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April 18, 2025
Naver signs licensing deal with Universal Music to elevate creators’ content

Naver said Friday it has signed a music licensing agreement with Universal Music Group, the world’s largest record label, allowing creators on its short-form video platform Clip to use a vast library of global music in their videos. Through the agreement, Clip creators will have access to over 2.1 million tracks from top international artists including The Beatles, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish. The latest deal builds on Naver’s efforts to expand its music offerings, following the addition of a
April 17, 2025
Apple Intelligence review: Smooth start for Korean support, with room to grow

US tech giant Apple’s new artificial intelligence service, Apple Intelligence, has officially launched Korean-language support this month, marking a significant step in localizing its smart features for Korean users. After a week of hands-on testing with the iPhone 16, The Korea Herald found the service to be convenient and surprisingly proficient in Korean. While the English version of Apple Intelligence has been available on the iPhone 16 series since October last year, the rollout of non-Engl
April 17, 2025
LG CNS makes US debut with smart poles, EV chargers

Korean IT solutions company LG CNS is expanding its global footprint with its first contracts in the US public sector through projects in New York City and Hogansville, Georgia, the company said Thursday. LG CNS signed a pilot project agreement with the New York City Economic Development Corporation to build electric vehicle chargers and a control system at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, the city’s startup hub for real-world technology testing. The company will provide an integrated solution that i
April 16, 2025
Upstage sets sights on global enterprise AI market

South Korean artificial intelligence startup Upstage unveiled Wednesday ambitious plans to expand into the global enterprise AI market, primarily focusing on the US and Japan. “Upstage AI is about shaping a better future of work,” said CEO Kim Sung-hoon during a press briefing in Seoul. “We aim to bring the proven AI work standards established in Korea to the global stage and deliver measurable business outcomes through AI.” The AI company recently made headlines by partnering with domestic tele
April 16, 2025
Samsung Electro-Mechanics clinches MLCC supply deal with China’s BYD

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, the electronic components arm of Samsung Electronics, has secured a major supply deal with Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD for its multilayer ceramic capacitors, industry sources said Wednesday. The South Korean firm has already begun shipments of MLCCs, worth hundreds of billions of won, to several Chinese firms, including the world’s largest EV maker, BYD. MLCCs are essential components in electric devices, which store and manage the electricity, ensuring semicond
April 16, 2025
KT pushes for full-scale AI integration in media value chain

South Korean telecommunication giant KT announced Wednesday its plan to ramp up its artificial intelligence strategy in the media sector, including introducing a new AI agent for its internet TV platform Genie TV an AI-powered content studio. With the goal of positioning its media business as one of its three core growth pillars, the company said it will invest 500 billion won ($370 million) by 2026. “With global OTT giants rapidly dominating the content supply chain, there is growing concern th
April 15, 2025
LG CNS, Google Cloud join hands to expand AI solutions to Asia, Americas

LG CNS and Google Cloud are teaming up to expand cloud-based artificial intelligence transformation services across Asia and the Pacific as well as the Americas, the South Korean IT solutions provider said Tuesday. LG CNS CEO Hyun Shin-gyoon recently met with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and Karan Bajwa, the managing director of Google Cloud Asia-Pacific at Google Cloud Next 2025 in Las Vegas to reinforce strategic cooperation between the two companies, the company said. Under the partnership,
April 15, 2025
Google weighs cheaper YouTube plan for Korea

US tech giant Google is reportedly reviewing the introduction of YouTube Premium Lite in Korea, a low-cost subscription plan that offers ad-free video streaming without the full suite of Premium features, according to industry sources on Tuesday. Google Korea has recently proposed the introduction of the Premium Lite plan to the Korea Fair Trade Commission as part of a voluntary corrective measure, sources said. The proposal comes as the antitrust regulator investigates allegations that Google l
April 15, 2025
KT completes Thai LLM project with Jasmine Technology

South Korean telecom giant KT announced Tuesday that it has completed a Thai large language model platform project in partnership with Jasmine Technology Solutions, the tech affiliate of Thailand’s Jasmine Group. The yearlong project makes KT the first Korean company to establish a comprehensive artificial intelligence infrastructure overseas. The initiative included building an LLM operations system and a graphics processing unit farm for AI computing and developing a Thai-specialized LLM model
April 15, 2025
Zyx Technology honors winners of first CAD design competition

The awards ceremony for the 1st ZyxCAD Design Competition was held on March 21 at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas Hotel. Held under the theme of "Designing Tradition," the competition was co-hosted by Korean AI-based design platform Zyx Technology and its official distributor Thirautech. It invited university students to creatively reinterpret Korea’s cultural heritage using ZyxCAD, a domestically developed computer-aided design (CAD) software package. From a pool of nationwide submissio

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