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  (4th LD) SK hynix Q4 net up 87.5 pct on rising chip demand

  (ATTN: ADDS Hynix stock price at bottom)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc., South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker, on Friday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings, helped by solid memory chip demand for servers and smartphones.Net
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  (2nd LD) LG Uplus turns to black in Q4 on 5G user growth, logs record annual operating profit

  (ATTN: UPDATES throughout with info from conference call)By Yi WonjuSEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier, said Friday it shifted to black in the fourth quarter from a year earlier on the back of gr
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  (3rd LD) SK hynix Q4 net up 87.5 pct on rising chip demand

  (ATTN: UPDATES with earnings call in last 4 paras; TRIMS)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc., South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker, on Friday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings, helped by solid memory chip demand for servers and
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  (2nd LD) SK hynix Q4 net up 87.5 pct on rising chip demand

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details in last 6 paras; ADDS photo)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc., South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker, on Friday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings, helped by solid memory chip demand for servers
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  (LEAD) SK hynix Q4 net up 87.5 pct on rising chip demand

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout; ADDS photo)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 28 (Yonhap) -- SK hynix Inc., South Korea's No. 2 chipmaker, on Friday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings, helped by solid memory chip demand for servers and
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  Regulator to review punitive actions over Broadcom's unfair biz activity

  SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's antitrust regulator plans to review punitive actions over U.S. chipmaker Broadcom Inc. for its alleged unfair business activity involving South Korean smartphone makers, its chief said Thursday.The Fair Tr
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  (2nd LD) LG Electronics Q4 operating profit down 21 pct on weaker demand, rising costs

  (ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 6-7, 10-12, 14)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday said its operating profit fell 21 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier due to a hike in logistics and raw material
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  (3rd LD) Samsung logs record sales, 4-year-high operating profit in Q4 on solid chip biz

  (ATTN: ADDS Samsung's share price in last para)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings on robust chip business and brisk sales of consumer electronics.Net profit rose 6
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  (LEAD) LG Electronics Q4 operating profit down 21 pct on weaker demand, rising costs

  (ATTN: ADDS more details in last 5 paras, photo; TRIMS)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday said its operating profit fell 21 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier due to a hike in logistics and raw ma
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  LG Electronics Q4 operating profit down 21 pct on weaker demand, rising costs

  SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday said its operating profit fell 21 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier due to a hike in logistics and raw materials costs and weaker-than-expected holiday spending on home applia
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  (LEAD) Netmarble eyes more new IP titles, expanding to PC, consoles

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in last 4 paras; ADDS photo)By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Netmarble Games, a major South Korean mobile game developer and publisher, on Thursday introduced more than 20 new titles with 75 percent of them based
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  ICT minister to discuss controversy over additional 5G frequencies with telcos CEOs

  By Yi WonjuSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Science and ICT Minister Lim Hye-sook said Thursday she will hold a meeting with the heads of three major South Korean telecom operators to discuss additional 5G network frequency bands, hinting at a possible del
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  Netmarble eyes more new IP titles, expanding to PC, consoles

  By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Netmarble Games, a major South Korean mobile game developer and publisher, on Thursday introduced more than 20 new titles with 75 percent of them based on its own intellectual property (IP)."Netmarble is
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  (2nd LD) Samsung logs record sales, 4-year-high operating profit in Q4 on solid chip biz

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 9-12)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings on robust chip business and brisk sales of consumer electronics.Net profit rose 64.04
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  (LEAD) Samsung logs record sales, 4-year-high operating profit in Q4 on solid chip biz

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details throughout; ADDS photos; TRIMS)By Woo Jae-yeonSEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings on robust chip business and brisk sales of consumer electronics.Net
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  Samsung logs record sales, 4-year-high operating profit in Q4 on solid chip biz

  SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday reported strong fourth-quarter earnings on the robust performance of its mainstay semiconductor business.Net profit rose 64.04 percent from a year earlier to 10.8 trillion won (US$9 billi
• (URGENT) Samsung Electronics Q4 sales up 24.4 pct on-year to 76.5 tln won

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• (URGENT) Samsung Electronics Q4 operating profit up 53 pct on-year to 13.8 tln won

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• (URGENT) Samsung Electronics Q4 net profit up 64 pct on-year to 10.8 tln won

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• Scientists develop biosensor to detect COVID-19 variants within 30 min.

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  By Kim Han-jooSEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean scientists developed a screening biosensor that can detect COVID-19 variants within 30 minutes, whose test results are as accurate as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, a state-run