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How much will 5G service cost?

With South Koreas’ mobile carriers gearing up to nationwide their fifth-generation networks for regular consumers as early as March, they face a dilemma over whether to charge more for the faster ne...

January 27, 2019
Industry
Netflix has no plan to raise prices for Korea

Netflix said Thursday it has not considered raising its prices in South Korea, amid concerns over whether the streaming service giant would extend its biggest-ever price hike in the US to the Korean...

January 24, 2019
Industry
[Photo News] Kakao meets Starbucks

Starbucks Korea announced Wednesday it will accept mobile payment service Kakao Pay from Thursday. (Yonhap) In a special promotion until Feb. 7, those who spend 10,000 won ($8.90) or more via Kakao...

January 23, 2019
Technology
Samsung Display develops world’s first UHD OLED panels for laptops

Samsung Display said Wednesday that it has developed the world’s first ultrahigh definition organic light-emitting diode display, as the company makes its foray into the premium laptop market. Accor...

January 23, 2019
Industry
Don’t date, network: Tinder tries to woo Korean users indifferent to online dating

Finding one’s love interest via a dating app is still largely taboo in South Korea, and faced with such cultural challenges, the world’s most popular dating app is trying a different marketing appro...

January 22, 2019
Technology
Naver updates translation service for Korean honorifics

South Korean internet giant Naver released an update to its online translation service that is capable of rendering English into honorific Korean, as foreign users have often found it difficult to re...

January 17, 2019
Industry
Korea sets FCEV target at 80,000 units by 2022

South Korea will increase the number of hydrogen-powered vehicles on the roads by 80,000 units in the next four years, the finance minister said Wednesday. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for ...

January 16, 2019
Economy
SKT introduces new messaging service in challenge to Kakao Talk

South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom on Tuesday unveiled a new text-message service designed to more efficiently deliver videos and pictures -- a move that industry watchers said signaled an inten...

January 15, 2019
Technology
Kakao suspends carpooling service over protests from taxi drivers

South Korean tech giant Kakao said Tuesday it will suspend the test run of its carpooling service, following a monthslong standoff with taxi drivers who claim the business will threaten their operati...

January 15, 2019
Technology
‘Feminist’ tops list of most searched words on Naver dictionary

South Korea’s biggest internet portal Naver said Tuesday that “feminist” was the most searched word in the company’s online Korean dictionary last year, reflecting heated debate over gender equality...

January 15, 2019
Technology
No more games on TV: Streaming services replacing TVs in sports broadcasts

When South Korea secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Kyrgyzstan at the Asian Cup Games in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, Korean soccer fans did not rely on traditional broadcasters to watch the ...

January 14, 2019
Technology
SKT partners SM Entertainment on AI-based technology for K-pop content

South Korea’s biggest mobile carrier SK Telecom has pledged to work with major K-pop agency S.M. Entertainment to use the former’s artificial intelligence technology in separating singers’ vocals fro...

January 11, 2019
Industry
LG Electronics sees 80% drop in Q4 profit

LG Electronics has reported an earnings shock for the fourth quarter, with an 80 percent on-year drop in operating profit for the quarter and a nearly 90 percent drop from the previous quarter, main...

January 9, 2019
Industry
SK Innovation chief shifts focus to global battery biz

The chief of South Korea’s leading energy firm SK Innovation Kim Jun is currently visiting the US as part of the company’s shift in focus from the traditional refinery business to the battery and ma...

January 7, 2019
Industry
Will coalition of SK Telecom, media giants be a match for Netflix?

With South Korea’s biggest mobile carrier pledging to integrate its streaming service with that of the country’s major broadcasters, focus is on how much the collaboration will affect the growing co...

January 7, 2019
Industry

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