Cho Mu-hyun is based in Seoul, South Korea and covers global tech conglomerates Samsung, LG and technology news in Asia. His English name is Joe and it rhymes with his last name.
LG will display its new stylus smartphone, along with a litany of new midrange phones and its yet-to-be-revealed flagship the G5, at the Mobile World Congress next week.
LG's upcoming G8 ThinQ smartphone will have a 3D sensor, made by German company Infineon Technologies, that will assist its front camera, the South Korean electronics maker says.
The South Korean tech giant is widening the application of its touted 14-nanometer FinFET process to midrange phones as it attempts to stay ahead of rivals.
Kakao has launched its first original emoticon characters in five years, which it hopes will mimic the success of the hugely popular Kakao Friends.
Samsung Electronics has sold 728,000 Galaxy S8s in pre-orders so far and is confident to hit a million before official sales begin on April 21.
Samsung Electronics has put up an outdoor ad in Paris that says in Korean the future will 'unfold' on February 20, strongly hinting at the launch of a foldable phone at the Galaxy S10 launch.
The South Korean tech giant will also show a teaser video for the Galaxy S8, to be unveiled sometime after the mobile tradeshow.
Samsung began sales of its Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy Edge 6 Plus phablets in South Korea, while its mobile wallet service Samsung Pay went live.
An approval by a Seoul court has ended the South Korean smartphone maker's 14-month court receivership.
The tech giant has postponed the resumption of Galaxy Note 7 sales to October to make sure the recall is finished beforehand.