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Fri, April 27, 2018 | 17:40

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Naver asking media outlets about its online comment system

Naver has begun receiving opinions from media companies to decide whether to adopt an “outlink system” that leads readers of news articles to the newspapers' websites. Naver sent an email to its news providers Friday asking for opinions about introducing the outlink system. Naver has maintained an “inlink system,” where newsreaders read articles posted on its platform whereas...

IT | 2018-04-27 16:48

LG going on buying spree

LG Electronics has acquired Austrian-based automotive light maker ZKW in a bid to expand its footsteps into car parts business. The board of directors of the Korean tech giant approved the acquisition, costing 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), Thursday. LG Electronics will buy a 70 percent stake in ZKW, while LG Corporation, the holding company of LG Group will purchase the r...

IT | 2018-04-27 16:30

Naver urged to give up on 'online comments'

Naver is considering an “outlink system” in its online news section amid growing calls to overhaul its news management system. Naver CEO Han Seong-sook told lawmakers of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party the company may consider introducing an outlink system, where newsreaders are redirected to newspapers' websites when they click the news articles on Naver.

IT | 2018-04-26 18:54

AhnLab introduces enhanced cybersecurity platform

Korean cybersecurity firm AhnLab will launch a new cybersecurity platform that monitors and responds to advanced cyber threats. The firm said Thursday its new AhnLab EDR platform will help companies protect their data from highly malicious and automated malware.

IT | 2018-04-26 16:48

Samsung's Q1 profit reaches all-time high

Samsung Electronics posted a record quarterly operating profit, for the first three months of 2018, mostly powered by better-than-expected memory chip prices and solid sales of its latest flagship smartphone.

IT | 2018-04-26 16:45

IT firms offer coding education for children

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution ushers in a new era of technologies blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres, “coding” is emerging as a buzzword. With the government moving to add software education to the school curriculum, companies are also gearing up to utilize coding and computer literacy.

IT | 2018-04-25 18:48

Dyson criticized for filing 'futile' lawsuit

A Seoul court turned down an injunction requested by Dyson seeking to stop ads for a cordless vacuum cleaner of LG Electronics on Wednesday. The British vacuum maker Dyson filed a provisional injunction with the Seoul Central District Court last November, claiming the ad for LG's Code Zero A9 exaggerated its suction power.

IT | 2018-04-25 17:51

Nexon CEO vows to develop powerful intellectual property

Nexon Korea will develop powerful intellectual property (IP) and push to expand genre and platforms of its games to target the global game market, its chief executive officer said Wednesday.

IT | 2018-04-25 17:50

LG Display posts 1st quarterly loss in six years

LG Display recorded its first operating loss in six years due to weak demand for panels, the company announced Wednesday. The Korean display giant said it recorded an operating loss of 98.3 billion won ($91 million), compared with a profit of 1 trillion won a year earlier.

IT | 2018-04-25 17:48

Naver urged to do more to stop opinion-rigging

The nation's top portal Naver announced a set of measures Wednesday to prevent online public opinion-rigging in the wake of alleged deliberate manipulation of internet comments led by a power blogger in news articles carried out through the web portal.

IT | 2018-04-25 17:48

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