Hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace made ominous threats Tuesday against movie theaters showing Sony Pictures’ film “The Interview” that referred to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The group also released a trove of data files including thousands of emails from the inbox of Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton. The data dump was what the hackers called the beginning of a “Christmas gift.” But GOP, as the group is known, included a message warning that people should stay away

GS E&C, one of South Korea’s leading apartment builders, has become embroiled in a feud with the buyers of mega apartment complex units over the relatively small number of parking spaces at the complex in Gimpo City, Gyeonggi Province. The construction business of GS Group is currently building an apartment complex fitted with some 4,000 units, called the Hangang Central Xi, near Gimpo New Town, west of Seoul. It began presale contracts of the apartments in May. “When the construction firm chang

Aiming to beef up its technological prowess in the world’s organic light emitting diode industry, LG Display, a leading Korean display manufacturer, has agreed to expand its alliance with Japanese display materials firm Idemitsu Kosan, according to the Korean display maker Friday. The expanded alliance includes closer cooperation in developing OLED technology and sharing related technology patents.  LG Display president Yeo Sang-deok (left) and Yoshihisa Matsumoto, executive vice president of Id

David Steel, the first foreign national who became an executive at Samsung Electronics in 2002, will come back to Seoul and join the global public relations team following his recent promotion as executive vice president, the tech giant said.In the 2014 executive reshuffle at the group level, Steel became the third foreign executive vice president, following Tim Baxter and Wang Tong, who were promoted to the same rank in 2012 and 2013 respectively.  David SteelSome market watchers expect Steel,

Announcing a list of the most viral tweets and memorable moments of the year, Twitter Korea said the Sewol ferry tragedy that took the lives of more than 300 people was at the top. “On the day the Sewol sank, the microblogging service in Korea was flooded with tweets and retweets praying for those on board the ferry to come home safely, and also checking for follow-ups,” Soh Young-sun, market director of Twitter Korea said on Thursday. A slew of Korean Twitter users also joined a yellow ribbon c

Even at first glance, it was easy to tell that LG Electronics’ AKA is not just a dumbed-down version of one of LG’s high-end models. With its glossy case and animated eyes, the AKA is aimed at younger consumers who want to stand out. To open the phone, you have to tap on the exposed part of the screen twice, after which a set of eyes appear. It feels a bit odd, and even creepy at first, but before long I become attached to the googly, playful eyes. The phone comes with four covors ― white, yello

Korea Electric Power Corporation, the state-run electricity provider, has teamed up with KT Corp., the country’s largest telecommunications firm, to map a blueprint for creating a smart energy ecosystem.Holding a meeting at KEPCO’s new head office in Naju, South Jeolla Province Tuesday, the heads of the two firms signed an agreement on making the combined effort for the smart energy cause.“By working with KEPCO for convergence of telecommunications and energy technologies, KT will try to produce

Concerns are rising over the security of the digital currency bitcoin following hacking cases that allegedly took place for the first time in South Korea at local online bitcoin exchange Bitcore.A man surnamed Kim in the southeastern port city of Pohang filed a complaint with the Pohang Cyber Police Agency on Nov. 14, claiming that 15 of his bitcoins worth around 6.2 million won (based on the value of a bitcoin as of Monday) were stolen by an anonymous person operating from Bitcore on Nov. 11.An

포항에 사는 김 모씨는 11월 11일 저녁 10시 30분경 자신의 갤럭시 그랜드 원 스마트 폰을 이용해 비트코인 거래소인 비트코어 웹 사이트에 접속을 시도 했다. 하지만 영어로 된 몇 문장의 오류 메시지만 보일 뿐 접속이 되지 않았다. 김씨는 그 동안 문제 없이 이용하던 사이트가 작동하지 않아 이상하다고 느꼈지만, 비트코인 거래가 이루어지면 자동으로 받게 되는 인증 번호를 수신하지 않았기 때문에 크게 걱정하지 않았다. 그러나 다음날 비트코어 웹 사이트에 다시 접속한 김씨는 자신의 비트코인 15개가 없어진 것을 알게 되었다.  비트코인 거래소 비트코어에 있는 김씨의 계좌에서 11일 저녁 11시 5분 경 약 620만원 상당의 비트코인 15개가 빠져 나갔다.한 비트코인 관련 온라인 커뮤니티에는 김씨와 같은 날 비트코어에 있던 비트코인을 해킹을 당했다는 이용자의 글도 올라와 있기 때문에 유사한 사례가 더 있을 수도 있다는 우려가 높아지고 있다.김씨는 코리아헤럴드와의 통화에서 본인의 동의 없

The chief of LG Uplus, the nation’s third-largest mobile carrier, pledged that the company would make the utmost effort not to be left behind in the era of fifth-generation networks. “We are standing at the tipping point of the 5G era where we will see the biggest changes unfold down the road,” LG Uplus vice chairman Lee Sang-chul said at an annual year-end media conference in Seoul Friday, vowing to brace for the next phase of the mobile network business. “How we are getting ourselves prepared

Samsung Group on Thursday announced its annual reshuffle, promoting 353 executives. The number of the promotions ― down from 476 in last year’s reshuffle and the lowest since 2008 ― signaled the conglomerate’s drive to streamline some of its oversized businesses including its sluggish mobile business wing, according to industry officials.“Samsung, as usual, rewarded those who had achieved great performance this year, and tried to keep the growth momentum by promoting executives in a wider range