South Korea

Broadcom squeezed Samsung, now South Korea's squeezing back – hard

Updated Regulators won't accept proposed remedy for nasty parts deal – but EU may have accepted VMware deal

Virtualization14 Jun 2023 |

India probes medical info 'leak' to Telegram

Asia In Brief PLUS: Vietnam's free domain names for youngsters; China's Cuba spy base; Hyundai and Samsung team for car chips; and more

Security13 Jun 2023 | 2

You might have been phished by the gang that stole North Korea’s lousy rocket tech

US, South Korea, warn 'Kimsuky' is a very sophisticated social engineer

Security02 Jun 2023 | 13

After network glitch, South Korea's commercial sat-slinger succeeds

Nuri rocket has done the business – now to get into the business

Science26 May 2023 | 3

US mulls retaliation for China blacklisting Micron without evidence of security threat

Sound like anyone you know?

Systems24 May 2023 | 17

Korea hopes US will extend sanction exemptions for SK hynix and Samsung

Stuck in the middle or not, supply chains – and the Korean economy – must carry on

Legal10 May 2023 | 1

China's Mars rover finds signs of 'modern' water

Asia In Brief AWS adds Korean support; Singtel creates InfraCo; Philippines SIM registration drive extended

Science01 May 2023 | 4

South Korea prosecutes Terraform Labs co-founder Daniel Shin

Alleges large scale fraud, embezzling, and maybe even bribery, before crypto collapse

Legal26 Apr 2023 | 5

Hyundai to develop a Moon rover (to launch, not because the roads are so bad down here)

Japan's Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, are already pondering what it takes to make a MoonMobile

Science21 Apr 2023 | 11

China reportedly let AI control a satellite, which then observed rivals India and Japan

Asia in Brief Plus: Warren Buffett’s TSMC worries; CHIPS Act bits China; Japan’s quantum investment; and more

AI + ML16 Apr 2023 | 2

South Korea fines Google $32M for using market power to stymie rival app store

Forced developers to sign exclusivity agreements in return for promises of going global

Legal11 Apr 2023 | 5

Samsung takes $3.1B gamble on OLED displays for tablets and notebooks

That must be why PC sales are down – the blacks just aren't inky enough

Systems04 Apr 2023 | 18

Korea passes tax break-driven 'Chips Act' as protectionism fears mount

Plus: Complains criteria for foreign companies to access US funding too strict. It's not a great sign, is it?

Systems30 Mar 2023 | 3

Where in the world is Terraform Labs villain Do Kwon? Montenegro, actually

Probably in a jail cell, waiting to be extradited stateside

Legal24 Mar 2023 | 12

South Korea fines McDonald's for data leak from raw SMB share

British American Tobacco, Samsung, also burgered up their infosec

Security23 Mar 2023 | 2

US details CHIPS Act rules that give China and South Korea some comfort

Allows a little expansion of output from existing Middle Kingdom facilities

Legal22 Mar 2023 |

Samsung to splurge $230B on five new chip plants for South Korea

Will build out domestic industry while it builds out US domestic industry...

Systems15 Mar 2023 | 1

South Korea warns US: The CHIPS Act leaves a sour taste

Minister wants to protect Samsung, SK hynix, from having to give up the crown jewels to score subsidies

Legal09 Mar 2023 | 18

South Korea moves to resolve WWII dispute with Japan that troubles tech supply chains

Nations edge closer to an acceptable settlement on reparations for forced labor

Legal07 Mar 2023 | 24

White House ban on US chip cash going into China ruffles South Koreans

Pretty awkward for Samsung, SK Hynix and their Middle Kingdom fabs

Systems02 Mar 2023 | 3

Europe to consult on making Big Tech pay for the networks it floods

Continental bloc also greases the skids to usher in the gigabit age in two or three years

Networks24 Feb 2023 | 32

US to impose caps on Korean chip shops working in China

Multilateral trade actions also aim to stop China and Russia using biotech to create 'super soldiers'. Really!

Systems24 Feb 2023 | 4

Smile! South Korea's moon orbiter sends back first snaps of Earth

Danuri probe is ready to spend its planned year testing space internet, spotting radiation and/or water

Science14 Feb 2023 | 5

India's IT minister denies targeting Chinese apps for bans

Asia In Brief PLUS: Toshiba acknowledges buyout bid; BTS member Jungkook's hat lands online seller in strife; and more

Software13 Feb 2023 |

South Korea to treat crypto tokens and virtual assets as if they were securities

‘Food does not change no matter what bowl it is served in’ says regulator

Legal07 Feb 2023 | 5

South Korea makes crypto crackdown a national justice priority

It's listed alongside issues like tackling gang violence, drugs, and sex crimes

Cyber-crime31 Jan 2023 | 2

China stops recognizing online study, orders kids back to foreign unis

Asia In Brief PLUS: NTT’s haptics advance; Australia cracks down on influencers; Korean Uni websites hit by Chinese protestors; and more

On-Prem30 Jan 2023 | 6

India floats plan to make big tech pay for news, walks back government censorship

