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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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Samsung chief bolsters ties with Germany’s Zeiss
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Nominee for chief of anti-corruption body pledges 'independence, effectiveness'
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Med schools expect 1,500+ new admission slots next year
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Samsung’s top brass hears about labor relations from presidential council
Around 20 CEOs of Samsung Electronics and its affiliates on Monday attended a lecture by the head of the presidential council on economic, social and labor affairs, according to the company. The South Korean tech giant invited Moon Sung-hyun, chairperson of the presidential Economic, Social and Labor Council, and arranged a special lecture for the leaders of affiliates, including Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Kim Ki-nam, Samsung C&T CEO Lee Young-ho and Samsung Life Insurance CEO Jeon
June 1, 2020
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Samsung embarks on NAND flash line at 2nd Pyeongtaek fab
Samsung Electronics announced Monday it has embarked on creating the second production line for its advanced V-NAND flash memory chips in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, with a schedule to start rolling them out in the second half of 2021. The company has started working on the NAND cleanroom in May in order to respond to the rising demand for artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies amid the spreading non-contact lifestyles and services in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
June 1, 2020
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Korean tech giants rethink full-fledged participation in IFA
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics -- the two biggest tech firms in South Korea -- are likely to scale back their participation in IFA 2020, amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry sources Sunday. However, the two firms have not yet finalized their plans to participate in the largest tradeshow for home appliances in Europe, slated for September. The IFA 2020 will be held onsite from Sept. 3-5 at the Messe Berlin exhibition hall as usual, the show’s organizer ann
May 31, 2020
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SKT to develop AI-based post-production platform
SK Telecom said Friday it plans to develop an artificial intelligence-based post-production platform to help local firms to export cultural content products abroad. The South Korean telecommunications firm said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with local post-production firm New ID to collaborate on the project. “The latest partnership deal will meet increased foreign demand for Korea’s cultural productions,” the company said. “The two companies expect the
May 29, 2020
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[Graphic News] Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
Timeline of reported cases Late April: An unidentified children’s illness reported in Europe May 9: Illness claims three children in New York, US, and one in France May 13: Casualty occurs in the UK; UK, France, US together confirm over 100 cases May 23: Mystery children’s illness spreads to 13 countries (25 states in the US) May 25: Korea launches disease surveillance systems May 26: Korea sees two suspected cases of the rare pediatric condition, both in Seoul
May 29, 2020
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Naver reshuffles internet cartoon business, seeks global expansion
Naver on Thursday said that it plans to make its US-based unit Webtoon Entertainment the head office for online cartoon businesses. The latest restructuring plan comes amid the South Korean internet giant’s efforts to expand its online cartoon business abroad. As part of the plan, California-based Webtoon Entertainment will purchase all stocks of Line Digital Frontier, the company’s Japanese internet cartoon unit. It will cost the US unit some 232 billion won ($187 million). The t
May 28, 2020
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SK Broadband launches ‘ZEM Kids’ on B tv
SK Broadband said Thursday it has launched children-targeted “ZEM Kids” content on B tv Cable, the new name of Tbroad cable television that has been merged with the operator last month. ZEM Kids is a self-learning content aimed for children from toddlers to elementary school students. The content carries some 4,000 programs that include story-telling, English classes and sessions for parents. The story-telling program, for instance, has over 350 story options for kids aged 3 and u
May 28, 2020
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Samsung’s health app slips into TVs in Korea, US, UK
Samsung Electronics said Friday it has expanded its mobile device-based health platform to televisions as demand for in-home fitness content and services is growing in the wake of the global pandemic. The Samsung Health app is now available on the company’s smart TVs launched this year in South Korea, the United States and the United Kingdom. The app is designed as a wellness management platform that enables users to customize their personal health journeys by connecting them to premi
May 28, 2020
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ULikeKorea introduces COVID-19 body patch monitoring system
South Korean ICT company specializing in smart livestock health management uLikeKorea said Wednesday it has successfully developed a COVID-19 body patch system that can monitor symptoms, activity level and location related to the virus in real-time. According to uLikeKorea, the system was made with non-toxic and environmentally friendly materials that can be attached to the chest. It can detect temperature, pulse, activity level and location in real-time, it said. “ULikeKorea used the
May 27, 2020
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Local telecom firms bid for fifth-largest cable TV operator Hyundai HCN
