SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday introduced a new 16-inch laptop that boasts better performance and portability. The South Korean tech giant said the LG Gram 16 will be added to its premium Gram laptop series, which has 14-, 15.6- and 17-inch models. The LG Gram 16 weighs only 1,190 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG CNS Co., an IT service unit of South Korea’s LG Group, said Monday it has secured a 100 billion-won (US$91 million) deal to set up an electronic tax system in Indonesia. LG CNS will build Indonesia’s core tax administration system (CTAS) using latest technologies, including cloud and big [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s fifth-largest computer monitor vendor in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as its shipments increased significantly amid the pandemic. The South Korean tech giant had a market share of 9 percent in the global computer monitor market in the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of South Korea’s fair trade watchdog said Thursday her agency will review one of two ongoing probes into Google Inc.’s market competition violations. Since 2016, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has been investigating Google over allegations that it obstructed local smartphone makers from using operating systems [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research lab has cleared the way for non-software professionals to be able to develop their own Internet of Things (IoT) devices in an easy and simple way. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on Monday that it will open its software development program for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled two news lines of SD cards boasting fast speeds and enhanced durability as the South Korean tech giant targets content creators and consumers who need high-performance memory cards in shooting videos and photos. Samsung’s PRO Plus and EVO Plus SD cards come with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled a new consumer solid state drive (SSD) product that boasts enhanced performance for gaming and high-performance PC applications. Samsung introduced the 980 PRO, the company’s first consumer SSD based on the fourth generation of the Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) motherboard interface with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech firms are joining the race for the growing remote work market, industry officials said Friday, as businesses brace for a drawn-out fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s workplaces have been reshaped this year as many companies opt to keep their workers out of offices to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hancom Group, South Korea’s leading office software developer, said Wednesday it has acquired a local firm as part of efforts to tap deeper into the aerospace and drone businesses. Hancom took over InSpace Co., which develops satellite ground station solutions and drone technologies. The group did not reveal the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — After the enforcement ordinance for the revision of the Telecommunication Business Act, the so-called ‘Netflix Free Ride Prevention Act,’ was unveiled, South Korea’s homegrown Internet companies voiced strong concerns about key provisions such as service maintenance and application standards. The enforcement ordinance of the Telecommunication Business Act, announced on [...]