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January 09, 2014 08:43
Samsung To Bring Its Breakthrough 105” Curved UHD TV and 85” Bendable UHD TV to Market in 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in TV technology for 8 years, today announced it will bring its newly introduced 105” U9500 Curved Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV and 85” U9B Bendable UHD TV
January 08, 2014 17:12
LG ELECTRONICS HOME ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY AIMS TO LEAD OLED AND ULTRA HD TV SEGMENTS
The newly installed president of LG Electronics’ (LG) Home Entertainment Company plans to change the dynamics of the current TV market, capitalizing on LG’s early leadership in OLED TV technology and
January 08, 2014 12:00
Guide to the Year-end Tax Settlement 2013 for Foreigners
The process for settling Year-end Taxes is largely the same for Korean nationals and foreign employees, with slight differences as follows: (1) Only foreign employees are entitled to an application of
Global automotive infotainment operating system sales forecast
January 08, 2014 09:54
IHS News Flash: Updated Forecasts for Critical Consumer Electronics Segments at CES 2014
EL SEGUNDO, California (5 January 2014) - This is a news flash from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS) issuing updated forecasts and insights on developments expected at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Th
PayGate goes Global by providing payment system for KT genie K-pop service
January 08, 2014 08:04
PayGate goes Global by providing payment system for KT genie K-pop service
e-Payment Service Provider PayGate pairs with KT‘s smartphone music ’genie K-POP' and expands their service worldwide. PayGate has started to service genie K-POP (www.genie.co.kr/en) since 2013 Jan
January 07, 2014 12:55
GE To Expand in Life Sciences with Acquisition of Strategic Assets from Thermo Fisher Scientific
GE (NYSE:GE) and Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) announced today that they have entered into an agreement for GE Healthcare to acquire Thermo Fisher’s HyClone™ cell culture media and sera, and gen
January 07, 2014 09:20
Samsung Electronics Announces Earnings Guidance for Q4 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced its earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2013. Consolidated sales: Approximately 59.0 trillion Korean won(Range: 58 - 60 trillion Korean won)
LG Electronics (LG) today took the cover off the world’s first Flexible OLED TV at the 2014 Internat
January 07, 2014 09:18
LG Presents the Future of Displays with a TV that Changes its Curve
LG Electronics (LG) today took the cover off the world’s first Flexible OLED TV at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. With this groundbreaking TV unit, viewers can co
LG Electronics (LG) will showcase its stunning LG Studio premium kitchen appliance lineup at the 201
January 07, 2014 09:01
LG’S PREMIUM, STYLISH KITCHEN APPLIANCES SET TO IMPRESS AT CES 2014
LG Electronics (LG) will showcase its stunning LG Studio premium kitchen appliance lineup at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas. LG Studio delivers a winning combinati
LG Electronics (LG) today took the wraps off LG Lifeband Touch and LG Heart Rate Earphones, two wear
January 07, 2014 09:00
LG JUMPS INTO FITNESS TECH AT CES WITH LIFEBAND TOUCH AND HEART RATE EARPHONES
LG Electronics (LG) today took the wraps off LG Lifeband Touch and LG Heart Rate Earphones, two wearable products that mark the company’s first foray into fitness tech. Unveiled at the 2014 Internatio
January 07, 2014 08:56
LG ULTRA HD TVs TO OFFER NETFLIX IN ULTRA HD 4K
LG Electronics (LG) today announced that its broad new 2014 line of Ultra HD TVs with LG’s proprietary webOS Smart TV platform will support content streaming in Ultra HD 4K from Netflix, the world’s l
January 07, 2014 08:51
LG MAKES SMART TV SIMPLE WITH NEW WEBOS SMART TV PLATFORM
LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled its newest Smart TV platform at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. webOS, which was purchased from Hewlett-Packard in March last year, h
