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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has just announced the availability of its Samsung Wave 3 (SHW-M410) smartphone on the homeland market.
The smartphone will be released on the airwaves of wireless carrier KT with a price tag of 400,000 won ($356 / 270 Euros) attached to it.
The handset packs appealing hard... |
14 February 2012
05:21 GMT |
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The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology in South Korea has announced that it plans to introduce a new set of limitations to the gaming time of minors via new bill.
The underlying concept is called the “Cooling Off System” and will mean that those under the age of 18 would be logged out of any ... |
13 February 2012
05:32 GMT |
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Samsung has managed to sell over 700,000 Galaxy Note devices in its homeland country South Korea since the official release of the new device. Galaxy Note was launched in South Korea in November, with LTE connectivity capabilities. The mobile phone maker has confirmed that this number actually shows the sales to c... |
2 February 2012
01:53 GMT |
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A report from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in South Korea has suggested that the country might move to ban the accounts of all minor players who spend more than two consecutive hours playing online game or more than three hours during any given day. It seems that representatives from the gaming ... |
1 February 2012
04:19 GMT |
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Google has released a batch of new Street View images in South Korea. The new imagery is mainly focused on a couple of cities, the two biggest in the country, Seoul and Busan.
The new imagery is rather high quality, by Street View standards, and there are plenty of interesting locations to check out that now have mo... |
25 January 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Samsung has just announced that its Galaxy S II smartphone sold over 5 million units in its homeland market, South Korea. The Android-based mobile phone was made available in the country about nine months ago, and proved one of the fastest selling handsets there. It is one of the very few mobile devices to reach such... |
19 January 2012
01:35 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Capcom and consumer electronics company LG have announced that on Saturday the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles will play host to the LG Cup Street Fighter IV HD tournament, which will feature some of the best players in the world and will offer some excellent chances for amateurs to ... |
12 January 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Google is being accused with interfering with an investigation by South Korean authorities over anti-competitive issues regarding Google Search in Android phones. The authorities were investigating whether Google makes it unnecessarily hard for users to switch to other search providers in the country.In an interview ... |
9 January 2012
17:31 GMT |
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The global release of Diablo III, the eagerly awaited role playing dungeon crawler from Blizzard, might be in danger. This is due to the South Korean Game Rating Board, which doesn’t want to pass a ruling due to the game’s Auction House feature because it resembles gambling.
South Korea has always had a very hars... |
5 January 2012
15:41 GMT |
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KT Corp. is the latest wireless carrier in South Korea to have LTE services available for its users, after SK Telecom fired up its 4G network back in July.
The availability of faster wireless services from the telecoms company is expected to greatly increase the competition in the area.
Before the year is over, K... |
3 January 2012
05:50 GMT |
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Today, mobile phone maker LG Electronics made a new handset available for purchase in its homeland market, the PRADA phone by LG 3.0.
Released as the result of a collaboration between the South Korean mobile phone maker and the renowned fashion label PRADA, the new handset is set to hit additional markets in Europe... |
28 December 2011
06:51 GMT |
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Microsoft and Nokia are working together to bring the Windows Phone operating system to more markets around the world, so as to offer more people the possibility to get a taste of it. Earlier this week, the two announced one new step in this direction, consisting of the launch of Nokia's Lumia 710 smartphone on... |
24 December 2011
10:11 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone users can now enjoy the capabilities of a new Galaxy Note flavor, one that comes all dressed up in white. Samsung has just made the pale version of the mobile phone available for purchase in its homeland country, while keeping the high-end features and capabilities of the device unaltered.... |
20 December 2011
04:23 GMT |
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The passing of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il did not only leave the country with a figurative dark legacy, but also with a rather obvious, real one. This image shows the country as viewed from satellite during the night. The sea of light to the south is South Korea, to the north is China. The Dear Leader pas... |
19 December 2011
11:03 GMT |
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Apple’s iPhone 4S device has already managed to prove successful in a series of markets around the world, but not in South Korea, where demand is said to be rather poor.
Apparently, the handset is gathering dust on shelves at various wireless carriers in the country, which is not encouraging at all for the C... |
14 December 2011
03:33 GMT |
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Mobile phone users in South Korea who own devices running under Google’s Android operating system are now able to download and purchase games from the Android Market.
There are thousands of games available for users in the country, and more of them are expected to come soon.
