LAS VEGAS — When we think of a car, the obvious image has always been one with four wheels attached to the vehicle’s body.However, South Korea’s Hyundai Motor has pushed the boundaries of this definition with its “walking car” concept Elevate, which was unveiled on the sidelines of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday. Elevate is Hyundai’s first-ever vehicle with four moveable legs that give the car an insect-like look. It combines the technology found in electric cars and r

LG Electronics Inc. said Monday that it will introduce artificial intelligence televisions equipped with Apple Inc.'s wireless streaming service and smart home platform.Tim Alessi, head of product marketing at LG's American unit, made the announcement ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which runs from Tuesday to Friday. (Yonhap)LG said its AI TV models will be equipped with AirPlay 2, Apple's wireless streaming standard, and HomeKit.The features allow Apple device users to enjo

LAS VEGAS — South Korea’s biggest internet company Naver is debuting its proprietary artificial intelligence, robotics and mobility technologies to a global audience for the first time at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that kicks off Tuesday. Korean electronics giants such as Samsung and LG have regularly attended CES to showcase their latest technologies and products to the world. But it’s the first time for Naver, which operates the country’s biggest web portal and a slew of i

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SK Telecom, South Korea’s No. 1 mobile operator said Thursday that it will team up with the country’s three terrestrial broadcasters to set up a local online video contents service by June.Park Jung-ho, the president of the telecommunication company, said after signing a memorandum of understanding with the broadcasters in Seoul, that the planned over the top service will be created by consolidating two existing contents platforms. (Yonhap)He said the merging of SK broadband Co.’s Oksusu service

　The number of people who switched their mobile carriers plunged to a 13-year low last year after a series of government measures designed to prevent subscribers from receiving hefty subsidies for changing their telephone numbers. 　According to statistics released by the Korea Telecommunications Operations Association on Wednesday, the number of people who changed their mobile providers stood at 5,660,601 in 2018, 19.3 percent lower than the year before. This translates to a monthly average of 4

The nation’s energy-to-petrochemical giant SK Innovation will introduce flexible film developed for foldable devices at the Consumer Electronics Show, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, the company said Tuesday.The transparent film, called Flexible Cover Window, was designed to protect displays and is considered a core component of foldable smartphones for its flexibility as well as its durability. Market interest in the plastic film has been growing alongside plans for the commercializatio

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics ranks second in terms of the number of patent applications filed worldwide, a recent report by the World Intellectual Property Organization showed.　According to the World Intellectual Property Indicators 2018, Japan’s Canon created 24,006 patent families between 2013 and 2015, followed by Samsung Electronics (21,836) and the State Grid Corporation of China. For Samsung, the largest share of its patent families -- patents taken out in multiple countries to protec

Telcos to seek marriage with media industry to provide high-quality 5G content

The South Korean government plans to launch an innovation academy and a series of education programs next year to nurture at least 10,000 IT professionals and boost industries central to the “fourth industrial revolution.”The Ministry and Science and ICT said Wednesday that it will found a two-year innovation academy, modeled after the French programming school Ecole 42, to educate about 2,500 software experts over the course of five years.The government also plans to set aside 180.6 billion won

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles highlighting South Korea’s promising startups in the emerging sectors of digital health care and next-generation medical devices. This is the 23rd installment. -- Ed.To find out if you’re carrying extra fat -- whether you’re trying to lose weight or manage a serious health challenge like diabetes -- there isn’t much you can do other than step on a scale. Granted, there are ways to get more detailed information. You could calculate your body mas

Samsung Electronics is beefing up its foundry business by utilizing cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet technology to attract global IT giants such as IBM and Qualcomm as major customers, according to the industry on Friday. US-based IT mogul IBM Corp. announced Friday that it will use Samsung Foundry’s 7-nanometer EUV process to manufacture power processors for the IBM Power Systems, IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE high-performance computing systems and cloud offerings. The 7-nm EUV process was a strategic