Chinese President Xi Jinping's unusual warning to North Korea is seen as a sign that Beijing's strategic thinking on the problematic communist neighbor could change as its relations with South Korea grow stronger.After summit talks with U.S. President Barack Obama, Xi told a joint news conference that China is committed to realizing the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in peaceful way, a remark in line with China's long-running stance. Chinese President Xi Jinping

South Korean President Park Geun-hye met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday on the first day of her visit to New York for the U.N. General Assembly.Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, later hosted a closed-door banquet in Park's honor at his official residence that included World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-born American.No details of the meeting were immediately available.  South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on Frid

LG UPLUS EXPANDS UWA SERVICE OVERSEAS -- LG Uplus has expanded its flagship Uwa communication service overseas to Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Uwa service enables smartphone users to share data, music, pictures and locations with others while making phone calls. (LG Uplus)

LG RELEASES NEW WATER PURIFIER -- LG Electronics recently introduced a new water purifier, the first in Korea that uses an inverter compressor. The energy-efficient, stand type water purifier offers cold water in large amounts and is suitable for commercial areas with a lot of people. (LGE)

　Aiming to become the world’s tech and telecommunication leader, KT Corp., a leading mobile carrier in Korea, rolled out a set of grandiose business plans to lead what it calls “the next industrial revolution,” over the next few decades.　Delivering a presentation at a press meeting on Wednesday, Hwang Chang-gyu, the chief executive of the mobile carrier, said it would lead to what he called “the fourth industrial revolution,” based on the advancement and convergence of information and communicat

Daum Kakao, the largest mobile messenger operator in Korea, set sail Wednesday with its new corporate name Kakao to be led by new chief Rim Ji-hoon.The operator of mobile messenger Kakao Talk and Web-portal Daum said the two resolutions to name Rim as the new CEO and to change the name of the company to Kakao were passed at a shareholders meeting at the firm’s Jejudo Island headquarters. Kakao CEO Rim Ji-hoon. (Kakao)After the meeting, the board members also approved the appointment of the new C

KT Corp., the nation’s telecom giant, vowed Monday to take the lead in the era of 5G technology, saying it is at the forefront of initiatives to commercialize the world’s first network services.“Korea, which boasts the most advanced telecom infrastructure in the world, is now leading the global telecom standardization,” KT chairman and CEO Hwang Chang-gyu said at an event to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Korean telecom market. KT CEO Hwang Chang-gyu(fifth from left), Choi Sung-joon(four

South Korean battery-maker and chemical firm LG Chem is seeking to attract global talents in China for future growth. LG Chem chief executive Park Jin-soo, chief human resource officer Kim Min-hwan and other top executives recently flew to China to hand-pick new employees at a company recruiting event, named the Business and Campus Tour, held at the Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing over the weekend.LG Chem CEO Park Jin-soo (third from left) and chief human resource officer Kim Min-hwan (first from left

SAMSUNG WASHER GAINS TRACTION -- Sales of tech giant Samsung Electronics’ latest front-load washer model Bubble Shot Add Wash exceeded 6,000 units on Sunday, 15 days after the product launch on Sept. 1. The washing machine features an extra small door which allows users to put additional laundry in the middle of a wash cycle. (Samsung)SAMSUNG WASHER GAINS TRACTION -- Sales of tech giant Samsung Electronics’ latest front-load washer model Bubble Shot Add Wash exceeded 6,000 units on Sunday, 15 da

  LG’S UNIBODY SMARTPHONE -- A model poses holding a LG Metal Phone in his hand. The tech giant LG Electronics’ latest mid-range smartphone featuring a unibody metal design, a 5-inch display and 8MP front-facing camera is priced at 399,300 won ($340). (LGE)

