SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s unyielding economic slump and more frequent corporate restructuring are driving employees to quickly prepare for a hazy future. These employees are referred to as saladents – a portmanteau of the words salaryman and student. According to a retail industry watcher, Hyundai Home Shopping generated 30 billion won in [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has long been criticized for its ‘humble’ marketing strategies despite launching products with class-leading features. However, the global electronics giant is now challenging the accusations with radical marketing campaigns. LG recently invited Sierra Blair-Coyle, a professional rock climber, to climb a 33-storey building using only the vacuuming [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panels are forecast to replace liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for smartphones, as Apple Inc. and other smartphone makers are moving to equip their smartphones with OLED display panels, reports showed Thursday. The global shipments of OLED display panels are expected to soar to [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s panel makers — Samsung Display Co. and LG Display Co. — will showcase their new flagship AMOLED and OLED products in San Francisco this week, company officials said Monday. The two are joining the Display Week event, hosted by the Society for Information Display (SID), to last through Friday [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Televisions produced by small and medium-sized companies are becoming popular for their unique value proposition of a high-quality image at a reasonable price. According to online shopping site Tmon (www.tmon.co.kr), the Q1 sales of TVs manufactured by small-size domestic companies increased by 63 percent year over year. As a [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – LG‘s new smartphone, which was launched on March 31, is drawing attention as its ancillary devices are more expensive than the phone itself. A customer would have to spend two million won to purchase the new G5 accompanied by its five ‘friends’ (accompanying devices). According to industry reports, the lowest [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 smartphone maker, is unlikely to accept preorders for its latest flagship, the G5 smartphone, and instead focus on offline promotions of the device, industry sources said Thursday. The South Korean tech giant had held preorders for its predecessors — the G3 and the [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will start selling its new budget smartphone that comes with a price tag of around US$300, the latest in a series of budget smartphone models. The LG Stylus 2, scheduled to go on sales this week in South Korea, was first showcased at [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc., a latecomer to the virtual-reality (VR) segment, said Thursday its new smartphone camera that rotates 360-degrees officially connects to Google Inc.’s Street View service, announcing its full-fledged debut in the industry. South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant said it marked the first time for a smartphone [...]
China-based tech giant Xiaomi Inc., which has been sluggish in tapping overseas markets due to copyright-related issues, is set to speed up its expansion with a new flagship, industry sources said Thursday, engaging in new battles with top brands like Samsung and Apple in South Korea. (Image : Yonhap) SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – [...]