LG Electronics (LG) will be unveiling its latest front loading and top loading washer-dryer pairs at
January 05, 2014 11:08
LG SHOWCASES MEGA CAPACITY FRONT AND TOP LOADER WASHER-DRYERS WITH TURBOWASH™ AT CES 2014
LG Electronics (LG) will be unveiling its latest front loading and top loading washer-dryer pairs at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The comprehensive range of con
January 05, 2014 11:03
Samsung Unveils New Era of Smart Home at CES 2014
Samsung Electronics today announced Samsung Smart Home, a service enabling Smart TVs, home appliances and smartphones to be connected and managed through a single integrated platform. The Samsung S
January 05, 2014 10:25
LG TO UNVEIL SPECTACULAR ULTRA HD TV LINEUP AT CES
LG Electronics (LG) will unveil a comprehensive ULTRA HD TV lineup at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 7 - 10, 2014. Last year, LG won over the crowds with a
Electric pick-up truck PEACE
January 03, 2014 17:58
Power Plaza obtained the Korea’s homologation as a commercial electric pickup truck at the end of 2013
Power Plaza Co., Ltd (President Kim Sung Ho) passed homologation (safety certification) for light commercial Electric Vehicle (EV, conversion electric vehicle) for the first time in Korea. The vehicle
January 03, 2014 11:06
LG TO EXPAND ITS PREMIUM KITCHEN APPLIANCE BUSINESS IN 2014
LG Electronics (LG) announced prior to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that it will establish a new division exclusively responsible for its kitchen package business in order to expand the presenc
January 02, 2014 14:00
GM Korea Sets Domestic Sales Records in 2013
GM Korea Company set an annual domestic sales record of 151,040 vehicles in 2013. It topped the automaker’s previous record of 145,702 vehicles sold in 2012. December domestic sales totaled 17,853
January 02, 2014 11:20
LG’S NEWEST REFRIGERATORS EXPECTED TO TURN HEADS AT CES 2014
LG Electronics’ (LG) latest French-door and side-by-side re-frigerators boasting the innovative Door-in-Door™ feature are on display at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Ve
January 02, 2014 11:12
Life and Design are Now in Tune with Samsung’s Home Entertainment Lineup, Unveiled at CES 2014
Samsung Electronics America, Inc., a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced an expanded roster of audio products, all aimed at elevating the entertainment
January 02, 2014 11:09
LG TO SHOWCASE INDUSTRY LEADING OLED TV LINEUP AT CES 2014
LG Electronics (LG) is proud to present the most comprehensive OLED TV lineup on the planet at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 7-10, 2014. Visitors to the c
January 01, 2014 11:30
At CES 2014, Samsung Unveils ‘Smart Control’, its Enhanced Remote Control for Smart TV
Samsung Electronics today announced the release of its 2014 Samsung Smart Control, the updated version of its Smart TV remote control featuring faster and more accurate control features, better conten
LG Electronics (LG) will be unveiling its newest Ultra PC (Model 13Z940) as well as second generatio
December 31, 2013 11:13
LG TO UNVEIL IMPROVED, STREAMLINED ULTRA PC AND TAB-BOOK 2 AT CES 2014
LG Electronics (LG) will be unveiling its newest Ultra PC (Model 13Z940) as well as second generation Tab-Book 2 hybrid devices (Models 11T740 and 11T540) at the International Consumer Electronics Sho
PayGate Woopay
December 27, 2013 15:48
Planet8 - PayGate, co-release Wordpress payment module ‘PayGate Woopay’
Planet8, a web developing company(Co-CEO: Mr. Jung Ji-soo, Mr. Lee Jae-Geun) and PayGate, electronic payment service provider(CEO: Ms. Park So-Yeong) co-releases ‘PayGate Woopay’ on 27 December. P
December 26, 2013 11:08
AT CES 2014, LATEST SMART APPLIANCES FROM LG CHAT WITH USERS VIA MOBILE MESSENGER
LG Electronics (LG) will showcase its next generation of smart innovations and technologies that take advantage of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to allow customers to communicate, control, monitor
8ch, 240fps@HD1080p Recording & Playback performance HDC801F-PD supports PoC/CoC, DoubleReach™ func
December 20, 2013 18:16
