LG TEAMS UP WITH STATHAM FOR TV AD - LG Electronics has joined hands with movie actor Jason Statham and filmmaker Fredrik Bond to roll out a TV commercial for its latest flagship smartphone G5 and its accompanying device lineup “Friends.” (LGE)

Network operator KT said on Wednesday it has started offering long-term evolution-machine -- or LTE-M -- services, which allow cost-effective communication among small sensors and devices.The machine-to-machine communication services can be deployed in a range of industries and have various applications, according to the firm. Models pose with a bicycle equipped with a GPS sensor running on KT’s networks. (KT)At a press event to showcase the LTE-M services in Seoul, the company displayed a bicyc

Korean online game developers have often fallen prey to patent trolling.U.S. 3-D content firm Worlds.com filed a lawsuit against Korean game developer NCSoft in 2008, claiming the latter violated the U.S. firm’s patents for communication technology in the virtual space, while U.K game company King Digital Entertainment sued Avocado Entertainment of Korea in 2014 for infringing their game intellectual property rights.NHN Entertainment’s head office in Pangyo, Gyeonggi Province (Yonhap)In order to

Korea’s largest network operator SK Telecom said Monday it will team up with Samsung Electronics to build the Internet of Things test bed in Daegu, in their efforts to vitalize the local start-up sector and the nation’s sagging economy.The two partners further plan to transform the whole city into a state-of-the-art IoT hub where they will deploy their up-to-date network systems and connected technology.(From left) Kim Young-ky, president of Samsung Electronics’ network business, Lee Young-hee,

KAKAO RUNS GLOBAL CSR PROGRAM -- Mobile messenger operator Kakao ran a volunteer program for nine days in Hanoi, Vietnam, from March 18. A group of Kakao employees took part in a range of activities, including painting walls and watching 3-D movies with students there. (Kakao)

China’s aggressive move to increase its foothold in the world’s chip sector is becoming a threat to Korean manufacturers, including Samsung Electronics and SK hynix.Tsinghua Unigroup told Bloomberg in a recent interview that the company would invest a whopping $30 billion in order to grow its semiconductor business in the coming years.The figure far exceeds Samsung’s projected investment spending amounting to $11.5 billion for this year. Samsung Electronics‘ D‘light flagship store in Gangnam, Se

Medical equipment-maker Medtronic is under investigation by Korea’s Fair Trade Commission for breaching contracts with local distributors, according to sources Sunday.Medtronic Korea, the local branch of the global medical equipment firm, has abruptly canceled contracts, which were still valid with local distributors who have maintained partnerships for more than a decade with the medical device giant.The logo of Medtronic.Some distributors, mostly small companies with several employees, claimed

LG ROLLS OUT NEW SOFTWARE -- LG Electronics unveiled Sunday its whole new smartphone user-experience software, dubbed UX 5.0, which will be featured on its flagship smartphone, G5. The new UX allows users to connect the smartphone with LG’s Friends devices, including a rolling ball-shaped robot, and a 360-degree camera, and to use camera apps with ease. (LGE)LG ROLLS OUT NEW SOFTWARE -- LG Electronics unveiled Sunday its whole new smartphone user-experience software, dubbed UX 5.0, which will be

GALAXY PUSH -- Samsung Electronics said Sunday that it would run a nationwide marketing promotion for its flagship smartphones Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge at around 2,200 electronics retail and mobile shops in Korea. (Samsung Electronics)

LG SUPPORTS MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES – The LG Foundation, a charitable organization run by LG Group, held an entrance ceremony for a mentoring program for teenagers from multicultural families in Seoul on Saturday. The teen participants will take language and science classes run by professors and students from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and KAIST over the next two years. (LG Foundation)

세계최대 글로벌 의료기기 회사이자 삼성전자의 의료기기 분야의 파트너너인  메드트로닉 사가 공정거래위원회의 조사를 받고 있다. 국내의 한 협력 중소 대리점 업체가 메드트로닉 사를 소위 “갑질”에 대한 불공정 행위로 신고를 한 것이다. 해당 중소 대리점을 비롯한 여러 협력 대리점 업체들은 메드트로닉 사의 불공정 행위로 인해 고사 위기에 처하고 있다고 주장하고 있다. 심장박동기, 심장제세동기, 스텐트 제품 등을 생산하는 메드트로닉 사의 한 임원은 “별것도 아닌 일을 여기 저기 찔러 보고 있다,”고 말하며 “일일이 다 응대할 필요는 없는 것 같다,”고 주장하는 중이다.　잉크 마를라, 두 달 만에 계약파기　2000년부터 메드트로닉 사의 의료기기를 다루는 대리점을 운영한 김씨. 심장박동기 등을 서울대병원, 강북삼성병원 등 에 지난 15년 동안 공급을 했다. 그러다 2015년 6월 메드트로닉 코리아부터 이 메일 한 통을 받았다. 이 메일에는 “고객에 대한 향상된 서비스 제공과 중장기적 시장 확대

A race to conquer space has been heating up with more billionaires and entrepreneurs around the world betting big on commercial space businesses such as space travel and cargo delivery to space stations. Korea, as a late-starter, succeeded in launching a rocket in 2013. However, the country has been struggling to make its way into the top echelon of the world’s space sector due to its lack of talents, experience and investment.Long exposure of the launch, reentry and landing of U.S. space firm S

The number of LINE messenger users operated by the Japanese arm of South Korea's top portal provider Naver Corp. has surpassed the 1 billion mark five years after its launch in 2011, the company said Thursday.The number of monthly active users, or MAU, of the social networking mobile application stood at 215 million globally as of December last year, Line Corp. said at the LINE Conference Tokyo 2016 held in Japan.The messenger operator said it is making significant growth in its sticker, game, c