South Korea

South Korea reports export boom in silicon, wireless comms, and instant noodles

Makes sense really

Offbeat26 Jul 2021 | 2

South Korea tables law to remove app stores' in-app purchase monopolies

Perhaps coincidentally, Google extended deadline of enforced Play-to-Pay on the very same day

Legal21 Jul 2021 | 11

South Korean uni installs lavatory that pays out when you spend a penny

Eco-friendly convenience repays deposits using world's first craptocurrency

Bootnotes12 Jul 2021 | 22

Seoul adopts AI for suicide prevention on Han Bridge: Uni boffins train machine learning model on rescue teams' data

System trains itself to spot suicidal behavior and alert a controller

AI + ML01 Jul 2021 | 7

In South Korea the new normal future of work is ... a 52-hour work week! (Down from 68)

New rules kick in for small businesses on July 1 and, despite three years’ warning, the government still sees a need for extra support

Legal24 Jun 2021 | 18

South Korea’s nuclear research agency breached by North Korea-affiliated cyberattackers, says malware analyst group

Think tank says inconsistencies in story were not a cover-up — just a mistake from “working-level staff”

Security21 Jun 2021 | 16

South Korea bans 1700 tech products for using forged test reports

Huawei, Cisco, and Samsung caught out as US-based testing labs allegedly sent work to China

Legal18 Jun 2021 | 12

South Korea has a huge problem with digital sex crimes against women says Human Rights Watch

Big tech and local authorities are both far from helpful when victims try to delete unauthorised images or prosecute creeps

Security17 Jun 2021 | 9

South Korea’s data watchdog barks warnings at Microsoft and five local firms

Fines, fines, everywhere there's fines

Security10 Jun 2021 | 2

South Korean regulator to probe in-app payments, creates new 'team' to look into digital ads

The usual suspects are accused of anti-competitive behaviour, naughtiness with data

Legal07 Jun 2021 |

South Korea's first fully indigenous rocket now on launch pad, ready for tests

Plans test launch this year, satellite-lifting in 2022 and moonshot not long after

Science02 Jun 2021 | 12

South Korea rounds up chipmakers and hyperscalers to build AI and server processors

Data center companies and chipmakers have signed an agreement as the government seeks to deglobalize their supply chain

On-Prem02 Jun 2021 | 4

South Korea to build an exascale supercomputer running local CPUs by 2030

Hopes to start selling ‘em too, because China and Japan are heading the same direction and aren’t good at sharing

HPC28 May 2021 | 2

South Korea plans large scale quantum cryptography adoption, thanks in part to tech partnership with USA

Also steps into future by allowing plug to be pulled on 2G networks

Security25 May 2021 | 4

South Korea creates ‘metaverse alliance’ to build an open national VR platform

Virtual world ethics and industry development also on the agenda

Software18 May 2021 | 3

South Korea creates $451bn semiconductor stimulus package

Samsung and SK Hynix singled out as nation tries to become a titan

On-Prem14 May 2021 | 6

South Korea orders urgent review of energy infrastructure cybersecurity

No prizes for guessing why, as Colonial Pipeline outage stretches patience and looks like lasting a week

Security12 May 2021 | 11

Korean app-maker Scatter Lab fined for using private data to create homophobic and lewd chatbot

Users weren't warned conversations on chat apps were being used to build a bot. And parents weren't told their young kids had signed up

AI + ML29 Apr 2021 | 18

South Korean regulator recommends Apple be prosecuted for hampering fair trade probe

Alleges staff took down the internet when investigators visited, even got a little physical

Legal31 Mar 2021 | 10

Google may slash Play developer fees in South Korea

Reportedly dangles same deal as Apple’s for smaller devs, in one of the few markets it doesn’t utterly dominate

Software16 Mar 2021 | 1

South Korea kills ActiveX-based government digital certificate service

Service was so unpopular, getting rid of it was an election policy

Security10 Dec 2020 | 9

Apple coughs $84m to settle South Korean market abuse case

Promises to support local businesses and stop forcing local carriers paying for ads and iThing fixes

Personal Tech25 Aug 2020 | 4

South Korea joins the ‘we’re going to be self-sufficient in more tech and then export bucketloads’ club

President chooses chip factory to expands program aimed at reducing dependence on Japan

Legal10 Jul 2020 | 14

What could possibly make a cranky crocodylomorph more terrifying? How about one that chases you on its hind legs?

