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.
Samsung will provide its IT manufacturing know-how to over 1,000 businesses in recession-hit South Korea as part of a joint program with the government to increase the competence of startups and SMBs.
South Korea has never lacked talent and the country is looking to foster its own. Here are five South Korean startups in 2019 that have the potential to ride the big tech trends of the next decade.
The multinational conglomerate is building a 130,000 square metre campus for the Daegu Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, the first of 17 new startup accelerator centres in South Korea.
Armed with a bagful of patents and the experience of adding his Aulu Z technology to a Huawei device, HiDeep CEO Brian Ko expects 3D Touch to arrive on many smartphones this year.
Samsung has launched a program called Creative Square that plans to find and help startup and designers in mobile.
SoftBank Ventures Korea has invested 4.5 billion won ($4.2 million) in startup Daangn Market that specialises in localised used goods trading.