Mobil carrier to put focus on services for individual users

CASHBACK PROMOTION FOR PREMIUM TV -- LG Electronics holds a cashback event for its organic light emitting diode and ultra-high definition TVs through this month, in which consumers can receive up to 2 million won ($1,800) cash back. LGECASHBACK PROMOTION FOR PREMIUM TV -- LG Electronics holds a cashback event for its organic light emitting diode and ultra-high definition TVs through this month, in which consumers can receive up to 2 million won ($1,800) cash back. LGE

STAR WARS ON VIDEO ON DEMAND -- South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT holds the “Star Wars Character Day” over the weekend at the Suwon Baseball Stadium in Suwon City to celebrate the launch of the video-on-demand service for the Star Wars series of films.　KTSTAR WARS ON VIDEO ON DEMAND -- South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT holds the “Star Wars Character Day” over the weekend at the Suwon Baseball Stadium in Suwon City to celebrate the launch of the video-on-demand service for the Star Wa

SK hynix, South Korea’s leading chip maker, said Thursday it would start rolling out its first ultrafast Universal Flash Storage, or UFS chips, in its recent push for the soaring mobile device market this year. The company said talks were already ongoing with global handset makers to supply its 64-gigabyte embedded memory based on the UFS 2.0, which is the next-generation NAND flash-based memory standard. The company currently provides NAND flash chips for Apple’s iPhone 6. SK hynix said its UFS

KT’S NEW R&D CENTER – Mobile carrier KT’s chief executive Hwang Chang-gyu (second from right) joins top executives at the launch of the firm’s 5G R&D Center, which will serve as a test bed for 5G network technology, in Seoul, Thursday. KT KT’S NEW R&D CENTER – Mobile carrier KT’s chief executive Hwang Chang-gyu (second from right) joins top executives at the launch of the firm’s 5G R&D Center, which will serve as a test bed for 5G network technology, in Seoul, Thursday. KT

LG G4 BEAT LAUNCHED IN GLOBAL MARKETS -- South Korean tech giant LG Electronics said Thursday that it would release its mid-range smartphone, the G4 Beat, in global markets starting from Brazil to other nations in Europe and Asia this month. LGE LG G4 BEAT LAUNCHED IN GLOBAL MARKETS -- South Korean tech giant LG Electronics said Thursday that it would release its mid-range smartphone, the G4 Beat, in global markets starting from Brazil to other nations in Europe and Asia this month. LGE

　Top executives of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group ramped up their efforts to garner support from investors for a proposed merger deal between its two affiliates -- Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries -- ahead of a shareholder vote next week.　The group’s latest move was a meeting on Wednesday between Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong and Park Yoo-kyung, an investment adviser at Dutch pension-fund manager APG Asset Management, which owns a 0.3 percent stake in the conglomer

Start-up Seoul is a series featuring players in Korea’s emerging tech start-up scene. This is the second installment. ― Ed.Disease diagnosis markets around the world are broken, claims one new local start-up that aims to equalize health care globally, starting with a drop of blood.On top of high costs and several days’ lag to get results from a hospital for a blood test, the markets to diagnose different diseases like diabetes and high cholesterol are monopolized and segmented, causing a massive

Government prepares for OECD meeting for science and technology to be held in Daejeon in October

South Korea’s leading chip maker SK hynix vowed to make all-out efforts to improve safety measures at its workplaces Wednesday, after a series of gas leak incidents that took workers’ lives. In line with the initiative, the world’s second largest DRAM maker after Samsung Electronics said it would increase spending for safety by 10 percent each year. SK hynix's chip plant in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province (Yonhap)The company will invest 123 billion won ($108 million) to ensure safety at its

Samsung Electronics on Tuesday estimated second-quarter profits would reach 6.9 trillion won ($6.1 billion), continuing their upward trend after its operating income plunged in the third quarter of last year. Samsung’s profits fell 4.03 percent in the three months ending June compared to a year earlier, but the figure was up 15.38 percent from the previous quarter this year, the Korean tech giant said in a regulatory filing.Sales were 48 trillion won in the quarter, a slight 1.87 percent increas

CHEONGHAKDONG, South Gyeongsang Province ― South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT has transformed Cheonghakdong, a tranquil mountainous town in South Gyeongsang Province, into a “smart” village fitted with fast telecommunications networks.Located at around 800 meters above sea level on Mount Jirisan, Cheonghakdong with its 380 village members is well known for its rich forestry, scenic views and Confucian traditions passed down from the residents’ ancestors.Far away from cities, the small villa