Oh snap! Evidence of new bipedal alligator ancestor found in South Korea

Science11 Jun 2020 | 25

South Korea announces tech New Deal to stoke post-coronavirus economy

Robots! 5G! AI! Stimulus cash to float all the tech buzzwords

Science11 May 2020 | 1

Seoul cycle, rinse and repeat: South Korea kicks Japan off white list

Or why My Chemical Romance broke up

Legal12 Aug 2019 | 8

Who's for another trade war? Japan hits South Korea, Seoul survivor promises to retaliate

Movement of LEDs and chipmaking gubbins to be slowed

On-Prem02 Aug 2019 | 15

To get a sense of Samsung's Q2 profits, picture a Galaxy Fold closing to half the size

NAND if you think it's bad now, wait 'till Japan's trade sanctions bite

Storage31 Jul 2019 | 12

Trouble in paradise: Just a day after G20 love-in, Japan throttles chip part exports to South Korea

Move believed to be response to Seoul's stance on forced labour during WW2

On-Prem01 Jul 2019 | 16

New Galaxy un-smartphone can’t go online because Samsung's thought of the children

Vox ‘n’ text only because Korean super-exam gives students one shot at life

Personal Tech16 Apr 2018 | 34

Nork hackers exploit Flash bug to pwn South Koreans. And Adobe will deal with it next week

Maybe it's a good time to just delete the thing

Security01 Feb 2018 | 36

North Korea's finest spent 2017 distributing RATs, wipers, and phish

And sent them mostly to South Korea, naturally

Security18 Jan 2018 | 5

South Korea bans Initial Coin Offerings

Financial regulator worries about speculative investments going bad, fraud and crime

Legal29 Sep 2017 |

Korea extends factory automation tax break, is accused of levying 'robot taxes' anyway

Due to expire in 2017, subsidy gets two-year reprieve

Legal31 Aug 2017 | 14

South Korea prosecutor: President colluded to take Samsung bribes

Both deny allegations

On-Prem06 Mar 2017 | 1

In a loving tribute to its fiery washing machines and Note 7... Samsung management explodes

Heir-apparent slapped with bribery, embezzlement charges

On-Prem28 Feb 2017 | 19

Korean boffins vow 1,000km-an-hour supertrain

Anything Elon can do…?

Science19 Jan 2017 | 36

S Korea prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Samsung heir apparent

Mr Lee jnr ensnared in corruption scandal

On-Prem16 Jan 2017 | 9

Tell us about that $1m horse, Mr Samsung: Bribery probe slips deep into South Korean giant

Bigwig denies any wrongdoing

On-Prem11 Jan 2017 | 22

How could things get worse for Samsung? Glad you asked

Corporate HQ raided by South Korea's corruption busters

On-Prem09 Nov 2016 | 12

South Korea mulls TREEELLION-Won fine for Qualcomm

Royalties rumble could cost chip-maker US$880m, a bit less than LG and Samsung pay

Legal20 Jul 2016 |

South Korea to upgrade national stereo defence system for US$16m

Military to purchase speakers capable of being heard 10km away, in NORKS

Bootnotes15 Apr 2016 | 48

South Korea abandons manufacturing enclave in nuclear North

Kaesong Industrial Complex to be 'completely closed', says Unification Ministry

Legal11 Feb 2016 | 10

Qualcomm tries to figure out if Apple, Samsung made it anti-trusted

Launches legal probe into who told regulator what, and when

Legal11 Jan 2016 | 2

Amazon scurries into Seoul bunker day after Nork 'H-bomb' nuke test

Er, time for a Korea change, Bezos?

SaaS07 Jan 2016 | 4

Qualcomm huffs and puffs at Korean competition probe

Chip vendor snaps back: 'Device level licensing is worldwide industry norm'

Legal19 Nov 2015 | 2

Has somebody shared your 'anonymised' health data? Bad news

Harvard boffins unmask 100% of 'encrypted' S Korean records

Legal02 Oct 2015 | 6

Bribing public officials up to $900 is OK-ish, says South Korean court

Less best Korea in half-hearted 'crackdown' to clean up nation's corruption problem

Legal25 Sep 2015 | 13

Shock: Smartphone app to protect kids online does quite the opposite

What's Korean for 'Won't someone think of the children?'

Security21 Sep 2015 | 13

Samsung/Cheil merger goes on: Soz Elliot, not this time, says court

Court cock blocks corporate cock blocking attempt

On-Prem01 Jul 2015 | 7

South Korea mandates spyware installation on teenagers' smartphones

In North Korea they just add an extra can in the middle of the string

Security19 May 2015 | 59

South Korea to NUKE Microsoft ActiveX

Gov throws cash at devs to rid nation of ancient Microsoft tech

Software02 Apr 2015 | 12

South Korean police book 29 Uber staff for 'illegal taxi' ops

How do you Seoulve a problem like Kalanick?

Legal18 Mar 2015 | 3

Microsoft shows off South Korean PC-on-a-stick

Daewoo dongle due in May, will run Windows 8.1

OSes18 Mar 2015 | 26

Uber XXXs itself out of South Korea

Offers to become Seoul brother to local cabbies if they compromise on regulations

Legal09 Mar 2015 | 5

It's not over yet: Now South Korea launches Qualcomm antitrust probe

China just the beginning for mobe chipmaker's woes in Asia

Legal12 Feb 2015 |