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SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday its operating profit for the fourth quarter nosedived more than 90 percent on a drop in demand for home appliances and rising promotion cost amid global macroeconomic woes. The tech firm said operating income for the three months ending in December fell 90.7 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Twelve South Korean websites attacked by a Chinese hacking group remain unable to be accessed five days after the incident, industry sources said Friday. The Chinese attackers, identifying themselves as Xiaoqiying, hacked into the websites of 12 academic organizations and institutions Sunday, including the Korea Research Institute for Construction [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. reported its third consecutive quarterly loss Friday on weak demand for its panel products and falling prices. The major panel maker reported an operating loss of 875.7 billion won (US$709.3 million) for the fourth quarter, compared with a profit of 476.4 billion won a year ago, [...]
DAEJEON, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) have made a breakthrough in the field of robotics, unveiling on Thursday a four-legged robot called Raibo that can walk quickly even on challenging terrain like sandy beaches. The research team developed technology that models [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. is expanding its presence in the foreign indoor golf market by leveraging its premium commercial-use laser projector, the ProBeam. The company announced that it will take part in the PGA Show 2023 being held in Orlando, Florida for four days starting on Tuesday. LG will showcase [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean company has developed a new system that allows for the real-time monitoring of logistics facilities using virtual reality (VR) technology, the Busan city government said Thursday. Kuls, a logistics firm located in Busan, recently applied for a patent for its “VR-based logistics center monitoring technology and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday it is launching an unmanned coffee robot service in collaboration with local collaborative robot manufacturer Doosan Robotics Co. The robot, dubbed AI (artificial intelligence) Barista Robot, can make about 20 different types of coffee and drinks, and offers coffee [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a new technique for detecting prostate and pancreatic cancer by analyzing urine samples. A joint research team from the Korea Institute of Materials Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and Kyung Hee University announced on Wednesday that it had developed a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Innotek Co., an IT parts manufacturer, on Wednesday said its net profit for 2022 rose more than 10 percent, helped by robust sales of high-value products and growing demand from automotive components customers. In a regulatory filing, LG Innotek, Apple’s largest partner in the field of optics, reported [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s internet safety watchdog said Wednesday a Chinese hacking group has launched a cyberattack against 12 South Korean academic institutions but it did not cause serious damage. The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) said the attackers hacked into the websites of 12 institutions Sunday, which included some [...]