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March 30, 2015 11:08

NEW MID-RANGE SMARTPHONE SERIES FROM LG BEGINS GLOBAL LAUNCH

LG Electronics (LG) kicks off the global rollout of its new mid-range smartphone lineup starting in South America to be followed closely by Europe, Asia, Middle East Africa and North America. This pre

March 27, 2015 16:04

LG’S NEW VIETNAM PRODUCTION PLANT OPENS FOR BUSINESS

LG Electronics (LG) today officially announced the opening of its newest production facility in Vietnam with the completion of the main building at its Haiphong Campus. At 800,000m2, the building in L

March 24, 2015 12:01

CKI Provides Career Education Program for Teenagers from Multi-Cultural Families

Citibank Korea Inc. (CEO Park, Jin-hei, www.citibank.co.kr) and YWCA of Korea had a signing ceremony for Darae Class, an career education program for the teenagers from multi-cultural families, at the

March 23, 2015 18:31

A solo exhibition by a Myanmarese painter Shwe Sin Aye titled ‘Inner Happiness and Flowers-Emerging Souls’

A solo exhibition by Shwe Sin Aye(So Hee) who is known as ‘a painter who shares happiness’ will be held at ‘Leader’s Gallery Soo’ in Insadong from March 25th to April 7th. Shwe Sin Aye who is curr

March 20, 2015 10:52

2015 Seoul Motor Show Opens April 3

2015 Seoul Motor Show, the largest automobiles exhibition in South Korea, is scheduled to be held from April 3-12 at KINTEX, Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. This year's theme is ‘Experience the Technology,

March 20, 2015 07:10

Han, Seung-bum “Stupid Korea, US Ambassador by Terror”

Han, Seung-bum, the Director of KATUSA Veterans Association and CEO of Maccine Korea said as below. An unprecedented event occurred where the US Ambassador to Korea, Mark Lippert, became victim

March 19, 2015 20:00

Busan Metropolitan City Hosts 2015 IDB-IIC Annual Meeting in March

The 56th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the 30th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC)

March 19, 2015 18:25

Samsung and Trustonic Launch Trustonic for KNOX, Delivering a Whole New Level of Trust Enhanced Experiences on Samsung Mobile Devices

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the leading provider of mobile device security, announced today Trustonic for KNOX, a new mobile security solution developed through its partnership with Trustonic, the l

March 19, 2015 11:09

LG AKA, THE PHONE WITH A PERSONALITY, NOW AVAILABLE OVERSEAS

LG Electronics (LG) will begin the first overseas rollout of its fun and customizable AKA smartphone starting in Hong Kong next week followed by China, Taiwan, Singapore and Turkey. Originally designe

March 19, 2015 09:23

Han, Seung-bum “Attack on US Ambassador and Hitler in Korea”

Han, Seung-bum, the CEO of Maccine Korea said as below. Mark Lippert, US Ambassador to Korea, suffered an attack from a pro-North Korea leftist terrorist(Kim Ki-jong), who wielded a knife on him i

March 18, 2015 10:50

GFCI 17 to be Launched In Busan, Korea

Busan Metropolitan City and Z/Yen Group Ltd. are pleased to announce that the Global Financial Centres Index 17th edition launch conference will be held on Monday, 23 March 2015 at 09:00 AM (Korean Ti

March 17, 2015 08:50

Apgujeong YK Plastic Surgery Awarded Medical Tour Contribution Plaque for Its Excellence in Sanitary Inspection

Apgujeong YK Plastic Surgery was selected as an outstanding medical institution in sanitary inspection for operating rooms for its excellent hygienic conditions and honored with a Medical Tour Contrib

March 17, 2015 08:34

Samsung Electronics Demonstrates Commitment to Enterprise Platform at CeBIT 2015

Today at CeBIT 2015, Won-Pyo Hong, President and Chief Marketing Officer of Samsung Electronics, delivered a keynote at Center Stage in Hall 8 of the Hannover Exhibition Grounds. In his speech, he add

