Ending years of dispute, LG Electronics and U.S. conservation groups agreed Tuesday to lower the height of the Korean tech giant’s planned North American headquarters in New Jersey.The original plan for LG’s headquarters in the U.S. state included a 143-foot-tall building, which conservationists argued would obstruct the views of the New Jersey Palisades, a series of cliffs stretching along the Hudson River. LG, the world’s second-largest TV-maker, said the building would consist of a five-story

PREPPING FOR SUMMER -- Samsung Electronics service engineers install an outdoor unit of the firm’s Q9000 air conditioner at an apartment in Seoul on Wednesday. Samsung

SONY SUMMER PROMOTION -- Sony Korea announced Tuesday a summer promotion through August in which the company will dole out gifts to buyers of the firm’s action camera lineups -- FDR-X1000V, HDR-AS200V and HDR-AZ1. The gifts during the event include extra batteries, SD cards and waterproof cases. Sony Korea

Staffers from SK Telecom and Ericsson demonstrate next-generation small cell technology that reduces network interference between base stations in Stockholm, Tuesday. (SKT)South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK Telecom and network equipment maker Ericsson gave a demonstration of an advanced small cell technology with super-low latency in Stockholm, Tuesday. The small cell base stations enable network operators to increase coverage more efficiently compared to macrocell base stations -- widely u

SMARTPHONE FILM FESTIVAL -- South Korea’s top telecommunications firm KT has started accepting submissions for the 5th olleh International Smartphone Film Festival, an annual event for films shot with smartphones, from July 1-Aug. 17. The film festival, the biggest of its kind in the world, is slated to kick off on Sept. 9. KT SMARTPHONE FILM FESTIVAL -- Movie director Lee Joon-ik (left) and actress Bae Doo-na, both of whom will be on a judging panel for the fifth olleh International Smartphone

South Korean tech giant LG Electronics is ratcheting up its marketing efforts to foster its organic light emitting diode TV business with an aim to outpace rivals including Samsung Electronics in the world’s premium TV market.In line with this strategy, LG announced Tuesday that it would join hands with California-based Google to promote LG’s premium OLED TVs.“(Through the joint promotion) LG will have potential consumers experience the superb picture quality and true values of LG’s OLED TVs and

SUMMER PROMOTION -- South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT said Monday it would start a summerlong membership event through which subscribers can receive up to 30 percent off their purchases at partner restaurants, convenient stores, movie theaters and theme parks. (KT)

Seoul-based restaurant recommendation service MangoPlate said Monday it has secured 6.7 billion won ($6 million) in funding from a group of global investors led by Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of chipmaker Qualcomm.The consortium also includes Softbank Ventures Korea, and YJ Capital, the venture investment unit of Yahoo Japan.The staff of restaurant recommendation service MangoPlate (MangoPlate)With the latest investment, the total amount of funding received by MangoPlate so far has exc

Samsung C&T Corp. and Elliott Associates started their legal battle on Friday over the proposed merger between Samsung Group’s construction and trading subsidiary and the U.S. hedge fund.In the first hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on two injunctions the fund company filed last month to block the merger plan, the two sides reiterated their positions.Lawyers representing the U.S. fund claimed that the proposed merger between Cheil Industries, a theme park operator and Samsung’s de fac

South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom is stepping up its efforts to develop future-oriented technologies utilizing the firm’s advanced telecommunications networks.As part of the initiatives to secure a new growth momentum, SKT signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday with Korean robot-maker Robobuilder to develop emergency response and life care robots that support the next-generation 5G telecommunications technology.The two companies agreed to develop remote control systems running o

Hanwha Group, South Korea’s leading defense conglomerate, is working on using unmanned aircrafts, or drones, for the fireworks festival it holds every year near its landmark 63 City building in Yeouido, Seoul, industry sources said Wednesday. “Hanwha is a powerhouse of the domestic fireworks industry, and has worked for the past couple of years to add more aesthetic effects to the Seoul International Fireworks Festival with its own drone technology,” said a source close to the matter on conditio

Tech giant Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that sales of the firm’s high-end super-ultrahigh definition TV lineup surpassed 10,000 units in the first three months following its launch in February. (Samsung)

　최근 삼성테크윈과 탈레스를 인수 하며 국내 방산 1위 업체가 된 한화가 드론 시장 진입 초읽기에 들어갔다.　아직 한화는 드론 제품을 본격적으로 생산하지는 않았지만 드론 시장이 커짐에 따라 조만간 상업용, 군사용 드론 제품을 시장에 내어 놓을 것으로 예측되고 있다. 　또한 한화는 재해 구호 활동, 산업시설 모니터링, 레져 스포츠 용 등 여러 분야의 목적으로 세종대, 한국 항공대 등 대학 연구소를 비롯 해 국내 중소 드론 업체들과 드론을 공동 개발하고 있는 것으로 알려 졌다.　　한 업계 관계자는 한화가 “내부적으로 드론 제품의 국산화를 진행하고 있고, 굉장히 준비를 많이 하고 있다,”고 밝히며 “최근 2년 전부터는 한강 불꽃 축제에 드론을 이용할 계획을 세우고 진행 중에 있다,”고 말했다. 삼성 테크윈이 개발한 드론 큐브 콥터(Cube Copter).　드론을 이용한 불꽃놀이 프로젝트는 새로운 기술을 이용한 다양한 퍼포먼스를 보여 줄 수 있고, 또한 한화의 드론 기술의 우수함을 선보일

South Korea’s largest mobile carrier SK Telecom said Tuesday it would work with Ericsson to conduct joint research and development projects for the “Internet of Small Things,” a network that processes small amounts of data. Holding a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding in Stockholm Monday, top executives from both firms agreed to develop machine-type communication technologies that allow small devices and sensors to communicate without glitches on a large scale.Since the existing L