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SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong will leave for the Netherlands next week, in a business trip widely expected to secure highly advanced chipmaking machines by the Dutch chip equipment maker ASML. On Thursday, Lee asked for permission to be absent from his ongoing trial at the Seoul Central [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of consumer disputes related to in-app purchases made by minors through their parents’ accounts is increasing. Recently, an individual who has a child in grade six, was surprised to receive a notification that his credit card usage limit had been exceeded. After checking his credit card bill, [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Wednesday it will launch a service together with the Korea Internet & Security Agency, a state-run cybersecurity body, to support the strengthening of the security of smart factory manufacturing and operating facilities nationwide. The service will offer a test tool to check [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies have raised charges for paid content services on Google as the U.S. tech giant prepares to remove apps with external payment links circumventing Google’s in-app payment system. Currently, many app developers on Google’s Play store directed users to external links for payment to circumvent Google’s billing [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s trade of computers and related goods soared nearly 40 percent to reach a new all-time high in the first four months of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. The country’s exports and imports of computers and peripherals stood at US$13.3 billion in the January-April [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Patrick P. Gelsinger, chief executive of Intel Corp., in Seoul on Monday and discussed cooperation in the chip sector, Samsung officials said. At the meeting, the leaders of the world’s two largest chipmakers explored ways to collaborate in areas ranging [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea aims to nurture over 3,000 semiconductor talents by 2027 to maintain its competitive edge in the global market that has faced a severe chip shortage in recent years, according to the science ministry Monday. Science Minister Lee Jong-ho laid out the vision in a meeting with executives [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean medical robot maker Curexo Inc. said Monday it has decided to invest US$3 million in U.S. robotic rehabilitation device maker Harmonic Bionics Inc. as part of efforts to tap into the American market. Curexo said it has made the decision with the aim of commercializing its “Morning [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for a US$17 billion chip fabrication plant in Taylor, Texas, next month, industry sources said Friday. Samsung’s Austin office has recently shared the photo of the construction site and the preparation works for the massive construction via its newsletter, [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s sweeping COVID-19 lockdowns are sending a shockwave in the display panel industry by exacerbating supply chain woes and parts procurement problems. In April, global shipments of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels fell 15 percent from a year earlier amid the prolonged lockdowns in China, according to industry tracker [...]