South Korea delivers record Interest Rate Cut

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By Cheon Jong-woo

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday delivered its largest ever interest rate cut and pledged more spending and tax cuts next year to help economic growth, already at a four-year low and likely to be hit further by the global financial storm.
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Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:17:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Koreans get Apple MacBook with WiBro

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Korean carrier KT is offering Apple MacBooks bundled with WiBro in Korea.
WiBro (Wireless Broadband) is the Korean version of WiMAX. Apple Korea is bundling MacBooks with the KWD-U2000 WiBro modem and the KT WiBro service.
The future for Mac users in Korea has already begun. They have broadband internet access on the go. Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:32:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Disputed Korean Rocks bring Banking, Ring Tones

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SEOUL (Reuters) - A furious dispute with Japan over who owns a desolate cluster of rocks has turned into a marketing opportunity for South Korean business tapping into patriotic fervor.
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Posted on Fri, 1 Aug 2008 03:34:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Purple HSDPA PEBL to dazzle Korean Consumers

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Motorola announces in Korea a new special version of the PEBL mobile phone. The new PEBL comes in purple which symbolizes wealth and gentility.

The purple PEBL is a 3G phone with HSDPA download speeds of 7.2mbps.
Other features of the purple PEBL include 3.5mm headset jack, mp3 player, Bluetooth, 2MP camera, and visually hidden outside icon display. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:05:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

South Korea's new high tech Product: cloned Dogs

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By Jon Herskovitz

SEOUL (Reuters) - Two South Korean labs are offering pet owners the chance to clone dogs, but for those looking to bring back a beloved beagle, be ready to wait in line and have plenty of cash on hand.
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Posted on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:44:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

HTC enters Korea with HTC Touch Dual

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HTC announces that they are bringing their first entry in the Korea phone market with the HTC Touch Dual.

HTC entered an exclusive alliance with SK Telecom.

Vice President of HTC Asia Jack Tong commented about the company’s goals for this launch. "HTC is excited to be entering the Korea market with the HTC Touch Dual. We want to tap into Korea’s high level of consumer sophistication by bringing in a portfolio of innovative phones that set new benchmarks for touch usage." Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2008 01:46:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korea protests a proving Ground for Gadgets, Geeks

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By Marie-France Han and Rhee So-eui

SEOUL (Reuters) - When tens of thousands of Koreans converged in the center of Seoul on Tuesday for a mass protest against the new president, many were clutching two vital items: a candle and a mobile phone loaded with snazzy features.
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Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wii not successful in Korea

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Nintendo launched the Wii console very late in Korea. Korean gamers have only been able get the Wii since late April. The anticipated run on the Wii did not happen.
Only 35,000 units have been sold the first month. The Nintendo DS is a huge success in Korea with 100,000 units sold per month. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korea to get 2nd Generation WiBro Network

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SK Telecom announced today that they succeeded in sending HD video using its WiBro technology in real time. WiBro with the improved "Wave 2" functionality can receive data at speeds of up to 37.44 Mbps and send at 10.08 Mbps.

SK Telecom plans to build a Wibro Wave 2 network in Seoul that is planned to launch in H2 2008. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 May 2008 05:54:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Giant Cell phones are the new Trend in Korea

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We all look to Korea to see what the future in mobile phones is. Now the latest trend seems to be going towards huge cell phones that are bigger than notebooks.

Yes, of course this is not true, there are no giant cell phones in our future. Korean SK Telecom sent out this press photo though today over the wire. It was not me going crazy with Photoshop. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2008 23:49:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BlackBerry to come to Korea

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SK Telecom is apparently planning to introduce the BlackBerry smartphone in Korea. It is actually surprising that BlackBerry phones are not ubiquitous by now.

Apparently regulations have prevented RIM from marketing the BlackBerry in Korea. Cell phones in Korea are required to use the Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability (WIPI). Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2008 01:48:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Paper is passe for tech-savvy South Koreans

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead.
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Posted on Fri, 9 May 2008 06:59:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean Diotek developed iPhone Handwriting DioPen Software

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Yesterday reports appeared that that latest iPhone 2.0 firmware include handwriting recognition software supporting chinese.
Today Korean company Diotek announces that they have developed a new handwriting input method for the Apple iPhone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 May 2008 00:45:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

South Korea Prosecutor indicts Samsung Boss over Tax

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SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean special prosecutor investigating alleged corruption at the Samsung Group on Thursday indicted Lee Kun-hee, the group's chief and one of the country's most powerful businessmen, for tax evasion and breach of trust.
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Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:06:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

North Korea tunes in to New York Philharmonic

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By Jon Herskovitz

PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The United States' oldest symphony orchestra played an unprecedented concert on Tuesday in hermit North Korea that both sides say they hope will bring a little harmony to relations between the bitter Cold War foes.
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Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:55:15 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC with Windows XP launches in Korea

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Asus launched the Eee PC 4G in Korea. Like in Japan the Eee PC is shipping with Windows XP only.

The Asus Eee PC 4G sells for 499,000 Won (~$526) in Korea. Pretty expensive compared to what the Eee 4G with Linux sells for in the U.S. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:36:24 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

How deep is your Love? Korean passion Phones know

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Valentines Day in South Korea means chocolates, romantic dinners and a high-tech mobile phone device that can secretly check the passion in the voice of a lover. Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:25:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New iPod touch Clone from Korean Tomato

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Looks like some DAP companies have fun designing new music players that unmistakably feature the elements of the Apple iPod touch and even announce it officially.

There are already lots of cheap fake iPod touch players on the market as you can see on eBay. I am not sure if the new one also imitates the iPone/touch user interface.


The new Video Touch from Korean Tomato features a 2.5 inch QVGA touchscreen and comes with either 2GB or 4GB of flash memory.
The Tomato Video Touch plays MP3, WMA, WAV, and APE / FLAC lossless. Read more

Posted on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:46:48 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean PMP Looks more like UMPC

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Korean company UPOP has a giant sized PMP that looks more like a UMPC than a traditional PMP. The device has a 4.8-inch TFT screen and can be had with 30GB, 80GB, or 160GB HDD. Expansion via SD cards is possible as well.

The device runs windows CE 5.0 Pro and is compatible with MP3, WMA, MP4, ACC, AC3, Ogg and WAV. The player will also do video with AVI, WMV, MPG, DAT, and VOB compatibility. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:15:38 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Korea's Samsung stirs Controversy over Corruption Claims

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By Jon Herskovitz

SEOUL (Reuters) - There are three things South Koreans cannot avoid: death, taxes and Samsung.
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Posted on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Flexible OLEDs for Clothing shown by ETRI in Korea

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Korean ETRI demonstrated its flexible OLED displays at a show in Seoul.

The exhibited items look actually pretty unprofessional. The use of these OLED displays is just not thought through. There are displays sewed into a tie, a bag, a hat, and a shirt. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr