SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research institute said Monday it has developed a new type of thermal management system with twice the cooling properties of existing devices, which can reduce the frequency of various electronic appliances malfunctioning. The new system uses Direction-Free Thermal Ground Plane (TGP) instead of the conventional heat [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A rising trend of cost-emotiveness, or satisfaction to value for money paid, is fueling online sales of small consumer electronic goods in South Korea, a report by a local shopping mall said Sunday. According to Emart Mall, sales of electronic appliances from Jan. 1 through March 4 surged 50 [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans’ direct purchases of electronic goods and home appliances from overseas online sellers jumped more than 40 percent last year, government data showed Saturday. They bought 277.3 billion won (US$256.9 million) worth of home appliances, electronics and communications devices via foreign Internet shopping malls in 2017, according to the Statistics Korea’s online shopping report. It [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The governor of Poland’s Lodzkie Region on Thursday called on South Korean electronics and automobile companies to invest in the province which is rich in skilled workers and is a major transportation hub in Europe. Gov. Witold Stepien is visiting Seoul along with business executives from nine Polish [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA) announced today that an investment forum specially devoted to the nurturing of startups and venture capital firms in the semiconductor industry will be launched in the near future. The purpose of the forum is to offer a variety of services such as management [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has kept its top position in India’s refrigerator market while boasting an impressive double-digit annual growth rate for two consecutive years. As of last month, the South Korean electronics giant’s market share accounted for 30.7 per cent of all refrigerator sales in India., according to the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and China have agreed to expand the mutual certification of electronics and electrical products on the occasion of the first anniversary of their free trade deal, a government agency said Tuesday. The agreement calls for the exemption of 104 electronics and electrical goods from obtaining a mandatory [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Leading South Korean electronics makers received several awards for their innovative products across a wide variety of categories from the host of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the companies said Friday. Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s top tech company, said it received 35 CES 2017 Innovation Awards from [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. has maintained its No. 1 spot in the U.S. market for home appliances for the second consecutive quarter in the third quarter of this year, the company said Thursday, citing a survey of a market researcher. Samsung accounted for 18.8 percent of the U.S. market for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The 47th Korea Electronics Show kicked off at COEX Wednesday for a four day run, with 500 companies from Korea and overseas showcasing their latest electronic equipment and technology. The event will offer a peek into the future of IoT technology and the convergence of electric cars and smart [...]