“Starting right away, And... |
29 November 2011
03:45 GMT |
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South Korean news agencies are reporting that Apple’s iPhone 4S is failing to make a splash in the country (despite having sold well in other markets), citing wireless operators there as saying that sales have peaked at 300,000 units combined at SK Telecom and Korea Telecom.The Korea Times said customers are no... |
28 November 2011
06:41 GMT |
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A new so called Shutdown Law has gone into effect in South Korea which requires operators of online games to block access for those under the age of 16 for a six hour block late at night.Both Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live are under the influence of the new regulations, meaning that ... |
24 November 2011
07:24 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone users will soon be able to purchase a new LTE-capable device in the country, namely the Galaxy Note, which is about to be put on pre-order on the airwaves of SK Telecom.
Reservations for the handset will begin tomorrow, while the device will become available for purchase on November 29th, ... |
24 November 2011
04:12 GMT |
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The National Intelligence Service (NIS), the chief intelligence agency of South Korea, finished an investigation which revealed that the email accounts of Korea University Graduate School of Information Security students were attacked by North Korean hackers.
According to The Chosunilbo, the inquiry revealed that th... |
17 November 2011
07:36 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung plans on putting an end to the legal battle it started against Apple in its homeland market, and will no longer pursue the blocking of iPhone devices in the country on alleged patent infringement.
The iPhone 4S has just become available for purchase on the local market, but t... |
14 November 2011
08:44 GMT |
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Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is in South Korea to promote his company and also work on a few deals and even acquisitions. While Google trails in search in the country, it is starting to make a name for itself via Android, which is popular with both South Koreans and the South Korean phone makers.But Google ... |
7 November 2011
06:05 GMT |
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Apple has issued an official announcement confirming that its iPhone 4S, “the most amazing iPhone yet,” is coming to Hong Kong, South Korea and 13 additional countries on November 11 - next Friday.The company headquartered at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California says that customers will be able to pre-o... |
1 November 2011
09:17 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Pantech has just announced the release of a new LTE smartphone for their home land market, namely the Pantech Vega LTE.
The new device was spotted into the wild before, has received the necessary certification from the WiFi Alliance only recently, and is set to land on shelves at w... |
6 October 2011
15:31 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has managed to sell over 10 million Galaxy devices in its homeland country, the latest reports on the matter suggest. Apparently, the company managed to top the selling charts in September, ending the month with 57.3 percent market share in the country, a little lower than in ... |
3 October 2011
19:11 GMT |
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Recently, a new Android-abased mobile phone from LG was spotted into the wild, namely the LG Optimus EX, now already made official in the homeland of its maker, South Korea. The new device is one of the most appealing smartphones that were announced during the ongoing year, packing a fast dual-core application proce... |
27 September 2011
18:21 GMT |
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Pantech is reportedly gearing up for the release of a new Android device that will offer support for 4G LTE networks, one that should arrive on shelves as the successor of the already popular Pantech Vega.
The new handset has just made an appearance into the wild under the name of Pantech Vega LTE, and is expect... |
26 September 2011
09:57 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electonics has just announced two new smartphones for its home land market, namely the Galaxy S II LTE and Galaxy S II HD LTE. Both devices are expected to arrive on shelves in the country soon with 4G capabilities, as well as with large touchscreen displays and fast applica... |
26 September 2011
01:47 GMT |
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Granted, the high-end of the smartphone market seems increasingly appealing, and with LG Electronics set to bring to shelves two new devices in that area, things will soon be more interesting than before.
We already had a look at the recently leaked LG Optimus EX from the handset vendor, and we can admire anothe... |
23 September 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Samsung's latest flagship Android-based smartphone is topping the sales charts in the company's home land market, the latest reports on the matter suggest.
Apparently, the company managed to sell a number of over 3.5 million Galaxy S II units in the country since the phone's official launch.
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21 September 2011
08:01 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation has just announced the upcoming availability of a new smartphone on the airwaves of SK Telecom in South Korea, namely the HTC Raider 4G.
The mobile phone is expected to arrive on shelves in the country with Google's Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread loaded on it, and wit... |
21 September 2011
05:35 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics has just announced the release of a new smartphone running under Google's Android operating system, one that also sports a sliding design, namely the LG Optimus Q2.
The handset comes to the market with a full QWERTY keyboard, and is expected to provide users wi... |
19 September 2011
04:55 GMT |
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Google's offices in Seoul, South Korea have been raided by local officials search for proof of anti-trust behavior at the company. This time around, it was the inclusion of Google Search in Android phones by default, that got the authorities' attention.
Officials visited the Google headquarters in the co... |
7 September 2011
10:23 GMT |
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For those who thought that having five mobile platforms available on the market is enough, think again. South Korean government plans to develop its own mobile operating system that will protect local smartphone manufacturers against Apple's patents war.
It appears that South Koreans move was a direct result ... |
24 August 2011
07:51 GMT |
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The website of HSBC South Korea has been hacked and defaced by a Turkish hacking group called Turkguvenligi (Turkish Trust League).The group is known for high-profile defacements, its previous victims including microsoft.co.kr, www.microsoft.com.br, secunia.com, www.destinyschild.com, www.victoriabeckham.com, evanesc... |
20 August 2011
06:43 GMT |
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Like sharks smelling blood in the water, 27,000 South Koreans are suing Apple over the location tracking bug discovered in its iOS operating system earlier this year.Following the example of Kim Hyeong-seok, a lawyer who had found that Apple could be sued over the mistake of allowing iOS to record copious amounts of ... |
18 August 2011
09:01 GMT |
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GOM TV, a popular Korean TV streaming service provider, notified customers that their personal information might have been exposed during an attack against its website."We regretfully inform you that at 2 AM KST, Aug. 12th, there has been an attack against our web site, GOMTV.net," GOM TV owner Gretech Corporation wr... |
17 August 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Fined an almost insignificant sum of money, Apple is paying up for the second time since being accused of storing users’ location data without permission.
A class action lawsuit looms, while two governmental bodies are breathing down the company’s neck as it is being forced to pay 3 million won ($2,855... |
3 August 2011
08:42 GMT |
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South Korea is potentially dealing with its most serious cyber attack in history after the details of 35 million people were stolen from two of the country's largest websites by hackers.Reuters reports that South Korean authorities are investigating two large data breaches on the Nate portal and Cyworld blogging... |
28 July 2011
12:55 GMT |
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South Korea is the newest member of the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters.' The country took on its official status during a ceremony held on July 7, where it was represented by officials from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI),The South Korean space agency operates a number of sat... |
15 July 2011
07:41 GMT |
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Security giant McAfee claims that DDoS attacks against South Korean websites seen back in March might have been a North Korean exercise.According to a newly published McAfee report called "Ten Days of Rain" [pdf], the malware used to carry out the attacks was configured to disable itself after ten days.Furthermore, i... |
6 July 2011
14:14 GMT |
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Yesterday, mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced the release of two new Android-based devices on the market in South Korea, namely the HTC Flyer 4G and EVO 4G+, both of which feature support for wireless carrier's KT 4G network. The company is offering 4G services in the country via the Wireless Broadban... |
24 June 2011
05:48 GMT |
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Today, Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation made official a new Android-based mobile phone aimed at the market in South Korea, namely the HTC EVO 4G+.Previously leaked into the wild as the HTC Rider and tipped only recently as being set to land on shelves in as HTC EVO 4G+, the mobile phone is now present on... |
23 June 2011
15:31 GMT |
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One of the mobile phones that should arrive on the market in South Korea in the near future with Google's Android operating system on board is the previously leaked HTC Rider, which is supposedly set to land on shelves in the country under the name of HTC EVO 4G+.The mobile phone should sport features similar w... |
23 June 2011
04:04 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has just confirmed that it managed to activate a number of over one million Galaxy S II smartphones on its homeland market after the release of this device in late April.Previously, the company announced that it had sold over 1 million units to carriers and retailers, and it s... |
10 June 2011
20:31 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is reportedly getting ready for the release of a new mobile phone powered by Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, one that might get launched on the company's homeland market.The new device is said to sport the model number SHV-E110S, and to... |
1 June 2011
14:11 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics has unveiled today that it managed to sell a number of more than 2.34 million mobile phones on the market in its homeland country during the month of May.According to the leading handset vendor, this amount of sales would bring the total number of sales up by over ... |
1 June 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Galaxy S II, the flagship smartphone that South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung brought to the market about a month ago, managed to sell over 1 million units on the homeland market. This makes the Galaxy S II the fastest selling smartphone in Samsung's offering, as it left behind last year's high-end Gal... |
30 May 2011
02:14 GMT |
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This week should bring a new high-end smartphone on shelves in South Korea, namely the HTC Sensation, currently available only in a handful of markets around the world. On Wednesday, May 25th, the new flagship model should be released on shelves in the country via SK Telecom, the largest wireless carrier on the loca... |
23 May 2011
09:11 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung reportedly managed to sell a number of over 120,000 Samsung Galaxy S II units in its homeland market during the first three days of availability of the new device. The figure brings the number of Galaxy S II devices moved on the South Korean market up to over 300k, including l... |
5 May 2011
06:50 GMT |
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