Bread was first introduced to Koreans in the 19th century, when Catholic missionaries from Europe brought bread with them. But it was during Japan’s 35-year colonization that bread started to find its way onto the tables of ordinary citizens in Korea, eaten as a refreshment between meals. It is for this reason that Koreans call bread “ppang,” a word originating from the Japanese pronunciation of “Pao-de-lo,” which means bread in Portuguese. After gaining more popularity in the 1990s, as Korea op

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics is on path to become a company worth 50 trillion won ($46.9 billion), as its annual operating profit for 2017 is forecast to hit 53.6 trillion won, according to an earnings guidance released by the company Tuesday. It is the first time for Samsung to obtain over 50 trillion won in operating profit for the whole year since its foundation in 1969, pushed up by an unprecedented global boom in the chips industry. The company’s preliminary earnings showed t

　구글이 공개한 인텔의 CPU(중앙처리장치) 결함이 일명 ‘CPU 게이트’로 확산되는 가운데, 다음 달 9일 개막을 앞둔 2018 평창동계올림픽의 클라우드 서비스에 대해 전문가들이 보안 관련 우려를 제기했다. 　　김승주 고려대학교 정보보호대학원 교수는 8일 코리아헤럴드와의 통화에서 “세계 최초로 선보일 클라우드 기반 평창동계올림픽의 보안에 대한 철저한 점검이 필요하다”며 “아직까지 조직위에서 현장조사 등에 나서고 있지 않은 것으로 알고 있다”고 전했다. 　　김 교수는 현재 평창올림픽 조직위 정보보호전문위원 중 한 명이다. 　　김 교수에 따르면 올림픽조직위원회(IOC)가 네덜란드 소재 데이터센터에 올림픽 관련 각종 데이터 및 선수들 정보를 보관하고 있으며 평창동계올림픽 공식 통신 파트너사인 KT가 목동 인터넷데이터센터(IDC)에 구축한 클라우드 서버를 통해 올림픽 기간 동안 관련 데이터를 송수신할 계획이다. 　　김 교수는 “구글 보안팀이 인텔 CPU 결함에 관한 보고서를 공개한 지 불

The latest revelation by Google’s security team Project Zero about flaws in Intel’s central processor units exposes the upcoming PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games to new hacking threats, according to a South Korean expert on Monday. Kim Seung-joo, an information security professor at Korea University, told The Korea Herald that it was urgent for the organizing committee of the PyeongChang Games to examine possible threats to the sports event that is being prepared as the world’s first cloud-based Ol

Kim Ki-nam, chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor business, is bracing for fiercer competition in the global market for chips this year -- a critical time for the industry’s growth. Cautiously forecasting the chip industry for the next 12 months, Kim has said in a short New Year’s message to local media that the industry is in a grave situation, hinting at difficulty in innovating the technologies and concerns about a looming oversupply.  Kim Ki-nam, chief executive offic

South Korea’s biggest display panel manufacturer LG Display announced Monday that it would unveil the industry’s first 8K 88-inch organic light-emitting diode display panel at the Consumer Electronics Show next week, vowing to lead the 8K resolution market. Models show LG Display's 8K 88-inch OLED display panel. (LG Display)LG dismissed the industry’s concerns about limits of OLED panels’ ability to display at the 8K level of 33 megapixels per inch -- four times the resolution of 4K panels. The

In a move to make South Korea a more convenient and safe country, the government will increase the supply of frequency bands for emerging industries and households next year by easing related regulations, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced Thursday. As part of the government’s plans for a 3 percent growth next year, the ICT Ministry unveiled its plan to provide frequency bands and set standards for new industries such as autonomous driving, wireless charging, Internet of Things and drone

Artificial intelligence will operate more like humans, while human drivers will be less needed for the level 4 autonomous driving next year, a report by LG Economic Research Institute forecast Wednesday. The institute cited AI and level 4 autonomous driving technologies among the top 10 major technologies that will prevail the information communications technology industry next year under the four biggest trends: hyper-intelligence, hyper-automation, hyper-connection, and hyper-convergence.  LG

CrucialTec, a Korean biometrics business, said Wednesday it will expand into the biomedical market next year with a plan to provide products like smartphone thermometer and diabetes diagnosis kit.The company said it plans to add biomedicine as a new business area at its shareholders’ meeting in January. The announcement comes after years of research and development projects with domestic and foreign institutes including Texas A&M University in the US based on a judgment that 2018 will be an oppo

SK Telecom is considering legal action against KT claiming defamation, amid continuing accusations by the rival company that SKT illegally damaged KT’s Olympic network cables, according to the company’s officials Tuesday. With less than 45 days left until the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics kick off in Gangwon Province, the spat between the country’s two biggest mobile carriers appears to be escalating.“The company is mulling a defamation suit against KT as the accusations are getting nowhere,”

Debate on when the current boom in semiconductors will peak was refueled Friday, as Korean securities brokerages released lower-than-expected forecasts for Samsung Electronics’ fourth-quarter earnings. IBK Investment & Securities said in a report that Samsung would hit new highs in sales and operating profit in the fourth quarter, but the figures would be less than market expectations. IBK’s analyst Kim Un-ho forecast fourth-quarter sales of the tech titan would reach 65.8 trillion won ($61.2 bi

