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Samsung Electronics owes patent proprietor Pictiva Shows $191.4 million in damages for infringing two U.S. patents protecting natural light-emitting diode know-how, a jury in Texas federal courtroom stated on Monday. Pictiva satisfied the jury that a variety of Samsung units violate Pictiva’s patent rights in know-how for enhancing the decision, brightness and energy effectivity of OLED shows.Spokespeople for Samsung didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. Pictiva Managing Director Angela Quinlan stated in a press release the decision “validates the energy of the Pictiva mental property.” The decision is one in every of a number of latest giant awards…

It appears there’s no slowing down for BLACKPINK’s Jennie. The worldwide star has added one other milestone to her glittering profession, along with her music video for ExtraL surpassing 100 million views on YouTube.In accordance with her label, OA Leisure, the music video for ExtraL, a pre-release monitor from her first full-length solo album Ruby, topped 100 million views on Monday.With this achievement, Jennie now boasts 4 music movies which have crossed the 100-million-view mark — SOLO, Mantra, like JENNIE, and now ExtraL. Notably, SOLO has already surpassed 1 billion views, making Jennie the primary Ok-pop feminine artist ever to…

Because the QS Greater Ed Summit: Asia Pacific 2025 opens in Seoul, the town stands as a logo of upper training’s new frontier — a spot the place expertise, creativity and tradition converge to outline the way forward for studying.”Seoul embodies the ambition and confidence that outline trendy greater training — one of many world’s most dynamic innovation hubs the place custom and transformation coexist,” Jessica Turner, chief government of QS, mentioned in a current written interview with The Korea Occasions.”Korea’s international cultural attain, powered by Ok-pop and the broader hallyu wave, has redefined how younger individuals world wide think…

Korean brokerage homes on Tuesday reopened providers for daytime buying and selling of U.S. shares, greater than a 12 months after they suspended the service as a consequence of system glitches, trade sources mentioned.Traders utilizing buying and selling techniques of 18 brokerage companies right here will be capable of commerce U.S. shares from 9 a.m. to five p.m., based on the sources.Daytime buying and selling of U.S. shares in Korea had been halted since Aug. 5, 2024, following a technical glitch that precipitated the mass cancellation of orders from native buyers by Blue Ocean, the one various buying and selling…

Singer and co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Well-liked Tradition Alternate, Park Jin-young, expresses hope for Korea-China cultural ties in an Instagram submit uploaded on Nov. 2. [SCREEN CAPTURE]   Singer and co-chair of the Presidential Committee on Well-liked Tradition Alternate, Park Jin-young, mentioned he met Chinese language President Xi Jinping and expressed hope that “the 2 nations’ peoples can come nearer by means of widespread tradition and share extra tales collectively.”   “I used to be really glad to fulfill President Xi and converse with him,” the Ok-pop mogul mentioned in an Instagram submit on Sunday. “I sincerely thank…

LG Chem Vice Chairman Shin Hak-cheol (second from proper) poses for a commemorative photograph with Sinopec Chairman Hou Qijun (third from proper) after signing a enterprise settlement for joint growth of sodium-ion battery supplies. (Picture courtesy of LG Chem) LG Chem is embarking on next-generation battery materials growth with Sinopec, China’s largest chemical firm. The corporate introduced on Nov. 4 that it has signed a joint growth settlement with China’s Sinopec for the event of core supplies for sodium-ion batteries. Sinopec is China’s largest complete vitality and chemical firm, working companies spanning petroleum and…

Cowl of Park So-ran’s poetry assortment “Phrases Near the Coronary heart” / Courtesy of Changbi PublishersBorn in Georgia, Ketevani Barbakadze, winner of this yr’s Commendation Prize in poetry part, grew up an avid reader and author with a deep curiosity in translation.“Each time I learn a translated poem that moved me, I’d marvel: How would this line really feel within the breath of its personal language? How a lot of the poet’s sincerity was conveyed, and the way a lot remained behind? Not as a result of the translator did a poor job, however as a result of each language…

Israel on Monday confirmed the identities of three hostages whose our bodies had been returned over the weekend — bringing the variety of our bodies launched since Oct. 13 beneath the ceasefire and hostages-for-prisoners trade deal between Israel and Hamas to twenty.The three hostages had been Asaf Hamami, Oz Daniel and Israeli American Omer Maxim Neutra, the Israeli authorities stated.

South Korea’s shopper costs grew on the quickest tempo in over a 12 months in October, authorities information confirmed Tuesday.Shopper costs, a key gauge of inflation, elevated 2.4 % from a 12 months earlier final month, in keeping with the information from the Ministry of Information and Statistics. It marks the biggest on-year improve since July 2024, when inflation climbed 2.6 %.In 2025, inflation had remained above the Financial institution of Korea’s 2 % goal for 4 consecutive months via April earlier than slowing to 1.9 % in Could.It then climbed once more, staying above 2 % in each June…

Korea College’s co-hosting of the QS Greater Ed Summit: Asia Pacific 2025 underscores Seoul’s rising standing as a premier vacation spot for worldwide college students and a rising power in world greater schooling.Underneath the theme of “Advancing Generational Potential: Abilities and Partnerships within the Asia Pacific,” the three-day summit will kick off Monday, bringing collectively greater than 2,000 educators, policymakers and business leaders from throughout the Asia-Pacific area.Organized by QS, a number one world greater schooling analytics agency identified for its college rankings and data-driven insights, the summit will provide universities a platform to change methods that improve worldwide visibility…