South Korea

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 |

Robot vacuum cleaner EATS WOMAN

The moral to this story: don't sleep on the same floor as your Roomba

Bootnotes09 Feb 2015 | 37

South Korea says NUCLEAR WORM is nothing to worry about

Malware woes continue for state-run power company

Security30 Dec 2014 | 4

NUKE HACK fears prompt S Korea cyber-war exercise

Reactor blueprints leaked on social media

Security22 Dec 2014 | 21

Screw the guvmint, vows CEO of ubiquitous Korean jabber app KakaoTalk

Ordinary Koreans: 'Meh, that's nice. What's for tea?'

Networks24 Oct 2014 | 8

South Korea faces $1bn bill after hackers raid national ID database

Father of Asian internet warns all is lost

Security14 Oct 2014 | 25

Weekend reads: Colorless Tsukuru, Kool Korea and strange encounters with IKEA wardrobes

Page File Murakami's bestseller translated at last

Bootnotes31 Aug 2014 | 10

Three quarters of South Korea popped in online gaming raids

Records used to plunder game items, sold off to low lifes

Security26 Aug 2014 | 7

NORKS hacker corps reaches 5,900 sworn cyber soldiers - report

Hermit Kingdom doubles infosec headcount for strikes on Seoul strikes from China

Legal07 Jul 2014 | 8

Portable toilet mistaken for killer Nork drone

File under 'heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula'

Bootnotes15 May 2014 | 23

Naver raver charged over 25 MEEELLION account breach palaver

£90,000 heist made possible after South Korean portal yields its secrets

Security27 Mar 2014 | 2

Galaxy S5 launch parties to fizzle in Samsung's back yard

Korean courts ban top carriers from selling new mobes

Legal11 Mar 2014 | 7

Twelve million hit as Korea suffers ANOTHER massive data breach

KT Corp caught with its passwords down for third time in two years

Security07 Mar 2014 | 3

South Korea green lights Stuxnet-like code weapons to nark Norks

Nuke it from cyberspace, it's the only way to be sure

Legal21 Feb 2014 | 10

Korean credit card companies hit with 90-day, $100m sales ban

Punishment for losing 20m customer records makes other data breach laws look wimpy

Legal20 Feb 2014 | 27

Korean credit card bosses offer to RESIGN over huge data breach

After IT worker nabbed for putting details of nearly HALF of all SK citizens on USB

Security22 Jan 2014 | 9

Nearly HALF of South Korea hacked in insider data theft

Temporary contractor cuffed after credit card swipe

Security20 Jan 2014 | 9

Samsung targets South Korean army recruits

Pilot hire scheme offers hi-tech jobs for soldiers

Legal15 Jan 2014 | 2

South Korea to spend £290 million on 5G land grab

Sod the standards, Seoul wants a working network by 2018

Legal18 Dec 2013 | 4

NORKS breaks ground on new high-tech industrial park

That's the end for Silcon Roundabout then

Legal18 Nov 2013 | 18

Latest global menace: ELECTROPULSE NORKS, apparently

Crazed dictator has electronics-nobbler death rays, claim spies

Legal08 Nov 2013 | 40

Norks seed online games with malware in fiendish DDoS plot

Seoul police believe country's love of gaming will be turned upon itself

Security25 Oct 2013 | 3

NORKS cyber mayhem cost South Korea £500m

Attacks since 2009 highlight defence gaps, says lawmaker

Legal16 Oct 2013 | 9

Icefog hit-and-run hackers uncovered in Asia

Less persistent but more focused targeted attacks hit hundreds

Security26 Sep 2013 | 2

Seoul-blackening disk wipe badness linked to 4-year SPY CAMPAIGN

Can Norks afford malware writers?

Legal11 Jul 2013 | 8