Asia In Brief PLUS: Taiwan’s new supercomputer; China-linked cybercrims strike; Australian content clampdown; and more

Security23 Jan 2023 | 2

Microsoft fumbles zero trust upgrade for some Asian customers

Enhanced access privileges for partners choke on double-byte characters, contribute to global delays

Security13 Jan 2023 | 4

South Korea to offer tax breaks to hedge semiconductor woes

Large chip manufacturers may be offered tax credits of up to 15% to invest in the country

Systems03 Jan 2023 |

North Korea using freelance techies to fund missiles and nukes

You won't see 'Agent of vile murderous autocracy' on their CVs. Or their faces on vid chats

Security09 Dec 2022 | 7

North Korea hits new low by using Seoul Halloween tragedy to exploit Internet Explorer zero-day

Evil, pure and simple

Cyber-crime08 Dec 2022 | 13

It’s 2022 and a Korean web giant only now decided to write a DR plan

Kakao discovers the importance of resilience after fire wiped out its services

Off-Prem08 Dec 2022 | 5

Samsung, Korean IT giant Naver to build AI hyperscale chip

Meanwhile, Samsung appoints its first female president

AI + ML06 Dec 2022 |

Apple to end policy that charged South Korean devs higher App Store commissions

Korea's antitrust org to develop a platform to respond to Big Tech’s sneaky ways

Software23 Nov 2022 | 1

Google stops enforcing Play store payment rules in India

$276 million in fines will do that to a monopolist

Software02 Nov 2022 | 4

Terraform Labs and crypto bro Do Kwon face $57 million court case in Singapore

But will Kwon show up in court? Probably not.

Legal01 Nov 2022 | 10

Your new career plan: Go to jail for bribery, get busted taking drugs, be appointed chair of Samsung

It worked for Lee Jae-yong, who now gets to handle a nasty profit plunge

Personal Tech28 Oct 2022 | 9

Blazing South Korean datacenter operator raided by cops, blames its own batteries

Asia In Brief PLUS: Australia boosts data breach fines; India outlet drops Meta allegations; AWS spices up Thailand's cloud; and more

Off-Prem24 Oct 2022 | 2

Kakao CEO quits, South Korea hits emergency button after dire datacenter blaze

Almost, but not quite, that moment of Big Tech accountability you've been waiting for

Off-Prem19 Oct 2022 | 5

Datacenter fire takes out South Korea's top two web giants

Sub-par disaster recovery plans leave Naver and Kakao with savage service interruptions

Off-Prem17 Oct 2022 | 7

South Korea cancels passport of Terraform Lab's Do Kwon

Whereabouts of wanted cryptobro unknown, but he's reliably on Twitter

Cyber-crime06 Oct 2022 | 1

Chipmakers still shoveling cash into new fabs as demand slows

Worldwide investment set to grow 9% to new high of $99b

Systems28 Sep 2022 | 2

Interpol seeks Do Kwon, man blamed for $40b crypto implosion

Founder of firm at center of fraud claims says he's 'not running' right now. Ditched the Fitbit, have you?

Personal Tech26 Sep 2022 | 4

Where in the world is Terraform Labs' alleged crypto-crasher Do Kwon?

South Korean prosecutor believes he is on the run from charges laid over Luna stablecoin crash

Legal19 Sep 2022 | 8

Arrest warrant issued for Do Kwon – the man blamed for 'crypto winter'

Terraform Labs CEO was boss of the TerraUSD and Luna crypto crash. South Korea wants him in cuffs

Legal15 Sep 2022 | 32

Google and Meta fined over $70m for privacy violations in Korea

Both search giant and Facebook parent claim they play by the rules, will challenge decision

Security14 Sep 2022 | 4

SK hynix to plow $11b into South Korean fab complex

Leadership believes path to recovery is through investing in times of crisis

Systems06 Sep 2022 |

Korea to attend 'Chip 4' meeting as global doubts mounts over US initiative

Fellow group member Taiwan claims it never got the invite

Systems22 Aug 2022 | 4

South Korea cracks down on unlicensed foreign crypto businesses

Financial Services Commission also creates a digital assets task force

Legal18 Aug 2022 | 2

Samsung heir pardoned after doing time for bribery

Government said they need the Samsung boss back at work to deal with South Korea’s looming economic crisis

Legal15 Aug 2022 | 15

South Korean regulator worried Apple, Google, may be working around app store payment choice law

Feels some actions may amount to coercion to stick with giants' own payment schemes

Legal10 Aug 2022 | 10

South Korea's lunar orbiter launches and phones home happily

Moon probe will play BTS to test space internet. Also for fun

Networks05 Aug 2022 | 31

Samsung boss likely to be pardoned for bribery

Apparently the company and the country need him at work – crooked or not

Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 11

South Korean regulator fears Meta's collecting too much data with revised T&Cs

Probes to see if Facebook and Insta could operate with less info than required by revised legalese

Legal25 Jul 2022 |

South Korea's Kakao removes external payment method amid Google Play standoff

Google gets its way after meeting with internet company and Korea Communications Commission

Applications11 Jul 2022 | 3