Apple awarded $290 mln in Samsung patent caseA US federal jury Thursday ordered Samsung to pay $290 million in damages to Apple in a partial retrial of a blockbuster patent case involving the two smartphone giants.
'Priceless' ancient Korean seals seized in CaliforniaUS customs agents said Wednesday they have seized a horde of "priceless" ancient Korean artifacts, brought to California by US a serviceman deployed in the Korean War six decades ago.
21 November 2013
Taiwan firm sues Samsung for patent infringementA Taiwanese electronics company said Wednesday it has filed a lawsuit against South Korean tech giant Samsung for allegedly infringing on its optics technology patents.
Putin in S. Korea to push new 'Silk Road' via N. KoreaRussian President Vladimir Putin was in South Korea Wednesday to push a pet project for a new major trading route linking Asia and Europe by rail that requires prying open North Korea.
S. Korea president addresses suspicions of poll-meddlingS. Korean President Park Geun-Hye vowed to ensure the political neutrality of government agencies, as she addressed allegations that the domestic spy service interfered in last year's presidential election.
31 October 2013
New York hosts ancient Korea debut in WestDrawn to bling? A fan of gold jewelry? Keen on Buddha? If so, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art offers the newest ticket to fend off the winter chill.
30 October 2013
LG unveils curved-screen smartphoneLG Electronics unveiled Monday a curved-screen smartphone, taking on rival Samsung in a niche market seen as a first step on the road to fully flexible products.
High-security isolation for South Korea's exam-settersEvery October, hundreds of South Korean teachers and professors are sequestered -- like jurors in a mafia trial -- in a secret, guarded compound: prisoners of their country's obsession with education.
28 October 2013
S. Korea tobacco firm to pull chimp ad for 'Africa' brandSouth Korea's top tobacco firm said Wednesday it would pull ads for its new "This Africa" brand of cigarettes after complaints the use of images of apes dressed as humans was racist.
24 October 2013
S. Korea election meddling scandal threatens ParkA simmering row over alleged election meddling by South Korea's domestic spy service is threatening to boil over into a full-blown scandal that could seriously scald President Park Geun-Hye's administration.
23 October 2013
S. Korea introduces 'Gangnam Style' tourist policeSouth Korea unveiled its new "tourist police" force Wednesday, with snappy uniforms from rapper Psy's costume designer and a "Gangnam Style" launch in central Seoul.
16 October 2013
Two takes on love clinch Busan film prizeTwo wildly diverse takes on modern love and obsession have taken the top prize Asia's largest film festival, which draws to a close Saturday.
12 October 2013
Samsung's first 'curved' smartphone hits S. Korea marketSamsung's first smartphone with a curved display screen enters the South Korean market on Thursday, as the electronics giant seeks to maintain its lead in the increasingly saturated market.