Apple has announced its first ever over-ear headphone Airpods Max on Tuesday.The headphones will go on sale on December 15 for US$549. It is priced at 719,000 won in South Korea.The headphones have active noise canceling like Airpods Pro.Its rival is BOSE, which hasn’t been available in Apple’s onli

LG Electronics said on Wednesday that it will collaborate with Assa Abloy to launch automatic doors using transparent OLED panels.Assa Abloy, based in Sweden, makes doors, mechanical door locks, digital door locks and automatic doors. It has supplied its automatic doors to airports in London, Spain

Posco Chemical said on Wednesday that it will be supplying cathode to Ultium Cells, the joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution.The South Korean chemical company will be supplying high-nickel NCMA (nickel, cobalt, manganese and aluminum) produced at its Gwangyang plant in South K

ISC said on Tuesday that it will produce microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based fine-pitch semiconductor test solution.The company said the solution combines a test board with a test socket.A South Korean customer who tested the solution showed that it improved by 90% in performance compared to

LED company Semicon Light said on Tuesday that it has singed a UV-C LED distribution deal with Japanese trading company Inabata.The South Korean LED maker said, besides this agency deal, it will sign an annual supply deal with Inabata to expand into the US, Europe and Japan.Inabata’s annual sales is

LG Uplus said on Tuesday that it has started the trial for 28GHz 5G network.The network has been applied to Kumoh National Institute of Technology for the university’s administrative work and will replace the wired network.LG Uplus hopes the trial leads to development of a cloud system, low-latency

LG Electronics has unveiled a new robot that kills germs with ultraviolet lamps.The new robot will be displayed at 2020 Korea Electronics Show in COEX from December 9 to 12.The robot uses ultraviolet-C (UV-C) lamps on its sides to kill germs. UV-C has wavelengths between 100 to 280nm which can kill

Samsung Electronics said on Monday that it will begin sales of its smart monitors in South Korea.The 32-inch UHD M7 and FHD M5 (32-inch, 27-inch) monitors have the Tizen OS-based smart hub that allows them to offer contents without being connected to a computer.They can connect to the internet via W

EcoPro will expand the sales of cathode and precursors to others, including competitors, the company’s chairman said on Friday.Chairman Lee Dong-chae of EcoPro, the holding company of battery cathode maker EcoPro BM, told local tradeshow Pohang Global Battery Conference 2020 held at the city of Poha

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday that it has begun roll out of its One UI 3 interface along with the Android 11 update for Galaxy smartphones.Those with a Galaxy S20, S20 Plus and S20 Ultra in the US, South Korea and parts of Europe will get the update first.Those with the Galaxy Note20 and Gala

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it was promoting 214 executives in its year-end reshuffle.Earlier this week, the company announced only minor changes in the top posts. However, in terms of executive promotion, it was the largest in the past three years.Samsung named 31 executive vice preside

Samsung Electronics will launch three kinds of foldable smartphone models next year, according to OLED research firm UBI Research.Samsung Display was preparing three types of foldable OLED panels, the research firm said, which indicates three foldable smartphone models.These will likely be the Galax

Samsung Display on Thursday said it has signed an agreement with the Asan City and South Chungcheong Province to improve water quality and recycle them.Samsung Display CEO Choi Joo-sun, who was named to the top post on Wednesday, met with government officials for the signing ceremony.The company wil

Head of research at LG Energy Solution said on Thursday that battery and automobile companies must closely collaborate to resolve fires in electric cars.LG Energy Solution research director Jung Geun-chang told TheElec said it may be a textbook answer but the issue required close collaboration betwe

Trinamix, a subsidiary of BASF, showed off its molecular sensing technology at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit Digital 2020.The sensor technology, called near-infrared spectroscopy, uses infrared light to detect the molecular vibrations that distinguish different substances.Trinamix has earlier sh

SK Telecom CEO and president Park Jung-ho has been promoted to vice chairman in SK Group’s annual reshuffle.Park will also become vice chairman of SK Hynix, the chip making subsidiary of SK Telecom. He will step down as chairman of the board at SK Hynix.Park joined SK Group in 1989 and was previousl

LG Electronics said on Thursday that it will display its LG Signature OLED 8K TV at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.The TV will be displayed there up to next year, the company said.It will also provide the TVs for the American Ballet Theater in the US, as it did in 2019.LG will also collaborat

Worldwide semiconductor equipment sales increased by 30% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to a year ago, according to SEMI.Sales reached US$19.4 billion in the quarter.China accounted for US$5.62 billion of the sales, followed by Taiwan’s US$4.75 billion. South Korea was third with US$42.2 bill

Printed circuit board (PCB) maker TLB has set its share offering price for its KOSDAQ IPO at 38,000 won.A total of 1,385 institutional investors took part in its demand forecast. They account for 77% of the million shares on offer.TLB will now likely secure 38 billion won for its listing. Retail ord

Samsung Display said on Wednesday that EVP Choi Joo-sun will lead the company as the new CEO.Previous CEO Lee Dong-hoon will become an adviser to the company.Choi heads Samsung Display’s large display business and will also keep that post, Samsung Display said.Kim Sung-chul, who led the company’s sm