As reported exclusively by The Korea Herald, SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus began selling Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S5 on Thursday, days ahead of the original global release date of April 11. The move was seen to signal SK Telecom’s victory over Samsung, as the mobile carrier successfully persuaded the world’s largest maker of handsets to launch the latest smartphones in Korea first.This is rare for Samsung, which chooses to simultaneously launch new products in major global markets.“SK Telecom,

South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom, the only mobile carrier currently operating in the country, started selling Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest Galaxy lineup at home Thursday, without receiving prior consent from the tech giant. SK Telecom said the Galaxy S5, first shown at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain last month, is now available for purchase, with the price slated at 866,800 won (US$806.1) but can be discounted to as low as 660,000 won for long-term subscribers.Indus

A 31-year-old was recently booked by the police for infiltrating the accounts of 25 million people on Naver, the nation’s largest Web portal. According to the National Police Agency on Wednesday, the suspect, surnamed Seo, purchased the private information of 25 million people from a Korean-Chinese in August this year. Seo then used the data, which included the names, residential numbers, Internet IDs and passwords, to hack into Naver accounts. He sent spam messages and other illicit emails to t

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ― Haiti’s cholera outbreak is still the worst in the world, the top U.N. envoy there said.Sandra Honore briefed the U.N. Security Council about the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, crime rates, public health, and the cholera outbreak.She told reporters “progress is being made” on the cholera epidemic. Of the 680,820 cases reported since 2010, only 6 percent arose last year ― some 58,000 infections.Honore said “the overall incidence of the disease has been reduced by half,

LG Electronics on Tuesday said it plans to apply its latest Knock Code feature to its earlier devices through a regular update.The company said the feature, first introduced in February with the launch of the 5.9-inch phablet G Pro 2, will also be available for the G2 and the G Flex models through updates. The unlocking sequence ― involving raps on the screen to unlock the phone ― will gradually be applied to earlier models as well, the company said. It added that users could update their device

South Korea's No. 2 tech player, LG Electronics Inc., said Tuesday it plans to apply its latest "Knock Code" feature to its earlier devices, further promoting its new unlocking technology.The company said the feature, first introduced in February with the launch of the 5.9-inch phablet G Pro 2, will also be available for the G2 and the G Flex models through updates, and will gradually expand to other previous lineup as well.LG said users can update their devices with the feature through download

Samsung Electronics has upstaged its top global rival Apple in the tablet market, according to a U.S.-based consumer magazine on Monday.Consumer Reports cited Samsung’s Wi-Fi-based 10.1 Galaxy Tab Pro as the best tablet PC for users among large models.It also said that the South Korean tech giant’s 8.4-inch model won a comparable rating for smaller models.As a relative newcomer to the tablet market, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 won a combined grade of 90 in its evaluation, which rated the devic

Samsung Electronics has upstaged its top global rival Apple in the tablet market, according to a U.S.-based consumer magazine on Monday.Consumer Reports cited Samsung's Wi-Fi-based 10.1 Galaxy Tab Pro as the best tablet PC for users for large-sized models.It also said that the South Korean tech giant's 8.4-inch model won a comparable rating for smaller models.As a relative newcomer to the tablet market, Samsung's Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 won the combined grade of 90 in its evaluation, which compiled

It was Thursday night, and I was fit to be tied.I had to reach my mother, who was babysitting my son, but for some reason, the call wouldn’t go through. I didn’t even get the customary, “We’re sorry, but the customer you are trying to reach is not available. Please try again.” Instead, I got nothing. No dial tone, nothing. I tried my father, then my sister, but again, nothing.Then a colleague sent me a Kakao Talk message, saying that SK Telecom had suddenly gone out of service, and asking if he