Blind, an anonymous mobile message board developed by startup Team Blind, is quickly changing the way communication takes place in corporate offices.First launched in 2013 as an exclusive service for employees of Korean Internet giant Naver, Blind message boards are made upon the request of employees of the same company or of the same industry sector.Since the message board is accessible only to those from the same firm or same industry, the subjects discussed on the board are mostly linked to t

NCsoft, a leading Seoul-based online and mobile game developer, said Monday that it had launched an annual hiring drive for college graduates. Positions are open in 12 fields including online and mobile game development, platform and artificial intelligence technology development, game and technology project management, service planning, user-experience designs, game marketing and security planning. Those interested in applying can download an application form from the company’s website until Oc

KakaoTalk, South Korea’s most-used messenger app, has once again become the center of national attention, stirring up controversy over its announcement that it would not accede to laws allowing authorities to inspect its user data.The issue over the platform’s privacy policy has split the nation, with some people posting online comments that its new security measures have been long overdue, while others accused it of arrogance and believing that it can operate above the law.The legal community,

Homeplus, one of South Korea’s largest grocery chains, will have to explain during a parliamentary inspection what seems like an intentional leakage of its customers’ private information to third parties.Its alleged wrongdoings come at a time when public criticism is growing against the country’s weak security protection systems, following a series of information theft, leaks and monitoring.Homeplus executives, including chief executive Do Sung-hwan, as well as its multinational owner U.K.-based

Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has begun mass production of three-bit vertical NAND flash memory chips for the first time in the world to offer chips with improved data storage efficiency.The world’s largest chipmaker in August unveiled the chip, called triple level cell, which stores three bits of data in each cell. Until recently, the three-bit technology has been applied only to planar NAND flash products.The newly developed three-bit V-NAND has 32 layers of laminated cells, and the

The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus appears to be having its toll on South Korea as it prepares to greet thousands of government officials and corporate executives later this month for the world’s biggest information technology meeting for members of the Geneva-based International Telecommunications Union. The government is seeking to take precautionary measures, but at the same time seems to be treading lightly to avoid tension with other ITU member countries. The dilemma surfaced when repor