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SEOUL, Sep. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has visited key production sites run by Samsung units and other affiliated firms in Mexico as he steps up activities as the de facto head of South Korea’s largest business enterprise. Lee has been visiting the Central American country since last Thursday (local [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Following Apple Inc.’s unveiling of the new iPhone 14 series on Wednesday, Samsung Electronics Co. posted a message online targeting Apple’s newest product. The South Korean tech giant’s U.S. branch said in a tweet to “Let us know when it folds”, hinting at Apple’s lack of innovation in the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six out of 10 smartphone models running on fifth-generation (5G) networks turned out to be expensive, selling at prices of more than 1 million won (US$720), a consumer advocacy group said Thursday. The Consumers Union of Korea surveyed the prices of 162 5G mobile device models selling [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangbuk District Office in Seoul said Thursday it was introducing an artificial intelligence (AI)-based book recommendation service using big data. This service is designed to raise the revisiting rate for the libraries within the district by recommending less-known good books rather than best-selling or new books. The district [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet portal giant Naver Corp. was indicted Thursday for allegedly violating fair trade law by abusing its market dominant position in dealing with a real estate market information partner. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office charged Naver over allegations that it blocked the unspecified market information provider from selling [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, has unveiled a new home training service called Cocore Gym that enables users to exercise and check biometric information through their TV at home as well as to compete with other users. The new home training service operates through a connection [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, is visiting university campuses across the country using trucks loaded with next-generation foldable products. To attract distinguished university students, the company is hosting recruitment roadshows on a rotation basis at eight universities across the country. The company’s Display [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automaking group, and telecom giant KT Corp. will strengthen their partnership in future mobility solutions business through share-swap deals amid growing demand for electric and autonomous vehicles, the two companies said Wednesday. Under the share swap deals, KT will exchange its own 7.7 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has begun operation of a new advanced, massive chip manufacturing line in South Korea. The new production line (P3) in Pyeongtaek, the largest chip manufacturing facility ever built to date by Samsung, has started production of state-of-the art NAND flash since July. “The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will hold an annual global conference for developers in the United States next month to discuss its home automation platform for connected devices. The Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) will be held at Moscone North in San Francisco on Oct. 12, both in person [...]