SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Tuesday U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. has expressed its intention to voluntarily correct its commission policy, which ends up charging more for local app developers. The move came after the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) launched a probe into Apple amid criticism that the company [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. are focusing on the promotion of smartphones via offline experiential booths as they begin to concentrate on the high-yield premium smartphone market. Samsung has opened up Galaxy Studios at some 60 locations in the country, offering the public a chance to try out [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Wednesday it plans to open its fourth retail store in South Korea later this month, expanding its presence in the country to compete with local rival Samsung Electronics Co. Named “Apple Jamsil,” the store will open at Lotte World Mall in Seoul’s southeastern [...]
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. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean game industry association has filed a complaint with the antitrust regulator here against Apple Inc., accusing the U.S. tech giant of purportedly overcharging developers for in-app payment commissions, sources said Thursday. The Korea Mobile Game Association (KMGA) filed the complaint with the Fair Trade Commission last [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc.’s Siri is being criticized for describing Korea as “the Korean peninsula in modern history, or Joseon under the Japanese empire.” The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic organization, revealed that asking the virtual assistant about Korea returns the aforementioned response. “Korea is a region [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — After facing harsh criticism for making use of a map that marks the entirety of Mount Paektu’s Cheonji crater lake in northern North Korea as Chinese territory in all of its products, Apple Inc. has corrected the error. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. said Thursday it will allow alternative payment options for apps sold in South Korea in compliance with a law that bans app store operators from forcing their own in-app payment systems. The U.S. tech giant announced on its developer site that apps distributed on the company’s App [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecommunication regulator said Wednesday that it will impose fines on companies refusing to comply with a probe into the violation of a revised law banning app store operators from forcing developers to use their own in-app payment systems. The move is a follow-up measure to an enforcement [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. will launch its newly upgraded iPhone SE smartphone in South Korea next week, the country’s telecom operators said Friday, as the U.S. tech giant aims to expand its leadership in the budget-friendly smartphone market. Last week, Apple unveiled its low-end iPhone SE featuring better battery life and [...]