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December 10, 2014 15:43

Samsung Electronics Announces Annual Reorganization for 2015

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its annual structural reorganization, which follows a December 1, 2014 decision to maintain the company’s leadership of three CEOs, who will continue their indep

December 10, 2014 14:35

A New Era Comes When Diabetes Can Be Treated Basically Using Cells of Pancreas

STC Stem Cell Treatment & Research Institute (www.stcstri.com) of STC Life Co., Ltd. (Chairman: Kye Ho Lee) succeeded in differentiating new pluripotent stem cells without side effect into beta-cells

December 07, 2014 09:00

Pyunkang Korean Medicine Hospital: The Great Vision of a Doctor of Korean Medicine Banning Chemical Medicines

What is the limit of the human lifespan? Biologists consider the age of about 120 years to be the limit of the human lifespan on the premises that the majority of animals live up to 6 times the period

December 04, 2014 09:58

Download the Upgraded Visit Korea App and Win Free iPad Air

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO)(http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/) is currently holding an event to celebrate the launch of its official Korean travel mobile app ‘Visit Korea’. Continuing until Decemb

December 01, 2014 14:34

Ssangyong Motor’s global sales record 10,222 units in Nov 2014

Ssangyong Motor (CEO Lee Yoo-il; www.smotor.com), part of the Mahindra Group, today announced that the company sold a total of 10,222 units in November 2014 - 5,806 units in domestic sales and 4,416 i

December 01, 2014 13:59

GM Korea Reports November Sales of 52,218 Vehicles

GM Korea Company sold 12,344 vehicles in the domestic market and exported 39,874 vehicles in November. Total sales for the month were 52,218 units. GM Korea’s domestic sales were down 12.5 percent

December 01, 2014 10:50

The Largest Ever “G-STAR 2014” Ended in Great Success

The “Global Game Exhibition G-STAR 2014” attended by 617 domestic and international game-related companies from 35 countries, has ended its big four-day run in great success and recorded 200,509 estim

November 30, 2014 10:19

Lee, Woo-gap Column - Korea-China FTA and the Attraction of President Park

Korea-China FTA was finally signed on November 10 after a long series of negotiations. Some expect a rosy future with a open market of 1.3 billion people that is worth KRW 5 trillion, while others pla

November 26, 2014 11:06

LG SOLAR POWERED REFRIGERATORS TO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA

Twenty solar powered refrigerators equipped with Smart Inverter Compressors were donated to local communities in Africa and South America as part of LG Electronics’ partnership with the non-profit org

November 25, 2014 13:20

‘GAME IS NOT OVER’ - Grand Opening of the 10th Anniversary G-Star 2014

‘Game Is Not Over’. The 10th anniversary international game trade show G-Star 2014 (Game Show and Trade All Round) that leads the game industry to new heights kicked off in a grand style on Thursday,

November 25, 2014 11:00

Samsung Electronics Introduces EYECAN+, Next-Generation Mouse for People with Disabilities

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., today introduced EYECAN+, the company’s second-generation eye mouse that allows people with disabilities to compose and edit documents as well as browse the web through s

November 20, 2014 10:48

Seoul City Presents Run@Seoul Week for Global Citizens

Seoul Metropolitan Government has launched a global marketing campaign titled ‘Run@Seoul Week’ over a five-day period from November 19th to 23rd. The campaign has been designed to allow global citizen

November 20, 2014 10:30

Calm Island Badanamu confirms business alliance with Readers and Story

Children’s education group Calm Island (CEO David Roberts) announced on 19th November that they have teamed up with Readers and Story (CEO Dae-Hyun Kim) for strategic business alliances targeting dom

November 13, 2014 16:04

The Sewol Ferry Incident & The US Mad Cow

The “mad cow disease” incident in 2008 and the “Sewol Ferry” incident in 2014 seem to be different events, but they are actually very similar from the perspective of safety and security. First, the

November 13, 2014 11:08

Samsung Electronics Partners with Christie’s Hong Kong to Unveil Special-Edition Artisan Curved UHD TV

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today announced a partnership with Christie’s to auction a stunning, gold lacquer-painted 78” Curved UHD TV. The beautiful piece combines innovative technology with intr

November 12, 2014 08:54

LG ELECTRONICS HONORED WITH 10 CES 2015 INNOVATION AWARDS

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) recognized LG Electronics (LG)’ excellence in design and technology with 10 prestigious 2015 International CES Innovation Awards. LG home entertainment, home

November 10, 2014 11:07

KIZON, LG’S ECO-FRIENDLY WEARABLE DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN, HEADED OVERSEAS

KizON, a wearable device designed for children from LG Electronics (LG), has been certified for meeting specific environmental guidelines by TUV Rheinland and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) Envir

November 06, 2014 15:10

KDI School to start K-Developedia’s major data translation project to share Korea’s development experience

The KDI School of Public Policy and Management (KDI School) has announced that it will start a large-scale translation project on more than 1000 Korean contents within K-Developedia (www.kdevelopedia.

November 05, 2014 09:13

GOOGLE AND LG ENTER INTO GLOBAL PATENT LICENSE AGREEMENT

LG Electronics Inc. (LG) and Google Inc. have entered into a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement covering a broad range of products and technologies. The agreement covers the two companies’ exi

October 30, 2014 13:23

WEBGATE, New release of 8 / 16ch Penta-brid HD DVR

Daemyung Enterprise WEBGATE division (www.webgateinc.com) released two Penta-brid HD DVR models supporting diverse video input formats including analog and digital. 8ch DVR, HSC801F-D and 16ch DVR,

October 30, 2014 09:04

Samsung Electronics Announces Third Quarter Results

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Samsung’s revenue for the quarter was KRW 47.45 trillion, a 9 percent decrease quarter-o

October 29, 2014 13:59

RECORD SMARTPHONE SHIPMENTS BOOSTS LG ELECTRONICS QUARTERLY EARNINGS

LG Electronics (LG) announced unaudited third quarter consolidated revenues of KRW 14.92 trillion (USD 14.54 billion), an increase of 7.4 percent year-over-year, and operating profit of KRW 461.3 bill

October 29, 2014 11:36

INTRODUCING LG’S DIGITAL CINEMA 4K MONITOR, THE ULTIMATE DISPLAY SOLUTION

LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled its new 4K Monitor (model 31MU97) for global rollout starting this week. The cutting-edge LG 31MU97 mates Digital Cinema 4K (4096 x 2160) resolution with a 31-inch I

October 28, 2014 09:55

G-STAR Exhibition, Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary Has Closed the Application with the Largest Number of Booths Ever

On October 10, Korea Internet & Digital Entertainment Association (Chairman, Kyung-pil Nam, hereinafter “K-iDEA”) made an announcement on the interim status of participation in G-STAR 2014. Scale of p

October 21, 2014 11:28

Samsung Starts Mass Production of Industry's First 20nm 8Gb DDR4

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in memory technology, today announced that it is mass producing the industry’s most advanced 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 memory and 32-gigabyte (GB) module, bot

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