SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s OLED TV commercial won the best prize at the South Korean advertising awards. The Korea Advertising Society selected the LG OLED TV commercial as a Grand Prix at its 29th Annual Ads of the Year. The ad, titled “Humanity,” begins with a text that says ‘many [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A pop-up store that brings back an old arcade through LG Electronics Inc.’s OLED TVs is reopening in Seongsu-dong in eastern Seoul. The company said Thursday that Goldstar Arcade, which first opened last year, will reopen next month. Goldstar is the LG’s old brand. The arcade has been a [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has kept its vow to provide warranty services for smartphones, even after its complete withdrawal from the loss-making mobile phone business in July of last year. The tech giant is currently distributing the latest Android upgrade for its mid-range smartphone LG Velvet, industry sources said. The [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it has suspended shipments to Russia due to difficulties in the global offshore logistics. LG said in a statement that it is “suspending all shipments to Russia and will continue to keep a close watch on the situation as it [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s cordless vacuum cleaners were named as the best models by a renowned U.S. consumer magazine. In its latest evaluation of the best vacuum cleaners, Consumer Reports picked LG’s CordZero A9S and CordZero A9 as recommended models in the cordless stick vacuum cleaner category. The LG CordZero [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it has launched a new indoor gardening appliance that allows users to grow plants on top of dining tables. LG tiiun mounted with seed kits, allows users to grow plants simply by inserting water and nutrients and turning on the light. Since it has [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday that it decided to discontinue its solar panel business due to rising costs and fierce competition. The decision came “as uncertainties in the global solar panel business continue to increase due to a variety of factors, including price competition and the rising cost of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. shipped more than four million units of premium OLED TVs last year, double the volume from a year earlier, on steady demand for premium TVs, a report showed Tuesday. The South Korean consumer electronics giant shipped a total of 4.04 million OLED TVs last year, with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. will mount a non-fungible token (NFT) digital art platform on its LED signage. The company announced that it had formed a partnership with the U.S. digital art platform Blackdove and will mount Blackdove’s digital art platform on the LED signage it releases in the global market. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s lightweight, large-screen Gram laptop has topped performance assessments conducted by the U.S. magazine. Consumer Reports, which publishes authoritative monthly reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services, reported Tuesday that LG’s newest 16-inch, 2021 Gram model scored 91 out of 100 to receive the highest score [...]