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.
The government is providing mask inventory data of pharmacies as an open API to help developers launch apps that notify civilians about the inventory statuses of pharmacy goods amid shortages from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Samsung Electronics is the first TV maker to put the Facebook video app on all its TVs launched after 2015, including the recently launched QLED models.
Samsung Electronics has reached a final settlement with the group representing the families of ex-employees who died from leukemia and other cancers while working at the company's semiconductor plants.
LG's second quarter profit saw a 15.4% decline from lower TV profits and sales and losses from mobile, but overall sales increased 4.1% thanks to record sales from its home appliances business.
The South Korea tech giant's reputation among the general public in the US fell 42 positions after the Note 7 debacle, while Amazon maintained its top spot for the second straight year.
Second quarter smartphone sales and profits are expected to suffer due to the global pandemic.
Google has strongly denied an allegation by the founder of Naver, South Korea's largest search giant, that it doesn't pay proper taxes in the country.
The South Korean company's home appliance and TV businesses have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
LG Group Chairman Koo Bon-moo has been hospitalized reportedly due to failing health and the conglomerate has named his heir to the board to 'make provisions for succession'.
The Chinese tech giant will no longer be able to procure memory chips from its main South Korean suppliers.