South Korea’s three major telecommunications firms have submitted nonbinding indicative offers to acquire Hyundai HCN, the nation’s fifth-largest cable TV operator owned by Hyundai Department Store Group, according to industry sources Wednesday. The three local firms -- KT, SK Telecom and LG Uplus -- are expected to compete for acquiring the cable TV operator, which has a 4 percent market share with 1.3 million subscribers. The cable TV unit’s total revenue last year was 292
May 27, 2020
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[Herald Interview] JANDI: Usurping KakaoTalk in Korea’s work communication
Toss Lab, the maker of innovative collaboration tool JANDI, has established itself at the top of South Korea’s growing work communication platform market. The fledgling company, in just six years, has managed to go head-on with not only domestic competitors such as Flow and Collabee but also global companies like Slack and Microsoft Teams. Ironically, however, these direct competitors offer far less of a challenge than that of the immensely popular messenger service KakaoTalk, in JANDI
May 27, 2020
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S. Korea’s first suspected MIS-C cases coronavirus-negative: KCDC
South Korean health officials are straining to contain a new flare-up of infections traced back to nightclub revelers in Itaewon, central Seoul, earlier this month. Of the 40 new patients confirmed positive Wednesday, 37 were linked to the nightclub cluster, while the other three were travelers from overseas. Since the first infected nightclub visitor was identified on May 6, an extensive testing of over 41,000 people with possible ties to the nightclubs has been carried out to find 259 positi
May 27, 2020
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Hanwha Techwin launches world’s first 8K CCTV
Hanwha Techwin announced Wednesday the launch of the world’s first 8K closed-circuit TVs, featuring the highest resolution. The South Korean surveillance solution provider said it will roll out the CCTVs with 8K network camera featuring 33 million pixels. The 8K CCTVs provide images that are four times clearer than those of current 4K CCTVs, the company said. It enables recognition of a person sitting about 150 meters away in a baseball stadium, the firm explained. It is possible to
May 27, 2020
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Mysterious children’s illness with potential links to COVID-19 arrives in S. Korea
The first suspected cases of a rare inflammatory disease striking children and young adults have been reported in South Korea, health authorities said Tuesday, issuing special warnings as preschools and primary schools are set to resume in-person classes Wednesday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Deputy Director Kwon Jun-wook said in a Tuesday press briefing that two pediatric patients at health care institutions in Seoul might have the little-known condition, now
May 26, 2020
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[Photo News] Virus fighting robot
May 26, 2020
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LG CNS collaborates with US firm on blockchain digital identity
LG CNS said Tuesday it is teaming up with US-based Evernym to develop blockchain-based digital identification solution. Based in Salt Lake City, the US firm specializes in developing decentralized identifier (DID) solutions. DID technology can be used to verify identities of individuals, vehicles and other entities through an online network. DID solutions, which utilize blockchain technology, are also considered more secure than existing identification systems based on centralized registrati
May 26, 2020
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Samsung unveils highest-level security solution targeting non-contact market
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled a security solution with the highest level of protection, eyeing the growing non-contact services market. The standalone turnkey security solution is comprised of a secure element chip and enhanced security software that offers protection for tasks such as booting, isolated storage, mobile payment and other applications. Smart device makers will not need to develop their own security programs if the devices are equipped with the Samsung solution, the co
May 26, 2020
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Samsung set to conduct first online aptitude test for job appliers
This weekend, Samsung Electronics will conduct its first-ever online aptitude test for entry-level job applicants, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company said Tuesday. Known as Global Samsung Aptitude Test or GSAT, the exam is required for all applicants who have passed document screening. The test used to take place physically at middle and high schools during weekends. On Tuesday, the company sent kits needed for the first online test via mail. The kits included a cover for an ide
May 26, 2020
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[Herald Interview] Linkflow seeks to be Korea’s first hardware unicorn with 360-degree wearable cameras
They may look like Bluetooth neckband headsets, but Linkflow’s FITT360 and NEXX360 are cameras that allow users to capture 360-degree shots of their surroundings. FITT360 and NEXX360 each have four cameras which constantly take photos and instantaneously process them into 360-degree videos. This camera concept was born out of founder Kim Yong-kuk’s romantic desire to capture the beautiful scenery of his honeymoon in Hawaii in all its glory. Kim, who had at that point had
May 25, 2020
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[News Focus] Caught between the US and China, Korean chipmakers on edge
South Korea’s chipmakers are again on edge over the second round of technology war between the United States and China involving semiconductors, according to industry sources Monday. Although the flagship businesses of Samsung Electronics and SK hynix pivot on memory products, which aren’t yet subject to the new US sanctions on China’s tech giant Huawei Technologies, worries are growing over the their dependence on US technologies broadly applied to the comprehensive proces
May 25, 2020