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SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday estimated its first-quarter operating profit edged down 0.15 percent from a year earlier but exceeded market expectations on strong sales of its new flagship smartphones. The world’s biggest maker of memory chips expected an operating profit of 6.6 trillion won (US$4.5 billion) for the [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become increasingly common in job applications, hiring professionals are struggling to assess the true capabilities of candidates, raising new questions about fairness, authenticity, and the future of recruitment. A recent survey by U.S.-based career platform ResumeGenius, which polled 1,000 hiring managers, reveals that [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As competition in the AI-powered television market intensifies, South Korea’s tech giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have reignited a familiar battle—this time over dominance in the premium OLED TV segment. At Samsung’s Unbox & Discover 2025 event held Monday in Seoul, Yong Seok-woo, president of the company’s Visual Display [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has declared the dawn of the true AI television era with the launch of its expansive 2025 TV lineup, designed to offer personalized, intelligent viewing experiences by understanding users’ preferences, intentions, and behaviors. At its annual “Unbox & Discover 2025” showcase held Monday at the Samsung Gangnam [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The explosion of short-form video content on platforms like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts may be fueling a surge in smartphone overdependence among young South Koreans, a new academic study has found — prompting calls for greater social and platform accountability in addressing digital addiction. According to research published [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it plans to leverage its global production network to navigate new U.S. tariff policies, including reciprocal duties that target goods from nearly all countries, including South Korea. “We sell TVs, monitors and sound bars in the United States, with TVs making up the majority,” [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Supreme Court has ruled that when a company uses copyrighted music without permission in an online game, each day of unauthorized use constitutes a separate financial gain — and thus a separate legal violation subject to its own statute of limitations. The landmark decision was announced Sunday after [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s game industry is bracing for the release of Nintendo’s long-anticipated Switch 2, slated for launch in June, marking the company’s first new console in eight years since the original Switch revolutionized hybrid gaming. With over 150 million units sold globally, the next-generation console is expected to spark renewed [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Mobile phone services drew the most consumer complaints in South Korea last year, according to a report released Sunday by the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA), highlighting growing dissatisfaction with telecommunications providers. The agency said that 28,948 consumer inquiries were filed through the national e-government portal in 2024, marking a 22.2 [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics has installed a suite of ultra-large commercial display solutions at Fenway Park, the iconic home stadium of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox, as part of its expanding footprint in the U.S. sports entertainment market. The South Korean tech giant announced Sunday that it completed the installation [...]