Samsung Electronics said Friday it has won certification for the Samsung ARTIK 05x series of modules from the Open Connectivity Foundation, allowing it to supply the first system-on-modules using the new OCF 1.3 standards for connectivity for the Internet of Things. With the ARTIK 05x series, companies can quickly manufacture Wi-Fi enabled products that meet OCF standards for interoperability and take advantage of connecting with Samsung and other companies’ products with ensured reliability, sa

South Korea is witnessing increasing research efforts for artificial intelligence, with the third most patents related to AI technologies after the US and Japan, a survey by a local research institute found Thursday. However, the country’s growth pace and quality of patent applications remain inferior to those of the US and China, the survey added. According to the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion, Korea came in third in terms of the number of AI-related patents th

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province – With 50 days until the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, engineers at KT are working hard to ensure a flawless worldwide broadcast of the Olympics.It took 1,000 days for KT, an official telecommunications partner of the Olympics, to establish telecom networks for streaming and broadcasting the games. “In the worst case, if the network for game streaming has some errors, it’s the end of the world, and all games will be stopped,” said Lee Jong-dae, vice preside

 황창규 KT 회장이 내년 2월 스페인 바르셀로나에서 열리는 모바일월드콩그레스(MWC)에 참석한다. 　황 회장은 20일 강원도 대관령면 횡계리 의야지마을에서 열린 세계 최초 5G 빌리지(Village) 개소식에 참석해 기자와 만나 내년 MWC 참석에 대해 답했다.   황창규 KT 회장 (코리아헤럴드 송수현 기자)　황 회장은 “매년 참석하는 행사이며 내년에도 변함 없이 참석할 것”이라고 말했다. 　단, 기조연설 여부에 대해서는 아직 정해진 바가 없다고 전했다. 　황 회장은 2015년에 열린 MWC 기조연설에서 세계 최초 5G를 선언해 전세계의 주목을 받았다. 　이후 올림픽 공식 통신 파트너로서 KT는 ‘5G 올림픽,’ ‘ICT 올림픽’을 실현하기 위해 지난 3년 간 네트워크 구축에 공 들여 왔다. 　황 회장은 “평창에서 성공시켜 5G 표준화를 주도하고, 이 5G로 세계를 주도할 것”이며 “5G 안에서 4차 산업혁명 플랫폼 완성하겠다”고 덧붙였다.　그는 “AI, 5G, 블록체인 등 기술

UK-based Dyson Technology Limited said Monday in an official statement that it will actively deal with a legal process against South Korea’s LG Electronics, claiming that the company’s cordless vacuum cleaner is described in a misleading manner.  LG Electronics` cordless A9 vacuum cleaners. (LG Electronics)“Dyson embraces fair competition but we believe advertising and claims should be accurate and true in order that consumers can make informed choices when they select a product,” the company sa

LG전자를 상대로 무선청소기 광고 금지 가처분신청을 낸 다이슨 영국 본사가 18일 첫 공식 입장을 밝혔다. 다이슨 본사는 지난 11월 15일 LG전자의 프리미엄 무선청소기 코드제로 A9에 대한 가처분 신청을 낸 배경에 대하여 “다이슨이 객관적인 시험을 위해 해당 LG A9 제품들을 한국에서 구입 후, 입력과 모터 속도, 필터와 관련된 성능 등 세 가지 항목에  대한 시험을 의뢰하였으며, 모든 시험 기준과 시험 방법 및 시험 환경 또한 해당 시험기관들의 엄격한 기준이 적용되었다”고 밝혔다. 코드제로 A9 (LG)이어 “다이슨은 LG전자 A9 무선청소기의 표시 광고 문구가 위 세 가지 항목과 관련된 성능을 허위로 표기해 소비자들을 오인하고 있다고 판단하여, 서울중앙지방법원에 LG 전자 A9 무선 청소기의 표시 광고 문구에 대한 광고금지 가처분 신청을 내게 되었다”고 밝혔다. 다이슨은 최근 LG전자가 지난 6월 출시한 모터가 위에 달린 무선청소기 코드제로 A9이 과장 및 왜곡된 표현으로

LG Uplus, South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier by revenue, on Monday announced its entry into the growing artificial intelligence speaker market in partnership with the country’s No.1 search engine Naver in order to take on bigger players SK Telecom and KT. Naver’s AI platform Clova-based speaker Friends Plus edition will connect to LG Uplus’ set top box for Internet Protocol TV and home Internet of Things services, enabling users to control the mobile carrier’s services with voice command

UK-based electronics maker Dyson will soon announce its official stance on the ongoing legal process involving South Korean rival LG Electronics, according to industry sources Sunday. Dyson recently filed an injunction with a Seoul court to ban advertisements of LG’s flagship hand-held stick cleaner Cordzero A9, as market competition intensifies.“It is unprecedented that Dyson’s headquarters filed such legal action in any country,” an agency official in charge of public relations on behalf of th

Kim Ki-nam, chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics’ devices solutions business, is expected to discuss measures to find new profit sources, pivoting on non-memory and foundry businesses, for the company’s most lucrative unit at an upcoming strategy meeting, according to the industry on Sunday. Kim is scheduled to hold the “Global Strategy Meeting” on Tuesday, a twice-yearly meeting held in June and December at the company to set new strategies and plans for the upcoming year. Kim was app