March 06, 2015 14:20

Samsung Electronics Expands Digital Display Portfolio with YESCO Electronics Acquisition

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced its acquisition of Logan, Utah-based YESCO Electronics, LLC, a leading LED sign and display manufacturer with more than 2,000 installations across the U.S

March 06, 2015 13:45

Everlasting and Eco-friendly Gift for K-POP Stars, ‘Star Forest’ Expands to 40 Worldwide

Tree Planet(www.treepla.net), a social venture in Korea, launched ‘Star Forest’ project, establishing forests named after celebrities, such as G-Dragon Forest, Girls’ Generation Forest and EXO Lay For

March 06, 2015 11:16

LG RECOGNIZED BY UNITED NATIONS FOR EMISSION REDUCTION EFFORTS

LG Electronics (LG) has become the world’s first to receive Certified Emission Reduction (CER) credits in appliance industry, from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project encouraged by the Unite

February 26, 2015 10:00

Tannus Launches the Next Generation Aither 1.1 ver. Puncture-free Tire

Tannus Co.,Ltd. (CEO : Lee Sung Yull) launched the New Version Collection of their maintenance-free Next Generation Bike Tire “Tannus” to the global market. This new collection of tires will be availa

February 23, 2015 11:19

LG’S NEW MID-RANGE SMARTPHONE LINEUP DELIVERS PREMIUM DESIGN, FEATURES

At this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), LG Electronics (LG) will unveil a new line of exceptional smartphones at exceptional prices with the introduction of mid-range handsets with design elements

February 16, 2015 10:10

‘Kyunghyang Housing Fair 2015’, Korea's Largest Housing Interior Exhibition

‘Kyunghyang Housing Fair 2015’ one of the largest and renowned construction exhibitions in Korea will be hosted at KINTEX from Thursday, February 26th, 2015 through Monday, March 2nd, 2015. ‘Kyunghya

January 29, 2015 14:03

LG REPORTS 2014 FINANCIAL RESULTS; NET PROFIT SOARS 125 PERCENT

LG Electronics Inc. (LG) today announced net profit of KRW 501.40 billion (USD 474.81 million) for full-year 2014, an increase of 125 percent over 2013 net profit. Operating profit increased significa

January 29, 2015 11:45

Lanai Café- Grand Opening on February 1st

It is never fair that Seoul has to wait for something Tokyo enjoyed many years ago. Finally, Hawaiian KONA coffee shop, -Lanai Café- is launched in the center of hotspot, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Hawaiian

January 29, 2015 09:00

Samsung Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter & FY 2014 Results

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014. Samsung’s revenue for the quarter was KRW 52.73 trillion, an 11 percent increase quarter

January 21, 2015 06:00

O HUI Launches ‘Beautiful Lips’ Campaign to Deliver Beautiful Messages with Digital Lipstick

O HUI, Korea’s leading cosmetics brand (K-Beauty) of LG Household & Healthcare (KRX:051900), launched ‘Beautiful Lips’ campaign with the aim of delivering beautiful messages to the loved ones with ‘D

January 15, 2015 09:50

Lee, Woo-gap “If a chaebol, Misaeng Mr. Oh would be sent to jail in Korea”

Lee, Woo-gap, the CEO of Friend Co. Ltd. and Harvard Co. Ltd. said as below. What would have happened if Mr. Choi from tvN‘s drama Misaeng (incomplete life), executive director played by Gyung-Yo

January 09, 2015 14:18

LG ELECTRONICS SCORES 41 AWARDS AT 2015 INTERNATIONAL CES

LG Electronics (LG) won an unprecedented 41 awards at the 2015 International CES, led by LG’s show-stopping G Flex2 smartphone, stunning flat and curved 4K OLED TVs and revolutionary TWIN™ Wash System

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