More than 200 South Korean firms are poised to showcase various Internet of Things application services and products at an international exhibition in Seoul slated for later this week as Internet connections are penetrating deeper into everyday lives, organizers for the event said Monday.The IoT Korea Exhibition 2017, part of IoT Week Korea 2017, will kick off Tuesday at the Convention and Exhibition Center in southern Seoul for a four-day run. The event, the fourth of its kind, is hosted by the

Samsung Electronics Co. will launch an Internet of Things system that can incorporate artificial intelligence into the management of buildings, industry sources said Monday.Business insiders said the South Korean tech giant will unveil its smart building the system at its headquarters in southern Seoul on Oct. 18.The so-called b.IoT can be used to automatically control the temperature and lighting of buildings by using various sensors and other information provided by closed-circuit TVs.IoT is a

In the age of “digital health care,” high-tech wearables, cutting-edge medical devices and integrated apps combined with major breakthroughs in data computing and analytics capabilities are set to pave new frontiers in the health care sector.　And in the global race to take over this emerging industry, South Korea’s innovative tech startups with an expertise in so-called “deep tech” involving complex engineering skills and software expertise could gain an upper hand, according to the founding chi

The South Korean government and tech giants Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. plan to discuss ways next week to counter a possible safeguard action by the US against their washing machines, industry sources said Saturday.The move comes as the US International Trade Commission (ITC) said Thursday that imports of Samsung and LG's washing machines made in foreign countries were harming the US industry following its four-month probe prompted by a safeguard petition filed by Whirlpool C

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South Korean energy firms are pushing to increase their investment in renewable energy to overhaul the country's energy mix, which is currently dominated by nuclear and coal power, an opposition party lawmaker said Monday.The Korea Electric Corp. is considering pouring 54 trillion won (US$47 billion) into generating 13.5 gigawatts of electricity through renewable means by 2030, according to Lee Che-ik, of the conservative Liberty Korea Party.South Korea is seeking to increase the ratio of renewa

Line Corp. on Thursday hosted Line Developer Day 2017 in Tokyo for engineers to discuss the company’s technology-related advances, strategies and future plans, the company said Sunday.The annual tech conference consisted of 39 sessions on topics including the Line messenger app, the Clova cloud artificial intelligence platform, the LINE Messaging application programming interface, LINE API Expert accreditation system, and the new Line Kyoto “developer base” expected to be launched in spring next

Like other fast-growing tech companies in China rapidly chasing and surpassing global leaders, Ecovacs of China is confident that it can provide robot vacuum cleaners that better suit households here than those by strong Korean competitors Samsung and LG.“According to our study, Samsung and LG products are bigger and louder than ours, which are more perfect for European and US households than Asian,” said David Qian, president of the international business unit at Ecovacs, expressing his confide

A US-based semiconductor technology company filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. claiming patent infringement, industry sources said Friday.According to the sources, Tessera Technologies Inc. and its affiliates claimed Samsung Electronics made use of some 24 patented items, covering a wide range of semiconductor processing, bonding and packaging technologies. (Yonhap)The Samsung products involved in the alleged infringements include the Galaxy S6, S7 and S8 smartphones, as well as the

South Korean researchers have developed a portable wireless sensor which is able to detect a person’s intake of amphetamine-based drugs like Adderall, Ecstasy and Crystal Meth using just a drop of sweat, saliva or urine.　The sensor was co-developed by Korea’s Institute for Basic Science and Pohang University of Science and Technology. Their work was published Friday in Chem, a sister journal to the physical sciences journal Cell.Right now, drug testing involves using complex diagnostics devices

Purchases made through mobile devices in South Korea continued to break new records last month as a growing number of people spend more time with their handsets, government data showed Friday.Mobile transactions through smartphones and tablets reached an all-time high of 4.04 trillion won ($3.5 billion) in August, up 29.5 percent from a year earlier, according to data from Statistics Korea. (Yonhap)The total amount of mobile transactions accounted for 61.9 percent of all online purchases made du

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The local unit of global furniture giant IKEA said Friday it will launch an augmented reality technology-based mobile application next week to provide a better chance for customers to shop for its products, with its second outlet set to open in October.IKEA Place, where people can virtually place furniture in their homes or offices using the AR technology, will be available on the Apple's App Store starting Thursday, the company said. This photo provided by IKEA Korea on Sept. 29, 2017, shows it

LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it plans to release its new flagship smartphone, the LG V30, in the United States next week, kicking off fully fledged global sales of the device.The South Korean tech giant said the LG V30 will be released through major US mobile carriers starting Thursday.While the price will vary on depending on the carrier, industry watchers say it will not be much different from the local price of 949,300 won ($826.90). (Yonhap)Consumers preordering the device will be provide

South Korean tech leaders SK Telecom and Samsung Electronics announced Thursday their completion of the world’s first end-to-end network interworking trial of fourth- and fifth-generation networks, which will allow consumers to enjoy immersive media content while driving in the early stages of the commercialization of 5G. The trial took place in the Euljiro area of central Seoul, where SKT is headquartered. A 360-degree virtual reality video clip was streamed live between a user in a traveling c