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Korean ISP Wants a Share of Smart TV Profits

Korean Internet service provider KT has revealed that it is looking for a share of profits generated by smart TV sellers, after it switched off Internet access for smart television…

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Korean Startup Enswers is Shaking up Online Video

When YouTube hit the internet in 2005, it changed the way we view videos online. Suddenly Web users could search for almost anything and watch related videos instantly. Now viewing…

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Apple's iPad is Beating Samsung in its Own Backyard

Apple has passed the landmark of one million iPad sales in South Korea, where its tablet device is a considerable distance ahead of rival Samsung’s efforts on its home turf….

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Korean Firm Merges News, Bloggers

Blogging is huge in South Korea, where most of the population go online everyday — through their phone, tablet device or personal computer — and local firm TNM is very much…

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Korean Startup to Solve Trash Problems

Imagine what life would be like if all public trash cans automatically compressed the trash inside them. If the compressors were powered using solar energy? And the units could let city…

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Korea's Cyworld Goes Global Again

Korean social network Cyworld is gearing up to have a second crack at the international market with the launch of Global Cyworld. The new international version of the service, which…

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Will robots replace journalists?

First let me just say that no, robots will not replace journalists. Robots will likely only replace jobs with particularly low cognitive loads. So, maybe press release re-writing bloggers, but not thinking,…