South Korea News

South Korea's decision to jail an artist for sarcastic tweets on North Korea points to governments' growing concerns about Twitter as a tool for political dissent.

The iPhone's sensitive touch screen may soon be used to test bodily fluids for disease, as researchers discover ways to use smartphones as diagnostic tools.

Samsung will not seek an injunction to ban the iPhone 4S in South Korea, saying it will continue to engage in legal battles with Apple globally but won't try to gain more market share in its home country.

Smartphone users in South Korea can shop for groceries during their commute, thanks to a subway-stop virtual store, showing how devices help people perform everyday tasks with ease and convenience.

Samsung today escalated an industry-wide patent war by filing another countersuit against Apple, this time in Australia, joining similar actions in South Korea.

Samsung is attempting to ban Apple's unreleased iPhone 5, the latest in nearly a dozen courtroom battles that spans the globe.

Google's Seoul offices was raided by South Korean officials as part of an ongoing antitrust probe into the Internet giant's Android tactics.

The South Korean government is organizing a consortium of local companies like Samsung and LG to develop a range of open, cloud-based mobile operating systems to compete with products from Google and Apple.

Apple faces a class action lawsuit from about 27,000 South Koreans over privacy violations related to location data services on its iOS devices.

A South Korean law firm today sued Apple for tracking iPhone locations, as the company continues to feel aftershocks from its initial location data fiasco earlier this year.

Hackers are hitting governments agencies worldwide, while the build-up for Nortel's bankruptcy auction heats up.

Apple is bringing its latest lawsuit against Samsung to the electronic giant's home turf, filing another patent case against in South Korea, in the latest in an ongoing spate of courtroom battles between the two companies.

New technology could use speech to charge your phone, highlighting the potential for scavenged energy to extend mobile device battery life.

Sony's woes deepened with news of another security breach as well as a subpoena. AT&T and Sprint, meanwhile, continued their war of words over AT&T's proposed merger with T-Mobile.

South Korean police today raided Google's Seoul office on suspicion that the company collected user location data without consent, adding to global pressure on the mobile industry to address privacy concerns.