South Korea\'s three mobile carriers began taking preorders on Oct. 16 for Apple\'s first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, ahead of its Oct. 23 release. SK Telecom is offering benefits tied to trade-ins, partner cards, and subscriptions, as well as early delivery for first-round customers. KT is promoting its Choice Double plans with subscription bundles and device discounts, plus partner-card benefits and phone-care options. LG Uplus introduced early-return compensation plans and online purchase promotions.

Global security companies are speeding up efforts to target South Korean firms seeking to address new threats linked to the spread of AI, including moves to build service infrastructure in Korea. Cisco is operating a Secure Access Korea point of presence, while Palo Alto Networks Korea is expanding cooperation with local firms, running training programmes and teaming up on frontier-AI threats. The report also lists other security industry moves and recent hacking and inspection figures in finance.