SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest TV maker, has made a surprising comeback in the OLED TV market after withdrawing 10 years ago due to yield problems. The company recently introduced a new product that will compete directly with its biggest rival, LG Electronics, which has been leading the OLED market. [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it is scaling up its research and development operations in Vietnam to respond to a rapidly growing electric vehicle (EV) parts business. The South Korean tech company held a ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the opening of a new entity in Hanoi, in a bid [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it expects its TV business, centered around premium OLED TVs, to log an on-year growth this year despite sluggish demand amid stubbornly high inflation. “While the global TV market is likely to shrink this year due to lingering business uncertainties, we expect our TV [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it was launching a string of new seed kits for its indoor gardening appliance Tiiun with the spring coming. LG released three types of new seed kits, including rose moss, opal basil and dill. The kits are the first product of the joint study [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday unveiled a new concept of residential space offering a distinguished customer experience by converging space with home electronics and services. The conpect, tentatively named LG Smart Cottage, is a small modular house equipped with LG’s advanced energy and air conditioning technology and filled with [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will begin adding its company logo to smartphones and other mobile devices sold in Japan. Samsung Japan recently changed the name of its mobile brand in Japan from “Galaxy” to “Samsung.” The name of its official website, too, changed from “Galaxy Mobile Japan” to “Samsung Japan.” [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has announced the release of the Bespoke Grande AI washing machine and dryer that feature improved eco-friendly and artificial intelligence (AI) functions. For the washer, Samsung introduced a microplastics reduction cycle that was developed in collaboration with U.S. outdoor brand Patagonia. The cycle can reduce the creation [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Prinker Korea Inc., a South Korean startup, claimed Monday that LG Household & Health Care Ltd. has stolen the idea of its customized tattoo printing device, called Prinker M, and created a copycat product. Prinker said LG H&H applied for a design patent under the name of “tattoo printer” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. announced that it will open up free laundromats and mobile service centers in the parts of Turkey recently devastated by a series of earthquakes. The company has set up some 120 washing machines and dryers at eight temporary shelters in Mersin and Tarsus. LG will deploy [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has updated its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital assistant Bixby, enabling users of its new flagship Galaxy S23 smartphones to talk on the phone by typing messages in situations where it’s difficult for them to answer the phone. Samsung announced on Thursday that it had added the [...]