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LG V30 smartphone launched

Seoul: South Korean smartphone company LG Electronics has started launching its V30 smartphone in Europe that weighs only 158 grams despite its 6-inch wide display, breaking the stereotype that phablets are normally heavy. While the phone was released in Italy on Friday through major mobile carriers, the V30 will be launched in Germany, Spain and […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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US deploys F 22 Raptors for joint drill with Seoul

Seoul: Six American F-22 Raptor stealth fighters reached South Korea for a joint flying exercise on Saturday- in a show of strength following North Korea’s missile test earlier this week. The fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft will take part in the ‘Vigilant ace’ exercise with the South Korean air force from December 4 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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N.Korea launches new ballistic missile

Seoul: North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile on Wednesday, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported citing military officials. “The missile flew eastward and the South Korean military is analyzing details with the US,” Fox News reported citing Yonhap. There have been signs that indicated Kim Jong Un regime was planning a missile launch in […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
First car out of Kia's Andhra plant to be rolled out by Jan 2019

Visakhapatnam: The first car out of South Korean auto major Kia Motors’ plant in Andhra Pradesh will roll out in January 2019, Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh said on Monday. The plant, Kia’s first in India, is coming up in Penugonda in Anantapur district. Lokesh told reporters here that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
South Korea, US conduct air defence drills

Seoul: South Korea and the US have conducted joint air drills in the Korean peninsula amid heightened tensions with Pyongyang, authorities said here on Saturday. The military exercise was carried out on an unspecified date and involved the units of several regiments of the two countries, according to the Seoul-based US Pacific Command. “The field […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Trump to visit five Asian countries in November

Washington: US President Donald Trump will travel to five Asian countries — Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines — in November to take part in regional summits and discuss the North Korean nuclear threat, the White House announced on Friday. “The President’s engagements will strengthen the international resolve to confront the North Korean […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Nuclear programme to be boosted after sanctions: Pyongyang

Seoul: North Korea said on Wednesday that it will redouble its efforts to strengthen its nuclear and missile programmes to be on par with the US militarily, in response to new sanctions imposed by the UN. The Kim Jong-un regime responded with strong words to the new sanctions passed on Monday in the UN Security […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 might ship with wireless earplugs

Seoul: South Korean giant Samsung might launch with the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 device a pair of wireless earplugs — similar to Apple’s wireless AirPods — that will be powered by its artificial intelligence assistant ‘Bixby’. According to a report in Korean outlet ETNews, the earphones will feature noise cancelling technology and it’s expected that […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Samsung to relaunch Galaxy Note 7 on July 7

Seoul: Samsung Electronics announced on Sunday that on July 7 it will release in South Korea a refurbished version of its controversial smartphone Galaxy Note 7, which was recalled last year after several cases of these handsets catching fire. A total of 400,000 units of the refurbished smartphone, named the Galaxy Note 7 Fan Edition, […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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'N. Korean drone took pictures of anti-missile system'

Seoul: The South Korean army on Tuesday said a suspected North Korean drone spotted over its border last week captured pictures of the Thaad anti-missile system. The device, equipped with a camera and a 64-GB memory card, was seized on June 9 in a mountainous area near the border between the two countries after it […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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N. Korea test-fires multiple ground-to-ship missiles: Seoul

Seoul: North Korea test-fired multiple projectiles believed to be ground-to-ship cruise missiles Thursday morning into its eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles were launched from the city of Wonsan on Pyongyang’s east coast in the morning, the JCS said in a statement. The missiles flew about […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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LG Electronics releases mobile payment tool

Seoul: Amid reports of rival Samsung tying up with three South Korean banks for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based services, LG Electronics Inc on Friday launched its own mobile payment tool in the country to compete with “Samsung Pay”. LG Electronics said “LG Pay”, which is based on the Wireless Magnetic Communication technology, allows users to make payments […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
N.Korea fires another missile
N.Korea fires another missile

Seoul: North Korea on Sunday launched an unidentified projectile, just a week after Pyongyang carried out its most successful ballistic missile test, South Korean military has confirmed. “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile from a site in the vicinity of Pukchang in Pyeongannam-do, South Pyeongan province, and it flew for about 500 km,” Yonhap news […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Trump willing to 'make peace' with Pyongyang

Seoul: US President Donald Trump is looking forward to working closely with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in and is willing to make peace with North Korea through engagement if the conditions are right, according to a top Seoul envoy. Trump made the remarks on Wednesday during a 15-minute meeting with special envoy Hong Seok-hyun […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
N.Korea fires ballistic missile
N.Korea fires ballistic missile

Seoul/Washington: North Korea on Sunday launched a ballistic missile which flew around 700 km, the South Korean Joints Chief of Staff (JCS) said. This is the first provocative move from North Korea since South Korea appointed Moon Jae-in as the country’s new President on Wednesday. The US calculated that the missile landed in water 60 […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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