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Mon, April 19, 2021 | 15:41

Hyundai names ex-Naver CTO as mobility biz head

Hyundai Motor Group appointed former Naver Chief Technology Officer Song Chang-hyun as the head of its new mobility division, Friday.

2021-04-19 13:03

SK Telecom launches 5G-based disinfection robot

SK Telecom, South Korea's largest mobile carrier, said Monday it has commercialized the world's first 5G-based disinfection robot in a move to automate anti-infection efforts against COVID-19 in health care facilities. The telecom operator said it partnered with Yongin Severance Hospital to deploy the robot, which uses a real-time location system using a 5G network to roam ar...

2021-04-19 09:48

Amid chip shortage, businesses seek pardon for Samsung chief

A continued mismatch in the global supply and demand of computer chips, vital components of all digital devices, has impacted manufacturing around the world. Making matters worse, the situation is not expected to end any time soon.

2021-04-18 16:15

Chip constraints create domino effect in Korea's auto industry

Founder of Adobe and developer of PDFs dies at age 81

Charles ``Chuck'' Geschke - the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs - died at age 81.

2021-04-18 15:38

Korea to invest 42 billion won in illegal drone response tech by 2025

South Korea said Sunday it will spend 42 billion won (US$37.6 million) by 2025 to develop a response system against illegal drones amid growing security threats from the fast-developing technology.

2021-04-18 13:18

LG-GM joint venture to build $2.3 billion battery factory in Tennessee

LG Energy Solution said Saturday it will build a $2.3 billion electric vehicle (EV) battery factory in Tennessee in a joint venture with automaker General Motors.

2021-04-17 10:23

Will LG supply OLED panels for Samsung TVs?

Attention has gathered over a media report that the global No. 1 TV maker Samsung is in talks to buy Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) panels from its rival LG's display unit, as TV manufacturers are seeing their profitability deteriorate due to the rise in liquid crystal display (LCD) prices.

2021-04-16 17:48

Global tech firms post hefty gains in Korea in 2020

Global tech companies saw their earnings in Korea surge last year, according to regulatory filings made earlier this week. The earnings of local subsidiaries of tech giants such as Google, Facebook, Netflix and Tesla were unveiled for the first time after revised regulations went into effect last November.

2021-04-16 15:05

Kakao founder sells $447 million worth of stocks as part of donation pledge

The founder of South Korea's top mobile messenger operator Kakao has sold 500 billion won ($447 million) worth of stocks in Kakao as part of his pledge to donate half of his assets, a filing showed Friday. The move came after Kim Beom-su, who serves as Kakao's chairman, pledged in February this year to donate more than half of his assets, which at the time was estimated to be...

2021-04-16 14:27

Naver, Kakao in race to acquire local storytelling platform

Naver and Kakao are competing against each other to acquire Munpia, a local web novel platform.

2021-04-15 18:07

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