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NEW YORK, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics is turning heads at this year’s Frieze New York art fair, presenting a bold fusion of cutting-edge display technology and contemporary pop art through its latest OLED TV lineup. The company announced Wednesday that it is exhibiting its 2025 OLED evo models at the prestigious art fair, [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that its automotive and audio subsidiary Harman International has signed a deal to acquire U.S.-based Masimo’s audio business for 500 billion won (US$350 million). Under the agreement, Masimo’s high-end audio brands, including Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio and Definitive Technology, will join [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean prosecutors have sparked controversy after it was revealed they sought food delivery app records as part of a recent search of former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s private residence, an investigative move that Yoon’s camp condemned as a political ploy to humiliate him and his wife. The detail, disclosed by [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s home appliances giant LG Electronics Inc. aims to collect 8 million tons of old appliances for recycling by 2030 as part of efforts to promote the circular economy, company officials said Tuesday. The company has retrieved a combined 5 million tons of discarded appliances from across the [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics is seeing rapid growth in its home-focused lifestyle community “Life.zip,” with membership more than doubling in the past two months to surpass 560,000 users, according to industry data released Sunday. If current momentum holds, the platform is expected to reach one million members by the end of 2025. [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Global shipments of premium liquid crystal display televisions equipped with mini LED technology are projected to reach an all-time high this year, driven by aggressive expansion and innovation from Chinese manufacturers, according to market research firm TrendForce. The firm estimates that 11.56 million mini LED TVs will be shipped in [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading wireless services provider, suspended new subscriber sign-ups nationwide Monday as part of its response to a recent data breach involving the company’s network. The suspension came as the company focused on replacing universal subscriber identity module (USIM) chips for mobile phones after detecting [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are seeing robust growth in their automotive electronics divisions, with first-quarter earnings from these units matching or even surpassing those from their flagship home appliance and television businesses—a sign of accelerating transformation in both firms’ business portfolios. According to industry data released on May 4, [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Rehabilitation Center has unveiled its fourth “Smart Care Space,” a high-tech living environment designed to assist elderly individuals and people with disabilities using advanced caregiving robots and sensor-based technologies. The latest facility, located in the Nuri Building of the National Rehabilitation Center in northern Seoul, spans 19.8 [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Flushing a toilet with the lid open can send microscopic contaminants soaring nearly one meter into the air, posing potential hygiene risks in public restrooms, a new joint study by Yuhan-Kimberly and Kookmin University has revealed. The research, conducted under an industry-academic partnership, found that aerosolized particles generated by toilet [...]