SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Group is warming up to implement its plan to build an “LG Science Park” in Seoul to secure fundamental technologies and R&D synergy effects among its tech affiliates. The R&D facility which will sit on a 170,000 square meters site in Magok, southwestern tip of Seoul will begin its [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Employees in emotional labor sectors like big-box retailers or department stores are critically exposed to human rights abuses such as rude talks, abusive words and blatant ignorance by the customers, according to a local survey. Meanwhile, the employers in the sectors tend to add much insult to the injury [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics is making forays into the global sports lighting market with its next-generation lighting technology “plasma lighting system.” The company succeeded in commercializing the PLS technology first in the world that gives electric stimulus to make the lamp to emit bright light in a plasma state. The company has recently installed [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 2, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–KeyPoint Technologies, an award-winning world leader in intelligent user interface technology, today announced a partnership with LG Electronics. KeyPoint Technologies will provide its flagship keyboard Adaptxt, with its enhanced predictive messaging capabilities and language-specific dictionaries, aiming to drive innovation across a number of products and services segments within [...]
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. July 03, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Sprint (NYSE:S) and LG Electronics, maker of the acclaimed G smartphone series, including the newly announced LG G3 and innovative, curved LG G Flex, are teaming up to bring customers the highly anticipated LG G3 in exclusive runway-worthy shine gold or metallic black. This next generation of the [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Chem will build an electric vehicle battery plant in China’s Nanjing, the third plant after Cheongju (Korea) and Holland (Michigan, U.S.). The company held a signing ceremony at its LG Twin Tower in Yoido, Seoul, on July 2 with high-ranking officials from the Nanjing city government. The ceremony was attended [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – “Knock Code,” a security solution by LG Electronics for its smartphones such as the LG G Pro 2, has recently earned a patent from the Korea Intellectual Property Office (registration number 10-1404234). This is a meaningful milestone for the company as the patent proves the technology’s novelty. The company has [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics looks to continue the success of its best-selling drum washing machine in the overseas market. Starting from this month, the home appliance company will launch the “Comangs” lines in Taiwan, a highly popular drum wash machine which has been released in Korea in April last year and in China [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has unveiled a new commercial of the Ultra HD TV that depicts the dynamic movement of Koo Ja-Cheol and Son Heung-min, the Bundesliga football players, in a special filming technique that makes the images look like super-high-resolution 3D videos. The commercial video released on YouTube shows vividly the [...]
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — A new family of smart set-top boxes (STBs) from LG Electronics is designed to help cable operators deliver compelling home entertainment, home automation and home monitoring services to their subscribers. At The Cable Show 2014, LG is showcasing its new line of STBs that marry proven Internet-connected [...]