Korea Times K-Culture Reporter
Baek Byung-yeul is a journalist at The Korea Times focused on cultural content, including films and cultural events in South Korea. You can contact him at baekby@koreatimes.co.kr to share your insights.
Naver and Kakao are achieving big success in Japan, the home of “manga” or comics, with their online comics generating huge sales there last year, according to the companies, Sunday.
Kim Se-hwan, center, the first customer to purchase the Galaxy S24 series smartphone, poses with the company’s employees at the Samsung Gangnam flagship store in Seoul, Friday. Samsung said Sunday that presales of the AI-powered Galaxy S24 series from Jan. 19 to Jan. 25 totaled 1.21 million units in Korea. With 173,000 units pre-ordered a day on average, the S24 set a new pre-order record, surpassing the previous record holder, the Galaxy Note 10 with 125,000 units pre-ordered in one day in 2019. Courtesy of Samsung Electronics
SK hynix, which was negatively affected by the global memory semiconductor recession last year, has managed to bounce back by recording a profit in the fourth quarter for the first time in five quarters, showing signs of a recovery in the memory semiconductor market, the company said Thursday.
LX Hausys is participating in the International Surface Event (TISE), the largest flooring exhibition in North America, in an effort to increase its presence in this region's flooring market, the building and interior materials company said Thursday.
Samsung Electronics reclaimed its position as the tech company with the largest market share in India last year — for the first time in six years. The company is aiming to strengthen its dominance in premium products by opening a flagship store in Mumbai, India's most populous city, the company said Wednesday.
Samsung SDS has warned its corporate customers to prepare for increased security threats due to the rise of generative AI, which is one of the cybersecurity threats to watch out for this year, according to the company, Wednesday.
Samsung Display is expanding its talent nurturing program, which has been operating with three universities, to include five more universities, in order to extend its leadership in the global display industry, the display maker said Tuesday.
LG CNS is seeking to enhance its presence in the domestic generative AI market by consolidating its technology development and business development organizations in the AI field into a specialized organization called AI Center, the company said Monday.
Samsung Electronics’ igloo-shaped Samsung Galaxy Olympic Experience Zone at Gangneung Olympic Park in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, where the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympics are currently underway, Saturday. Samsung, a worldwide partner of the event, said Monday that it opened the experience zone to give visitors a chance to experience the key features of its new Galaxy S24 smartphone, as well as play winter-themed sports and take selfies. Courtesy of Samsung Electronics