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Kakao Pay suffers service disruption for 2 hrs

SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- Kakao Pay Corp., the online payment unit of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp., suffered a service malfunction for about two hours Monday, its operator said.The service failure started around 12:10 p.m. and continued until
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LG Electronics' TV factory runs at 75 pct operation rate in Q1 amid slow demand

SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. ran its TV manufacturing plant at around 75 percent in the first quarter, the company said Monday, amid slowing demand for home entertainment products.The tech company said in a regulatory filing the rate
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Kakao beats Naver in average salary for 3rd year: data

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Kakao Corp., a major South Korean tech firm, beat its rival Naver Corp. in terms of average wage for three consecutive years through 2022, data showed Sunday.Kakao, which operates the country's most popular mobile messen
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Gov't cancels SK Telecom's license for 28 GHz spectrum

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's ICT ministry said Friday that it has canceled the license for the new 28 gigahertz spectrum of high-speed 5G network owned by SK Telecom Co., South Korea's No. 1 wireless carrier, citing a lack of inves
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(News Focus) Samsung faces serious competitor in fast growing foldable phone market

By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- For the past few years, Samsung Electronics has been the dominant player in the global foldable smartphone market, where early tech adopters have lugged around small tablet-sized phones in exchange for creativ
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(Yonhap Interview) DeepL CEO says rising demand for Korean language leads to opening of translation service

By Kim BoramSEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- Jaroslaw Kutylowski, founder and CEO of the neural machine translation service provider DeepL, has said demand for Korean language on the global stage is growing larger and faster amid the rising presence of the
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S. Korea's top mobile messenger KakaoTalk suffers brief service disruption

SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- KakaoTalk, South Korea's top mobile messenger, suffered a brief service malfunction Monday, its operator said.A messenger delivery failure and login error started at 1:35 p.m. and continued for 19 minutes, according to th
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S. Korea unveils road map for digitally transformed country

SEOUL, May 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government on Tuesday unveiled its road map to set up new social orders for the imminent digital era stemming from the integration of digital technology into all areas of the country.It is a follow-up to Pres
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(Yonhap Feature) UNIST building AVATAR system for teleoperated robots

By Kim BoramULSAN, May 1 (Yonhap) -- An avatar refers to an image that represents a computer user in online games and chat rooms.However, the term avatar has taken on a new meaning in the robotics field. It stands for an interActive and intuitiVe con
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Yoon meets with MIT scholars to discuss digital, bio technologies

By Lee Haye-ahBOSTON, April 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with a group of scholars at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Friday to discuss cooperation on digital and bio technologies.Yoon, who is on a state v
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LG Uplus to compensate customers for network failure

SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's No. 3 mobile carrier, said Friday it will compensate more than 4 million customers for a network disruption caused by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks earlier this year.The com
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Google's removal policy applies universally in world, including S. Korea

By Kim BoramSEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Google's policy to respect local laws and culture when removing harmful, illegal content from its platforms, like YouTube, applies universally to creators and uploaders across the world, including in South
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Gov't demands LG Uplus expand workforce, investment into network security

By Kim BoramSEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government on Thursday demanded LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's No. 3 mobile carrier, expand its information security workforce and investment to improve its relatively loose network security
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S. Korean startup idciti gets GPS to work underground

By Kim BoramSEOUL, April 26 (Yonhap) -- When driving on a long underground expressway like the Gangnam Beltway in southern Seoul, many drivers see that the GPS-powered map on their smartphones or cars does not work well. As the GPS navigation system
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Jury verdict adds to business woes facing Samsung Electronics

SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will make its case heard in a patent suit in the Unites States, after a jury concluded last week the South Korean tech giant infringed several semiconductor patents owned by an Americ
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N. Korea uses upgraded backdoor scheme to attack U.S. video-conferencing firm 3CX

By Kim BoramSEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has used its upgraded skills to stage a backdoor attack against the network of U.S. virtual phone service company 3CX last month, Mandiant, Google's cybersecurity unit, said Thursday.3CX, which
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World IT Show kicks off in Seoul

SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- This year's World IT Show kicked off Wednesday in Seoul to showcase up-to-date telecommunications and ICT services and products.Under the slogan "Changing our life, K-Digital," the WIS 2023 will run through
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Netflix earned 773.3 bln won in S. Korea last year: lawmaker

SEOUL, April 17 (Yonhap) -- U.S. streaming giant Netflix's sales in South Korea rose 22 percent in 2022 from a year earlier thanks to a hike in subscription fees, an opposition lawmaker said Monday.Netflix's Korean sales came to 773.3 billion
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(LEAD) Digital Platform Government initiative to streamline public service

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 4-5, 9-10)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to dramatically streamline public services by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and other cutting-edge technology as part of Preside
Digital Platform Government initiative to streamline public service

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By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, April 14 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to dramatically streamline public services by harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and other cutting-edge technology as part of President Yoon Suk Yeol's Digital Platform Governmen