iPhone Users Lose ‘Batterygate’ Lawsuit

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of South Korean iPhone users lost Thursday in a lawsuit seeking compensation from Apple Inc. over allegations that the company purposely slowed the performance of older models to compel users to buy new ones. The Seoul Central District Court ruled against 9,851 owners of previous iPhone models without [...]