Can Samsung, Apple compromise?
The interminable saga surrounding Samsung Electronics and Apple over smartphone design and technology patents feels more dragged out than the ending to “The Lord of the Rings” films. So U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh was perhaps speaking for the rest of the world when she urged the two firms’ chief executives to meet again in […]
KT boss vows to beef up database security
Executives at KT have been taking turns expressing regret after hackers broke into the company’s computer network and stole the personal details of nearly 9 million of its subscribers. It is now the turn of company Chairman Lee Suk-chae, who in an emailed statement vowed to beef up security management systems and install more sophisticated […]
Samsung denies child labor abuse claims
Samsung Electronics Thursday vowed to look thoroughly into allegations of child labor abuse at one of its Chinese suppliers, although company officials aren’t convinced that claims by China Labor Watch have any truth to them. The New York-based human rights organization recently released a 31-page report suggesting that HEG Electronics, one of Samsung’s many Chinese […]
LG boss gives cash award of W500 mil. to gymnast
LG Group will provide a cash award of 500 million won (about $444,000) to gymnast Yang Hak-seon, who became a national hero after overcoming poverty to win a gold medal at the London Summer Olympics. Yang, Korea’s first gymnast ever to win an Olympic gold, is now the recipient of a number of corporate gifts. […]
Samsung attempts chip technology jump
Samsung Electronics’ souring relationship with Apple ― a friend in parts and foe in finished products ― appears to be causing the former to renew its urgency to advance its chip technology and find new customers. According to industry sources, Samsung is planning to roll out a new range of computer memory chips by the […]
Hyosung accuses LSIS of tech theft
Hyosung Corporation accused LSIS, the biggest manufacturer of power-transmission components in the country, of technology theft prompting authorities to start investigating the firm. Hyosung is seeking massive compensation from LSIS, claiming that the latter stole technology related to power transmission and control, costing it several billions of dollars. LSIS is declining to comment, but is […]
NHN co-founders clash in mobile arena
The two founders of NHN, the company that runs Korea’s most widely used Web portal, Naver, eventually went their separate ways but are now facing off in the rapidly expanding mobile market. Kim Beom-soo and Lee Hae-jin, who were CEOs of Han Games and Naver, respectively in 1999, merged their firms in 2000. The two […]
Samsung’s mobile messengers struggling
A foray by Samsung Electronics into the mobile messenger market seems unsuccessful despite attempts by the firm to promote its self-developed ChatOn. The electronics giant has been trying to use its superiority in smartphones to boost recognition of its messenger by providing it preinstalled in its handsets. Despite stellar sales of 15 million for the […]
Why isn’t US court calling key witness in Samsung-Apple trial?
A trial on a patent dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple is under way in the American tech giant’s home court of California. By some indications, Apple is using this advantage a tad too much with a former employee and possible hostile witness being unavailable. Shin Nishibori, a former Apple designer, may hold the key […]
Increase rate of major Korean export items to China on declining
Korea has mixed feelings in retrospect of exports toward China in the last 20 years since the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the two nations. The product that has made the biggest contribution for Korean export business toward China, was flat display. According to a report, titled “Export trend of major Korean products toward China”, released by Kotra […]
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