SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Justice is strengthening information sharing with related agencies to prevent smartphones registered in foreigners’ names from being used as cloned phones for crimes like voice phishing. The ministry announced that starting from this month, it will provide information regarding the departure of foreign nationals who have [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Xiaomi Corp. on Tuesday said it will launch new midrange smartphones in South Korea as the Chinese tech giant tries to beef up its presence amid rumors that the country’s homegrown brand LG Electronics Inc. may exit from the mobile business. Xiaomi said the Redmi Note 10 will be [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has recommended the state telecommunications regulator come up with measures to protect children’s rights from being violated by applications that allow parents to control their children’s mobile activities. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) last week dismissed two teenage plaintiffs’ petitions filed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphones can now be used to select and pay for food at expressway service areas. The state-run Korea Expressway Corp., which manages South Korea’s highways across the nation, introduced Friday a new contactless ordering service at rest areas in response to the increasing demand for contact-free consumption following the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest smartphone maker, saw its domestic market share exceed 70 percent for the first time in the third quarter on new products, a market research firm said Sunday. For the three months that ended in September, Samsung Electronics produced 3.4 million smartphones to account [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it will produce an 8K movie shot on Galaxy smartphones. The South Korean movie titled “Untact” will be filmed on its Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 devices in 8K resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio, according to Samsung, except scenes that need [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled 5G versions of its mid-range smartphones as the South Korean tech giant aims to boost handset sales amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The world’s largest smartphone vendor introduced the new Galaxy A71 5G and Galaxy A51 5G smartphones, expanding its smartphone lineup that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Smartphones overtook personal computers as the top stock-trading platform in South Korea last year, data showed Sunday. Stock trading via smartphones accounted for an average 40.66 percent of daily trading on the main KOSPI market last year, according to the data by the nation’s bourse operator. In comparison, stock [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Although the 5G services for smartphones were introduced for the first time in the world on April 5, there are growing complaints as users are not able to make proper use of 5G service that is ultra-fast and ultra-low latency due to a lack of base stations. Some have [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new method of measuring the amount of scattering dust using photos taken by smartphones or drones has been developed by the National Institute of Environmental Research. The Ministry of Environment said it will come up with an examination standard for measuring scattering dust using the new optical method. [...]