LG Uplus, the third-largest mobile carrier in Korea, said Thursday that its Internet of Things technology has been recognized for its compatibility by a global standardization body.The Korean mobile carrier said the firm’s IoT platform has passed interoperability testing organized by oneM2M, which consists of eight global telecom standards institutes including European Telecommunications Standards Institute and Telecommunications Technology Association of Korea.The first oneM2M interoperability

SAMSUNG SMARTWATCH TO HIT SHELVES-- Tech giant Samsung Electronics said Thursday it would receive preorders for the Samsung Gear S2 from Friday in Seoul through the firm‘s online shop. The latest wearable device features a round face and a rotating bezel to control functions. Starting from mobile carrier KT, wireless carriers will also receive preorders from this week.　(Samsung)

KT Music, a Korean online music service company and affiliate of mobile carrier KT, has been making efforts to refine its services amid the tough competition in the sector. In its latest move, the company announced Monday that it has beefed up its music service, dubbed Genie, in a bid to grab the upper hand and lure more customers.Models introduce KT Music’s Genie music-streaming service. (KT Music)At a media event for the launch of the new Genie service, the head of the company expressed his co

　South Korea’s leading IT solutions developer LG CNS has set up a joint venture with Uzbekistan’s ICT Ministry in the central Asian nation.　The joint venture, named LG CNS Uzbekistan LLC or LG CNS Uzbek, will be focused on developing ICT solutions for the private and public sectors, according to the Korean firm. LG CNS CEO Kim Dae-hoon (fourth from left) poses with Uzbek government officials and executives from UZTELECOM and Unicon in the central Asian nation on Monday. (LG CNS)　The Korean IT co

LG PUSHES FOR ENERGY BUSINESS -- LG Group’s affiliates -- LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG CNS and LG Fuel Cell Systems -- have joined forces to promote overseas their energy products, including LED lights, electric car charging infrastructure and energy storage systems. The conglomerate has set up digital signage displays that show commercials for the affiliates’ energy technologies at the Los Angeles International Airport.(LGE)

Jo Seong-jin, president of LG Electronics‘ home appliance division. (Yonhap)Tech giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics continued their battle in court on Monday over the latter’s alleged sabotage of Samsung’s washers.Samsung filed complaints with the Korean prosecution against Jo Seong-jin, president of LG’s home appliance division, and two LG executives for breaking a total of six washing machines at two SATURN electronics shops in Germany last year and spreading false information imply

BERLIN/SEOUL -- LG Display chief executive Han Sang-beom envisioned the future display industry in his opening speech at the 2015 IFA electronics trade show, introducing the application of futuristic display technologies, including the paper-thin and transparent displays made of organic light-emitting diodes.In his speech under the theme of “How displays will change our lives,” he elaborated on life in an era of displays. “Through displays, we share information. Through displays, we communicate.

BERLIN -- Top management of SmartThings, a U.S. smart home platform developer, is upbeat on its ties with Samsung Electronics. “Our partnership with Samsung is great. Many Samsung people are now working at our head office,’’ SmartThings founder and CEO Alex Hawkinson told The Korea Herald before Samsung’s news conference at the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin on Thursday. The company is one of the dozens of start-ups overseas that Samsung has aggressively acquired over the past few years to

BERLIN/SEOUL -- South Korean biometrics solution developer CrucialTec said Thursday it is supplying its fingerprint modules for Sony’s latest Xperia Z5 smartphone lineup.The Korean firm’s fingerprint module, called Biometric TrackPad, is integrated into the power button placed on the right-hand side of Sony’s Xperia Z5, mid-range Z5 Compact and phablet-sized Z5 Premium. Sony’s Xperia Z5 features CrucialTec’s fingerprint module in the power button situated on the right-hand side. (CrucialTec)Sony

SAMSUNG’S NEW SMARTWATCH -- Samsung Electronics marketing chief Lee Young-hee introduces the tech firm’s new smartwatch Samsung Gear S2, which features a round face and the world’s first rotating bezel, at a press event Thursday in Germany. (Samsung Electronics)