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SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has teamed up with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Ltd. to jointly develop a next-generation flight simulator using the tech company’s advanced micro light-emitting diode (LED) display technology. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the partnership centered around the Magnit micro [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Asset Management said Monday it will launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in companies participating in South Korea’s national “Sovereign AI” project, underscoring growing investor confidence in the country’s bid to develop its own artificial intelligence infrastructure. The KODEX Korea Sovereign AI ETF, set to debut on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major telecom operators — SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus — are preparing to launch unified mobile pricing plans by the end of this year, in a bid to simplify what critics say has become an excessively complicated and confusing system for consumers. According to data submitted [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has launched a bold new marketing campaign calling out Chinese television makers for misleading consumers with what it describes as “fake QLED” technology — a rare instance of the South Korean tech giant directly confronting its competitors. On October 16, Samsung posted a video titled “Where Is the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display is on track to post its first annual profit in four years, buoyed by a sweeping shift toward organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology and a sustained focus on cost efficiency. Analysts expect the company to report an operating profit exceeding 800 billion won ($580 million) this year, marking [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. memory chipmaker Micron Technology is intensifying efforts to recruit South Korean semiconductor engineers, particularly from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, as competition in the fast-growing high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market heats up amid soaring demand driven by artificial intelligence. According to industry sources on October 19, Micron has been contacting [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Hynix is poised to report the highest quarterly operating profit in its history, surpassing 10 trillion won for the first time and becoming only the second South Korean company — after Samsung Electronics — to reach the milestone. According to a survey of brokerage forecasts compiled by Yonhap Infomax [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Music is rolling out new artificial intelligence–powered features designed to enhance how listeners engage with global music — including real-time Korean-to-English lyric translation and phonetic guides for foreign-language songs. At a media briefing in Seoul on Thursday, Apple showcased updates that arrived with its latest iOS 26 release, highlighting [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics’ laptop brand Gram has been named the best notebook of the year by Consumer Reports, beating out models from Apple and Samsung in a comprehensive evaluation of 154 devices sold in the U.S. market. According to rankings released Wednesday, the LG Gram Pro 2-in-1 — marketed in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics on Wednesday marked White Cane Safety Day by unveiling an artificial intelligence–based user manual designed to help visually impaired and low-vision users operate home appliances more easily. The new guide, titled “Manual for All,” was developed in collaboration with TUAT, a startup specializing in visual-assistance technology that was [...]