LAS VEGAS -- In celebration of the 10th year of launching LG’s first organic light emitting diode (OLED) TVs, LG Electronics and LG Display jointly celebrated the big day in Las Vegas, Wednesday. With some 150 people of the companies’ executives and staff members, industry officials and experts joining the event, the LG subsidiaries looked back on the past decade of their OLED history and shared their visions for the future directions of display technology developments. After overcom

LAS VEGAS -- LG Innotek said Thursday it will showcase a series of its latest innovative technologies and products related to autonomous driving and the metaverse at the Consumer Electronics Show 2023 set to be held from Thursday to Monday in Las Vegas. It will mark the first time the electronics component manufacturer opens a booth to the public at the annual event, the world’s largest tech convention. Previously, the company had only invited clients to introduce new products. In line w

South Korean companies are gearing up to showcase their latest future technology at the upcoming CES 2023 -- the world’s largest tech convention -- slated to be held from Jan. 5 to Jan. 9 in Las Vegas. According to CES organizer, Consumer Technology Association, this year’s event will feature over 3,100 exhibitors from 173 countries and regions around the world. The CTA expects the four-day event to draw over 100,000 visitors. After years of pandemic disruptions, this year’s

진행자: 조혜림, Naomi Garyan 1. Gen Z vs Gen Z: How their enemies at work are now themselves 기사요약: 기존에 MZ와 기성세대 간의 갈등을 다룬 TV프로그램들이 인기를 끌었다면 요즘엔 MZ들 간의 안보이는 신경전을 다루는 프로그램들이 늘어나며 많은 이들의 공감대를 얻고 있다.  [1] For millennials and Generation Z – those who were born between the early 1980s to early 2010s, respectively – clashing with their bosses at work has been popular material for television comedy in South Korea over the past few years. But recently, the skits took a new turn, wit

South Korea on Tuesday laid out a set of bold goals to support private-sector-led growth in 2023, promising financial aid to achieve a trade surplus and attract foreign investment in a bid to minimize the impacts of a global economic slowdown. While 2023 is expected to be challenging for the economy amid growing uncertainties in the global market, the government said it will achieve $680 billion in exports and attract more than $30 billion of foreign investment, while investing some 100 trillion

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group said Monday it is rebranding as HD Hyundai, opening a new chapter in its 50-year history as the nation’s top shipbuilder. The group also unveiled its new mission for the future -- to “pursue innovation that leads the era, and constantly challenge itself to pioneer the future of humanity” -- during its 50th anniversary ceremony held at a research and development center in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province. It presented a vision for each of its three key bu

South Korea last week passed a revision bill being deemed the "Korean chips act," expanding tax benefits for investments in the semiconductors industry. But the bill has done little to appease stakeholders in the industry, who said the increased tax cuts are too little to boost their competitiveness against other countries that have adopted their own chips laws. The National Assembly on Friday passed the revision bill to the Restriction of Special Taxation Act, which raised the corpora

LG Electronics introduces "viva magenta," the color selected by Pantone as the color of 2023, for its chameleon four-door fridge MoodUp in the high-end Objet Collection. The tech giant added the new color to the self-illuminating doors of MoodUP, which uses light-emitting diodes. With the addition, the model is able to light up in 23 colors, according to the company.

LG Innotek said Thursday it will unveil the most advanced ultra-compact optical zoom camera module for smartphones, at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early next month. The electronic parts supplier said it has succeeded in developing an optical telephoto zoom camera module that enables telephoto cameras for mobile devices to zoom four to nine times without causing image degradation. The new camera module is the world's first to apply the zoom lens mechanism of a mirrorl

SK Inc., the strategic investment arm of SK Group, said Wednesday it will present a glimpse of the future drawn by its “carbon-neutral” technologies at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas early next month. SK Inc.’s showroom at the trade show will exhibit its envisioned energy life cycle encompassing production to consumption, that cuts the energy usage with its advanced eco-friendly technologies. Their technologies will include a next-generation sodium-cooled f

LG Group Chairman and CEO Koo Kwang-mo urged the company's staff and executives to take the lead in creating customer-friendly values, calling them “customer value creators,” in his New Year’s speech for 2023, Tuesday. Delivering the video speech via email to staff around the world, Koo said employees should promote the "virtuous cycle" of growth -- where staff members’ personal growth create touching experiences for users, which in turn accumulate to suppo

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong is expected to head to Vietnam this week to celebrate the completion of the company’s new research and development center, according to industry sources on Tuesday. Upon the meeting, sources say, the Samsung chief is also likely to hold a meeting with Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The ceremony is scheduled to be held on Thursday in Hanoi, with key officials of the Vietnamese government in attendance. In order to attend the ceremony, Lee ca

South Korea's leading semiconductor makers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix face a grim outlook in their fourth quarter sales due to sluggish demand for memory chips, a report said on Monday. In a report, Daol Investment and Securities forecast that Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip and mobile phone maker, would log sales of 73.2 trillion won ($56.2 billion) in the fourth quarter this year, down 4.4 percent than the previous year. Operating profit would plunge by 4

LG Electronics has been chosen as one of the most active corporations working with startups and was honored for its collaboration practices in East Asia at the seventh Corporate Startup Starts Awards. According to LG Electronics on Sunday, it has been named a East Asia Corporate Startup Star for its cooperation with startups in East Asia. The award is divided into seven regional awards -- Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Middle East, East Asia, China. The CSS Awards, jointly organiz

South Korea is highly expected to join a strategic chip alliance proposed by the United States, as the trade minister stressed the country “cannot miss out” in the semiconductor industry, a key pillar of the Korean economy. Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang said the government is considering joining the so-called Chip 4 grouping that connects the four global chip powerhouses -- South Korea, the United States, Taiwan and Japan. “We really cannot miss (opportu