Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus will load QLED panels onto TVs to be released in India in September. As the proportion of low-priced products increases in the QLED TV market, the premium image of QLED TVs which Samsung Electronics has promoted might weaken, market watchers say.OnePlus recently twee

Samsung Electronics launched its premium tablet Galaxy Tab S6 on Aug. 29.The latest tablet from Samsung comes in LTE and Wi-Fi models and three colors -- mountain gray, rose blush and cloud blue. The LTE 128 GB and 256 GB models retail at 898,700 won and 999,900 won, respectively, while the Wi-Fi 12

The Ministry of Finance of Japan announced on Aug. 29 that Japan exported 479 tons of hydrogen fluoride to South Korea in July this year, down 83.7 percent from the previous month, and the value of the exports fell 32.6 percent to 400.97 million yen.The announcement is the Japanese government’s firs

KT has built a virtual reality (VR) theme park in Malaysia in cooperation with a local company.KT said on Aug. 29 that it opened VR theme park VRINITY at Legoland Shopping Mall in Johor, Malaysia, on Aug. 28 (local time). IISB, a local ICT company, also invested in the project.KT opened the Shinchon

Samsung Electronics is considering receiving preorders for the foldable phone Galaxy Fold beginning on Sept. 6 in the United States and Korea at the same time. It is in five months since the postponement of its launch in April.Samsung Electronics and Korea’s three mobile carriers will release the Ga

SK Telecom announced on Aug. 28 that it has succeeded in 5G data transmission and live broadcasting from a racing car running at up to 213 kilometers per hour. The company used the 28 GHz ultra-high frequency band in the demonstration, which was jointly carried out with Samsung Electronics.The two c

LG Electronics Inc. has joined hands with Siemens to develop smart factories with an advanced manufacturing process.The South Korean electronics maker and the German industrial giant announced on Aug. 28 that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at LG Digital Park in Pyeongtaek, sout

LG Innotek announced on Aug. 28 that it has developed "Nexlide-HD," a flexible 3D light for automobiles.This product is a vehicle lighting component made by attaching several LED packages to a thin board, and is characterized by being softly bended like rubber. The hexahedron product is used as a li

The Public Administration and Security Committee of the National Assembly holds a subcommittee meeting on Aug. 29 to deliberate on an amendment to the Personal Information Protection Act. The amendment bill is to allow the utilization of de-identified personal data for more purposes.Article 39 of th

Although NAND flash prices have rebounded since the start of the second half, the upward momentum is unlikely to continue due to a sluggish demand recovery, industry experts say. In addition, concern is raised over a supply glut next year due to massive investments by NAND flash makers such as Samsu

Samsung Display will supply organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels for Huawei's premium strategic smartphones for the first time.Huawei decided to use Samsung Display's OLED panels for its flagship smartphone models “Mate 30” and “Mate 30 Pro” scheduled to be launched in the second half

Facebook Korea vice president Park Dae-sung said on Aug. 27 that the South Korean government’s interconnection standards on telecommunications equipment and facilities have created an environment in which data transmitters’ costs cannot but increase and content providers’ burden will be shifted to u

American semiconductor foundry GlobalFoundries filed 16 patent infringement lawsuits against TSMC in the United States and Germany. Headquartered in Taiwan, TSMC is the largest company in the industry and is working very closely with Chinese companies such as Huawei, MediaTek and Hisense. GlobalFoun

Samsung Electronics has achieved a nearly 10 percent share in the Japanese smartphone market on the back of the popularity of the Galaxy S10 series.Samsung Electronics ranked second with a 9.8 percent market share (600,000 units) in the Japanese smartphone market in the second quarter of this year,

Samsung Electronics has dismissed as “groundless” a recent report by DigiTimes, a Taiwanese daily newspaper specializing in information technology, that the Korean semiconductor producer is suffering from poor yields in its 7-nano extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process.Samsung responded to the report qui

Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-yong had an executive meeting at Samsung Display’s Asan Plant on Aug. 26, examining the company’s mid- to long-term business strategy and future technology development roadmap.His visit to the plant was to give a pep talk to the Samsung Group subsidiary with

The Korea Startup Forum, the Korea Internet Corporations Association, and local and foreign content providers such as Google, Naver, Netflix, Kakao and Facebook released a statement on Aug. 26, claiming that the South Korean government needs to completely overhaul its network fee calculation structu

LG Electronics announced on Aug. 22 that it has launched two budget smartphone models, the LG K50S and LG K40S.The K50S has a 6.5-inch screen and a 4,000 mAh battery while the K40S features a 3,500 mAh battery and a 6.1-inch screen. Both products enhance a sense of immersion by minimizing areas cove

Chinese TV maker TCL has launched a “vertical TV” following Samsung Electronics’ “The Sero,” a model designed to allow young people to project more of their smartphone stuff onto the TV by allowing it to go vertical.TCL has recently taken the wraps off the new smart TV product “XESS Smart Screen,” w

The Ministry of Science and ICT of South Korea sent letters to local mobile carriers, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics on Aug. 25, asking them to ensure consumers’ rights to choose and submit plans and proposals concerning the matter.The request has to do with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10. Samsu