LG AI center joins forces with Parsons School for creative AI development
South Korea’s LG Corp. announced it signed an academic collaboration agreement with the New York City-based Parsons School of Design on Monday...
Hancom to focus on cloud computing and AI services
South Korea’s homegrown software giant Hangul and Computer Group, also known as Hancom Inc. Group, is slated to transform itself into a cloud ...
Naver Webtoon to pursue profitability with more paying subscribers
South Korea’s Naver Webtoon Corp. is seeking to increase the number of its paying subscribers as the company is shifting its business paradigm...
Demand for Samsung foldables keeps smartphone parts makers busy
Smartphone parts suppliers to Samsung Electronics Co. are running their plants at full capacity as the South Korean tech giant’s latest fold...
LG unveils AI ethics principles focusing on respect to humans
LG Group announced on Wednesday artificial intelligence ethics principles focusing on respect for humans that employees in the sector must follow as...
Hyundai Motor to redirect its TaaS, AI functions to self-driving arm 42dot
Hyundai Motor Group will redirect the core functions of its Transportation-as-a-Service (TaaS) division and AIRS Company to its recently acquired se...
Drones, AI, big data power Korean fisheries’ earnings
The Jubilee, a 2,200-ton tuna fishing vessel operated by South Korea’s leading fishing company Dongwon Industries Co., has been using drones t...
Silicon Valley-based AI startup Allganize revs up to go public in Japan
Allganize Inc., a Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup, recently announced the company will relocate some of its headquarters f...
Boston emerges as Korean firms’ R&D hub for AI, batteries
Top South Korean conglomerates Samsung and Hyundai have selected Boston as the home of their first overseas research centers for batteries and artif...
Hyundai to set up AI robotics R&D center near Boston
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will set up an artificial intelligence research center in the Boston area to develop AI-driven robotics tech...
Foldable smartphones will go mainstream at Samsung: Mobile chief
NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. has vowed to make foldable smartphones its mainstream products in the high-end segment, setting its sales t...
Samsung’s new foldables: High-stakes game changers in smartphones
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled its fourth-generation foldable phones – new additions to its high-end line of Galaxy Z Fold and ...
LG Group to launch AI education programs for teenagers
South Korea’s LG Group will include teenagers in its mid- to long-term project to nurture artificial intelligence talent, as AI technology is ...
Voyager X plans to beat conglomerates by executing weird, unique ideas
Voyager X is a relatively new artificial intelligence (AI) startup in South Korea. Its founder Nam Se-dong, however, has been a well-known figu...
Chips, forex gains shore up Samsung's Q2 earnings
Samsung Electronics Co.’s second-quarter earnings remained steady compared to three months before, with robust memory chip sales for data cent...
Korean smartphone parts makers' stocks rebound in July
South Korea’s smartphone parts makers' shares are showing signs of a rebound following a steady decline since early this year. China’s s...
Korea startup unveils AI for sleep study with smartphones
A South Korean startup has unveiled an artificial intelligence model for medical analysis of sleep based on breathing sounds recorded by smartphones...
Patents, LG Elec.’s legacy from smartphone business
LG Electronics Inc., the global home appliance leader, is targeting the quickly growing global earbuds market with new products based on technologie...
South Korean firms roll out AI chatbots that tug at the heartstrings
If you are using artificial intelligence-powered chatbot services in South Korea, you may soon be receiving messages like this: “Would you lik...
AI-powered translation startup XL8 raises $2.7 million in bridge investment
Artificial intelligence-powered translation startup XL8 Inc. said on Monday it raised 3.6 billion won ($2.7 million) in a bridge round prior to Seri...
Samsung Elec. to launch Korea's first dual SIM smartphones in August
Samsung Electronics Co. is slated to enable embedded subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) into its new foldable smartphones available in South Korea ...
KT injects $23 mn into fabless startup Rebellions
South Korean fabless startup Rebellions Inc. received a 30 billion won ($23 million) extension to its Series A funding from telecom giant KT Corp.KT...
Plagiarism scandal hits top S.Korean university over AI-themed papers
South Korea's most prestigious university is embroiled in a plagiarism scandal after two papers it published on artificial intelligence are believed...
South Korea to invest $794 million in AI chips, nurture 7,000 experts
The South Korean government has decided to invest 1.02 trillion won ($794 million) in the artificial intelligence semiconductor sector and foster ov...
DeepBrain AI to bring back deceased loved ones – virtually
Perhaps we will soon not be remembering our loved ones only through photos.Imagine a virtual rendition of the deceased speaking at his or her memori...
SK Telecom blocks voice phishing via AI, police database
SK Telecom Co., a South Korean major mobile carrier, is strengthening its spam call filtering system to prevent voice phishing. The system blocked 3...
LG CNS launches AI robot subscription service for warehouse operators
LG CNS unveiled a cloud-based logistics robot subscription service on Tuesday, which could save warehouse operators a significant amount in upfront ...
LG Elec looks to pluck AI talent from Amazon, Microsoft
LG Electronics Inc.’s artificial intelligence head Lee Hyun-chul flew to Seattle this week to lure AI talent from Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.c...
LG Uplus to strengthen AI and data businesses with launch of voicebot
LG Uplus Corp., the mobile network arm of LG Corp., is poised to strengthen its business-to-business (B2B) operations by utilizing its artificial in...
KT to spend near $10 bn on digital platform by 2026
KT Corp., a South Korean telecom giant, plans to invest nearly $10 billion in its digital platform sector by 2026 as it aims to focus on the industr...
