Not content to only let Korean children get My First Tumor, Chicago-based Firefly Mobile has released the new Firefly GSM phone through SunCom Wireless.There’s no numeric keypad, instead ...

South Korean telcos will launch phones and services customized for people over 65 years old and children under 12 years old, in cooperation with the government. For example, the new phones will ...

S. Korean firm unveils robot playmate for kids A child plays with a robot playmate entitled "Kibot" which has a monkey face and a display panel on its body during its launching event in Seoul.

But kids' lives in South Korea aren't all about school. Like American children, South Koreans entertain themselves with smartphones. About 72 percent own one by age 12, according to a 2016 report ...

Korean parents turn to intelligent robot that is part tutor, part babysitter. July 13, 2011,— -- A robot designed to teach kids to speak another language won't take no for an answer in any ...

In this May 13, 2015 photo, Cho Jaehyun, a South Korean senior year high school student, speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea. Cho got his smartphone at age 10.

Adults are yet to be convinced by smartwatches or wrist-phones, but South Korean companies believe they have found an ideal group of customers: young children.

The verdict is still out on whether teens and tweens are a reliable predictor of tech trends, but if South Korean school kids make a good benchmark, chat is king. A recently-released poll by the ...