SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. will unveil a new premium smartphone this week as it seeks to revive its struggling handset business. The V20 smartphone, to be announced on Wednesday in Seoul, is the first smartphone in the world to run on Google’s latest Android mobile operating system called “Nougat.” Following [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – With the Ministry of Employment & Labor (MEL) announcing its new “Guidelines to Revitalize Electronic Employment Contracts” on Wednesday, employment contracts made on computers, tablets, and smartphones will now be recognized as official, just like traditional paper contracts. Although an employment contract is an essential part of employment that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphones provide us with unparalleled convenience and endless possibilities, but they sometimes also pose threats. In a recent study by a mental health science team from Korea University’s Anam Hospital, it was revealed that exposing oneself to bright artificial lights (i.e. from smartphones) can break one’s circadian rhythm, and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s fast growth has been both a boon and a bane to the Korean economy. While Korea has grown heavily dependent on Chinese consumption, China’s rapid development has also threatened many Korean businesses, both big and small, and Korean companies that used to underrate Chinese technology and made-in-China products [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Tech website Techpinions said in April that the average iPhone user unlocks his or her screen about once every 10 minutes, or roughly 80 times a day. So which day is most popular when it comes to smartphone use? Mobile application Cash Slide revealed Monday that people use their [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean security agents dispatched overseas to watch over their compatriot laborers are secretly using South Korean-made smartphones, a Seoul-based news outlet that specializes in the communist country reported Monday. Citing a source in China familiar with North Korean affairs, the Daily NK reported the North Korean security officials [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Green Consumer Network (GCN) pointed out Thursday that Korea’s Big Three telecommunications companies – SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus – are racking up excessive retail profits by selling USIMs (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) via their own distribution networks. The GCN analyzed sales and pricing data for smartphone [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Only one out of ten adults in Korea makes do without a smartphone these days. Based on market research from Gallup Korea, the penetration rate of smartphones in Korea has reached 89 percent. Starting with the iPhone 3Gs in November 2009, the first smartphone launched in Korea, the percentage of [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by a research team from the family medicine department at Seoul National University’s Bundang Hospital revealed that individuals who manage their health using smartphones can better monitor and regulate their blood pressure and smoking and drinking habits than those who don’t. The study was conducted [...]
GANGJIN, South Korea, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Gangjin County, located in South Jeolla Province, South Korea announced on July 13 that it began establishing a smartphone announcement system in 2013, for which infrastructure has already built throughout Maryang-myeon, Sinjeon-myeon, Daegu-myeong, and Doam-myeon. Conventional announcement systems required village leaders to use a microphone and an amplifier [...]