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Models showcase LG Electronics’ 260 flexible OLED signage displays put together to form a waterfall at the company’s Consumer Electronics Show 2019 exhibition entrance in Las Vegas on Monday. The annual event, which will host over 4,000 companies this year,…
LG Household & Health Care’s skin care brand The History of Whoo generated 2 trillion won ($1.79 billion) in sales this year as of Thursday. This is the first time a Korean beauty brand has reached that threshold. The 2018 record is also a 40.8 percent…
LG U+ said Wednesday that it has demonstrated 10 times faster download times compared to 4G LTE on its 5G network. While 4G LTE offers 133.43 megabits per second download speeds on average, according to data from the Ministry of Science and ICT, LG U+ said it…
LG has established a new research laboratory committed to advances in fridge, oven and other home-appliance technologies. LG Electronics opened the 6,760-square-foot Food Research Institute on Monday at Changwon, South Gyeongsang. At the center, researchers…
The arrest of Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada has triggered alarms in the Korean telecommunications industry, especially after LG U+ moved onto a fifth-generation (5G) network this month that uses Huawei network devices. The Chinese…
LG Electronics announced on Thursday that it has opened an entrepreneurship center for young people at an existing technical and vocational education center run jointly by LG and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The…
LG Electronics Vice Chairman Jo Seong-jin will be in Silicon Valley on Nov. 14 scouting employees with expertise in future technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, big data and the cloud. He will meet with job candidates – mostly those with…
KT has chosen Samsung Electronics, Ericsson and Nokia as suppliers of 5G network equipment. As expected, Huawei was excluded from the list. “In choosing 5G equipment providers, the company considered a wide range of factors: the level of technology,…
LG Electronics has introduced a premium brand that combines furniture design with home electronics. The company rolled out four products under the LG Objet name at a press conference held Thursday in Gangnam District, southern Seoul: a mini refrigerator, an…
Technology-related subsidiaries of LG hosted a fair on Monday in which 20 local start-ups presented their cutting-edge developments in areas such as autopilot technologies, artificial intelligence and big data. The small firms are seeking partnerships with…
Unlike its telecom service competitors SK Telecom and KT, LG U+, the smallest of the three, is taking a two-track strategy when it comes to voice commands for its internet protocol TV (IPTV) service. LG U+ said on Wednesday that it will enable its customers…
LG Electronics said Friday it will continue to invest more in Austrian automotive lighting system firm ZKW Group, which was purchased by the South Korean company earlier this year. In April, LG Electronics bought a 70 percent stake in ZKW, with the holding…
The 2018 IFA, the biggest trade show in Europe for electronic appliances, kicked off Friday with a lot of buzz about connected homes, artificial intelligence (AI) and televisions with extraordinary resolution. IFA is a “place for many different industries –…
LG Electronics said Thursday it will showcase a wearable robot that can help workers lift and move heavy objects easier at an upcoming tech exhibition in Germany. The electronics company said the CLOi SuitBot will be unveiled to the public at the…
LG Electronics is rolling out a limited-edition luxury smartphone that costs nearly 2 million won ($1,790). The smartphone under the Signature brand name – a second edition after an earlier model released last December – will be available for preorder for two…
LG Electronics on Thursday unveiled its budget LG X2 smartphone, which comes with a 5-inch HD screen and will be distributed through local mobile carriers. The company said the LG X2 will come with a price tag of 198,000 won ($176) and have an Auto Shot…