8ch HD-SDI DVR supporting PoC/CoC, DoubleReach™
One of major leading companies in HD-CCTV market which is based on HD-SDI transmission technology, WEBGATE(www.webgateinc.com) launched the most advanced 8ch HD-SDI DVR, HDC801F-PD which can support 2
December 19, 2013 10:19
Samsung Electronics announces winners of Samsung Smart App Challenge 2013 for Galaxy S4
On December 18th, Samsung Electronics announced the winning entries of the Samsung Smart App Challenge 2013 for Galaxy S4, a global competition for app development using the Samsung Chord SDK. The
December 19, 2013 09:27
Market for AMOLED Light-Emitting Materials Set to Surge in 2014
With a flood of new competitors set to initiate or increase the production of active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels next year, demand for materials used to make AMOLEDs is forecas
LG Electronics (LG) will break new ground with the launch of its 34-inch IPS 21:9 UltraWide (Model U
December 17, 2013 11:11
LG TO INTRODUCE NEWEST PREMIUM MONITORS AT CES
At the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), LG Electronics (LG) will break new ground with the launch of its 34-inch IPS 21:9 UltraWide (Model UM95) monitor. Also available in a 29-inch
PayGate Co. Ltd researching on Bitcoins and Anti-Money-Laundry Policy
December 17, 2013 08:40
PayGate Co. Ltd researching on Bitcoins and Anti-Money-Laundry Policy
For the first time in electronic financial industry, PayGate established internal anti-money-laundry control and now it is under management. Some of the popular payment methods that PayGate offers
Ongoing seminar a great success.
December 17, 2013 08:37
“Make a shopping mall through Wordpress” seminar
Wordpress is a tool used to create and manage websites. It is estimated that 1/6th of the websites are created by Wordpress. (Based upon data in the year 2012 September). Worpress is an opensource CSM
December 16, 2013 11:45
Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension and Relief Fund v. IBM
Yesterday, IBM (NYSE:IBM) learned of a lawsuit pushing a wild conspiracy theory. This lawsuit seeks to confuse IBM's support for a U.S. cybersecurity legislative proposal -- which has yet to be enacte
December 13, 2013 10:20
Citibank Korea wins ‘Best Bank in Korea for 2013’ by Asset Magazine
Citibank Korea (CEO Ha, Yung Ku, www.citibank.co.kr) was awarded as ‘the Best bank in Korea for 2013’ in Triple A Country Awards for achievement for 2013 which were announced by Asset Magazine. It won
GM Korea today announced that Chevrolet’s all-new small SUV, the Trax, has been named the Safest Car
December 13, 2013 09:15
Chevrolet Trax Named Safest Car of the Year in Korea
GM Korea today announced that Chevrolet’s all-new small SUV, the Trax, has been named the Safest Car of the Year by Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). The Trax received
December 12, 2013 11:09
LG RECOGNIZED FOR ADVANCED SPEECH AND GESTURE RECOGNITION INNOVATIONS
LG Electronics’ (LG) Smart TV advanced speech and finger gesture recognition functions have been validated by globally respected product testing and inspection body, Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Th
LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition
December 11, 2013 08:59
LG ANNOUNCES FIRST-EVER GOOGLE PLAY EDITION TABLET
The LG G Pad 8.3 from LG Electronics (LG) will be the first device ever to be designated a Google Play Edition tablet. Google’s first Android Open Source Project (AOSP) tablet will feature the latest
December 10, 2013 09:53
Citibank Korea Inc. launches co-promotion with Ssangyong Motors
Citibank Korea Inc.(CEO Ha Yung Ku, www.citibank.co.kr) announced to launch “5 Delightful Benefits offered by Citicard” promotion offering cash back benefits etc. in alliance with Ssangyong Motors dur
Aart wallpaper application picsell provides various artworks for download
December 06, 2013 17:45
Korean Premium Art Commerce Application ‘picsell’ Launches Service in Hong Kong
Aart’s wallpaper application ‘picsell’ started out as a commerce collaboration project involving the world’s best known artists. It provides various artworks for download. ‘picsell’ app is growing in
