SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Woowa Brothers Corp., a South Korean startup that operates the country’s most popular food dlivery app, “Baedal Minjok,” said Thursday that it is currently developing an autonomous delivery robot. The self-driving robot – named “Dilly” — is being co-built by a team of researchers from Korea University and is expected to be commercialized [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The head of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has said plans for research into the development of reusable rockets are underway. The new initiative will see South Korea develop its own version of Space X’s reusable launch system, with the blueprints for the project set to be established sometime [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. automotive electronics firm Harman International Industries Inc. has made major progress since being acquired by Samsung Electronics Co. last year, industry watchers said Thursday. Earlier this month, Harman International clinched an agreement with Groupe PSA, a major French carmaker, to roll out joint research on cybersecurity solutions at [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the world’s second-highest average smartphone selling price, data showed Wednesday, apparently due to the strong popularity of high-end flagships. According to the data compiled by Strategy Analytics, the wholesale average selling price of smartphones in South Korea came to US$466 last year, standing only below Japan [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A rising trend of cost-emotiveness, or satisfaction to value for money paid, is fueling online sales of small consumer electronic goods in South Korea, a report by a local shopping mall said Sunday. According to Emart Mall, sales of electronic appliances from Jan. 1 through March 4 surged 50 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top-two TV makers, are staging a pitched battle to clinch a bigger slice of the global high-end TV market, which has been fast growing in recent years, industry sources Thursday. In an extravagant showcase event in New York, global tech [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Preorders for Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S9 smartphone, which was showcased last week, are about the same as those of its predecessor or slightly lower, industry sources said Monday. “We believe that the preorders for the Galaxy S9 are similar to that of the Galaxy S8,” an official from Samsung Electronics said. The official claimed, however, that the figure could be lower because the company only started receiving orders two days [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its new flagship smartphone the Galaxy S9 Plus has been named the Best New Connected Mobile Device at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s largest gathering for the mobile communications industry. The prize is awarded to new smartphones; wearable, consumer electronics; or other [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will focus on audio, batteries, cameras and displays, referred to by the acronym ABCDs in South Korea, to beef up its smartphone division, which has been suffering losses for nearly three years. During the meeting with reporters at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday showcased the new flagship Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus smartphones, which boast improved cameras and augmented reality (AR) features. During the showcase event on the eve of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, the South Korean tech giant unveiled the much-awaited 5.8-inch [...]