The ‘hacking risk’ of the three mobile carriers has not subsided even after the year has passed.
#SKT #KT #LGU+ #hacking #hack #lawsuit #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
Nexon has announced a major overhaul of its business structure. Some gaming communities are expressing concern that a "game kill list" may be becoming reality.
#Nexon #game #IP #MapleStory #FC #Dungeon&Fighter #Mabinogi #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
Tongyang Life and ABL Life have started building generative AI platforms as Woori Financial Group pushes AI transformation across affiliates.
#Tongyang #ABL #Woori #AI #LLM #insurance #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
As new CEO Park Yoon-young dismantled a core controversial organization under former CEO Kim Young-sup, there are both welcome and concern within the company.
#KT #CEO #task_force #employee #organization #restructuring #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
South Korea’s digital insurers remained loss-making last year, posting combined net losses of more than 150 billion won despite efforts to expand sales.
#digital_insurer #insurer #Kyobo #Shinhan #KakaoPay #Hana #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
As the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) has established a normal operating system six months after its launch, it is expected that major issues that have been tied up for a long time will begin in earnest.
#KCC #Google #Apple #AliExpress #SKT #KT #LGU+ #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea
Questions have been raised over the credibility of reports issued by Hanwha Investment & Securities’ research center.
#Hanwha #Hanwha_Solutions #investment #report #stock #brokerage #analyst #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
Attention is focusing on whether Mirae Asset Securities can overtake Korea Investment & Securities to reclaim the top spot in net profit among brokerages.
#MiraeAsset #SpaceX #ElonMusk #xAI #brokerage #investment #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
Toss Place is accelerating the rollout of its offline payment terminals despite deepening losses. The company surpassed 300,000 merchant locations last month, but its cumulative net losses have also exceeded 155 billion won.
#Toss #offline #payment #Naver #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea
Naver Corp.'s four key growth businesses are running into trouble at the same time.
#Naver #Dunamu #B2B #Google #map #data #healthcare #SoftBank #Line #Yahoo #Japan #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
The Super-Enterprise Union, which represents the bulk of Samsung’s organized workforce, is seeing a "membership exit" movement among staff in the DX division, which oversees smartphones and home appliances.
#Samsung #union #semiconductor #memory #HBM #DS #DX #OPI #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea
Krafton is facing difficulties in discovering new titles to succeed Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG). While experimental ventures continue, they have yet to translate into tangible results.
#Krafton #Battlegrounds #PUBG #game #IP #spinoff #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
Kakao Games’ controlling shareholder will shift to the side of Japan’s LY Corp. Analysis is gaining ground that the deal reflects aligned interests on both sides.
#KakaoGames #Kakao #Japan #Line #LineGames #AI #KakaoTalk #Tencent #SoftBank #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
South Korean insurers’ underwriting profit fell by nearly 4 trillion won over the past two years, as tighter regulatory scrutiny and stricter actuarial assumptions stripped out earnings inflated in the early years of IFRS17 adoption.
#insurer #profit #slump #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea
The KOSPI plunged more than 1000 points in a month, approaching the 5000 level as foreign investors dumped over 34 trillion won and nearly 1000 trillion won in market value evaporated.
#KOSPI #MiddleEast #Samsung #SK #Google #TurboQuant #AI #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
The reason both of Korea’s two largest IT portal companies are focusing on commerce-centered AI agents lies in the characteristics of the Korean market.
#NAVER #Kakao #Kanana #commerce #AI #shopping #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
The game industry is quietly undergoing restructuring. Major game companies such as Krafton, Nexon, and NCSOFT are changing their survival strategies by reducing hiring and adjusting low-profitability organizations.
#game #Krafton #Nexon #NCSOFT #AI #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea
In the global artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, there are no eternal allies.
#SK #SKHynix #Google #TurboQuant #AI #HBM #Samsung #SamsungElectronics #TPU #software #hardware #technology #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
The problem is the cost. In the saturated telecom market, huge marketing costs are inevitable to boost its market share.
#SKT #KT #LGU+ #telecommunication #AI #hacking #hack #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
As domestic game companies that were pursuing spin-off listings of subsidiaries to secure investment capital have withdrawn or are considering delaying their IPOs, critics point out that the game IPO market has essentially frozen.
#IPO #game #Netmarble #KakaoGames #Wemade #it #itchosun #SouthKorea
As e-sports, live performances and sports broadcasts join films and dramas on living room TVs, competition over living room content is also intensifying.
#OTT #sports #e_sports #game #live #kpop #BTS #broadcast #SOOP #LG #Netflix #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
While the company says the rise reflected shareholder return policies and other factors, critics say the pay hike may have been excessive relative to the stock’s performance.
#Meritz #Meritz_Financial #compensation #bonus #stock #CEO #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
Valuation concerns are also growing as the price-to-book ratios (PBRs) of major brokerage firms have risen to levels comparable with those of global peers.
#brokerage #stock #investment #KOSPI #Japan #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
Overseas debit and check card spending has surged nearly threefold in recent years, driven by the growing popularity of travel cards that reduce foreign exchange and transaction fees.
#travel #card #payment #ATM #Hana #Shinhan #Kookmin #currency #exchange #won #dollar #itchosun #SouthKorea #Korea
It was a phone that had to be paid up to 580,000 won six days ago, but now it is a phone that can receive more money than it can afford.
#Samsung #Galaxy #GalaxyS26 #SKT #KT #LGU+ #phone #mobile #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
Kakao Entertainment is putting greater weight on upgrading its platforms and services under its new co-CEO leadership.
#Kakao #KakaoEntertainment #CEO #AI #kpop #fandom #artist #SM #IP #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
LG Electronics Inc welcomed Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's aggressive pursuit in the OLED TV market as an opportunity for market expansion, while expressing firm confidence in maintaining its industry leadership through technological superiority.
#LG #Samsung #OLED #TV #it #itchosun #SouthKorea
Koo Steps Down as LG Board Chair…
Can Governance Shift Help Reclaim No.4 Spot?
#LG #CEO #ESG #LG_Electronics #LG_Chem #LG_EnergySolution #LG_Uplus #Hanwha #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate
SK Telecom’s 'Air' has launched an aggressive price competition. It is pointed out in the budget phone industry that it may have reversed its position at the time of launch, when it said it would not compete with the budget phone.
#SKT #mobile #phone #5G #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea
Outside directors of the three mobile carriers were paid an average of more than 120 million won per year, but only two times over the past year expressed opposition at the board of directors.
#SKT #KT #LGU+ #mobile #director #shareholder #it #itchosun #chosun #SouthKorea #Korea #NewsUpdate