December 04, 2013 09:23
LG OPTIMIZES SMART TV PLATFORM FOR SEAMLESS MULTI-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS
LG Electronics (LG) will be the first company to incorporate the AllJoyn open source software framework into its Smart TV platform, giving users a new level of interoperability between devices. AllJoy
December 04, 2013 08:44
SurplusGLOBAL becomes the exclusive remarketer representing NXP Semiconductors for selling front end equipment
SurplusGLOBAL, Inc., a global leader in the secondary semiconductor equipment market, was awarded the contract for exclusive remarketing of NXP Semiconductors equipment in November. There are 239 semi
December 03, 2013 17:48
Ruyton Girls' School Selects Brocade to Enable Non-Stop Networking and Mobility for Technology-Optimised Learning
Students at Melbourne‘s Ruyton Girls’ School, one of Australia's leading independent girls schools, are now able to enjoy new online learning opportunities after deploying a new core IT network from B
December 03, 2013 11:05
LG G2, DESIGNED WITH ENVIRONMENT IN MIND, EARNS UL ENVIRONMENT AND CARBONFREE? CERTIFICATIONS
LG Electronics (LG) has earned key sustainability certifications from UL Environment and the Carbonfund.org Foundation for the award-winning LG G2 smartphone, further validating the company’s global s
December 02, 2013 14:19
GM Korea Has Highest Domestic Sales in 2013
GM Korea Company sold a November record 14,100 vehicles in Korea. Sales rose 2.4 percent from 13,768 vehicles sold in the same month last year. It was GM Korea’s best monthly sales this year and its f
KOHI successfully concluded Population and Reproductive Health for Pakistan Program with KOICA.
November 29, 2013 09:28
KOHI successfully concluded ‘Population and Reproductive Health for Pakistan’ Program With KOICA
Korea Human Resource Development Institute for Health and Welfare, KOHI (President; Ryu Hoyoung) successfully concluded ‘Population and Reproductive Health for Pakistan’ Program with KOICA. Delegates
Asian Cultural Complex unveiled its interior for the first time in 8 years of its construction. It i
November 28, 2013 13:29
Like The Louvre in Asia, the Interior of the ‘Forest of Light,’ Asian Culture Complex Unveiled for the First Time
Asian Cultural Complex, scheduled for completion in 2014 unveiled its interior for the first time in 8 years of its construction. This is the largest cultural complex being built in Korea that will
G-STAR2013 Outdoor View
November 27, 2013 17:00
G-STAR 2013: Closing with the Best Attendance of All Time
‘G-STAR 2013’, which was attended by 512 game-related enterprises from 32 countries in the world, ended in great success after 4 days of ‘dreamful game culture festival’ with 188,707 visitors, a recor
November 27, 2013 14:13
LG ELECTRONICS NAMES NEW EXECUTIVES
LG Electronics (LG) today announced 44 executive appointments, among them three new company presidents. Among the promotions are new executives to lead the Home Entertainment (HE) Company and Global S
Access Mobile Co., Ltd. Selected as a 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Global. At the Red Herring Global for
November 26, 2013 15:49
Access Mobile Co., Ltd. Selected as a 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Global
Access Mobile Co., Ltd., announced that it has been selected as a winner for the 2013 Red Herring Top 100 Global, and recognized as one of the most promising ventures to lead the future technology at
November 26, 2013 05:00
Coinplug, a Bitcoin Startup, Announces a $400,000 Investment From Silverblue, Inc.
Coinplug, a Bitcoin startup, announces a $400,000 investment from Silverblue, Inc., “Silverblue is investing in Coinplug because of the excellent engineering and management team of Coinplug. Professio
November 20, 2013 10:33
Citibank Korea, Inc. expands its business into Korea’s domestic ABS market
The strong market player in the cross-border Asset Backed Securities (‘ABS’) market, Citibank Korea, Inc. (‘Citibank Korea’)(Yung Ku Ha, CEO of Citibank Korea) spoke up on Nov 20 that they would expan
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