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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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[Herald Interview] 'Amid aging population, Korea to invite more young professionals from overseas'
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Nicaragua shuts down Seoul embassy
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Hybe's multilabel system tested amid conflict with Ador
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Rocket engine expert, ex-NASA exec to lead Korea's new space agency
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SNU profs to suspend treatment for one day
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SK hynix pledges W20tr to ramp up DRAM production at home
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Over-50s, men, single-person households take up majority of those filing for bankruptcy
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Pianist Cho Seong-Jin named Berlin Philharmonic's artist-in-residence
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Samsung Display to supply OLED displays for Audi e-tron
Samsung Display said Wednesday that the company would supply 7-inch organic light-emitting diode displays for Audi’s first commercial electric sport utility vehicle, the e-tron. Samsung’s OLED displays will be used for the virtual side-mirror system in which the 7-inch OLED monitors are mounted on the left and right sides of the dashboard and connected to rear-view cameras. The virtual side-mirror technology provides different angles and views for highway driving, turning street corners and park
Oct. 3, 2018
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LG opens new R&D center for air-cleaning solutions
LG Electronics opened a new research and development center within the Gasan R&D Campus in southwestern Seoul that is dedicated to air-cleaning technologies and solutions, the company said Wednesday. Called the Air Science Research Center, it will focus on developing solutions for use in all LG air purifiers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers to upgrade their ability to eliminate dust, odors and microorganisms. Researchers work at LG’s new R&D center for air-cleaning technologies and solutions
Oct. 3, 2018
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Samsung set to release silver-colored Galaxy Note 9
Samsung Electronics Co. plans to start sales of a silver-colored Galaxy Note 9 as early as this week, industry sources said Tuesday, apparently to promote the device amid the launch of new iPhones and other rival products. The new color adds to the existing portfolio of blue, black, purple and copper. The silver edition will also be released in the US. Galaxy Note 9 (Yonhap) While Samsung has not yet announced the exact date for South Korea, it said the new edition will be released its hom
Oct. 2, 2018
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[Graphic News] Cancer still No. 1 cause of death in South Korea
Cancer remained the leading cause of death in South Korea in 2017, with heart-related illnesses second, government data showed. A total of 285,534 South Koreans died in 2017, up 1.7 percent from a year earlier, according to data from Statistics Korea. Of all deaths reported last year, 78,863 people died of cancer, or 27.6 percent of the total, making it the leading cause of death in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The death rate -- the number of deaths per 100,000 people -- from cancer rose to 1
Oct. 2, 2018
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KT’s big data shows shorter work hours benefit leisure industry
With legal restrictions now in place limiting work hours to 52 hours per week, the leisure industry is seeing increased sales as employees spend more time on recreational activities during weekdays after work, an analysis conducted by KT’s Big Data Business Unit showed Tuesday. The mobile carrier, together with BC Card, analyzed signal information exchanged between floating populations’ mobile phones and the operator’s stations in the Gwanghwamun area in central Seoul from Aug. 1 through Sept. 1
Oct. 2, 2018
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Korea to impose penalties on Facebook if local user data were breached
South Korea’s media regulator said it would impose penalties on Facebook if it finds that Korean users were among those whose personal data were compromised in the latest massive security breach affecting 50 million users worldwide.The Korea Communications Commission said Monday that it had requested Facebook to provide comprehensive information on the latest hacking attack’s motives and its potential impact on Korean users.“If found to have compromised the personal data of Korean users, Faceboo
Oct. 2, 2018
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LG, Robotis step up partnership to develop self-driving robots
LG Electronics will start developing autonomous driving modules for robots with its partner Robotis, expanding applications of robotic technologies and self-driving solutions, the company said Monday. The two firms signed a contract Friday to co-develop autonomous driving modules that will be mainly used for moving robots. LG’s Advanced Robotics Lab under the CTO division plans to develop software using its intelligence navigation technologies, while Robotis will be responsible for building hard
Oct. 1, 2018
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Private investment, international partnership feed budding Thai science school
RAYONG PROVINCE, Thailand -- Along a green lake in Wangchan Valley, students clad in purple-and-green uniforms stroll around a school campus surrounded by woods that stretch across the northern Rayong province in Thailand. They are part of some 200 students at the Kamnoetvidya Science Academy (KVIS) in 10th, 11th and 12th grades, who are chosen among some 5,000-7,000 applicants through a multilayered screening process each year. An exterior view of the KVIS campus (Son Ji-hyoung/The Korea Herald
Sept. 30, 2018
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No more passports at Incheon Airport?
South Korea’s Incheon Airport has adopted an employee identification system using iris scanning technology, with aims to expand the biometrics ID system to all general airport users by as early as 2020, according to local news reports Sunday. If applied to the airport’s passenger check-in system, the system would allow people to pass customs and board airplanes via iris scanning, removing the need to present a physical passport. As of this month, Incheon Airport has reportedly installed an iris
Sept. 30, 2018
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Line to launch 5 decentralized apps to push forward token economy
Line, the Japan-based mobile messenger under South Korean internet giant Naver, has announced plans to launch five new decentralized apps, or DApps, running on its proprietary blockchain network, Link Chain. The company said Friday that DApps focusing on various service categories including prediction, question-and-answer, product review, food review and location review will be introduced in the coming weeks, kicking off Line’s efforts to build up a token economy system.As part of the move, Line
Sept. 30, 2018
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What comes next in Facebook’s major data breach
NEW YORK -- For users, Facebook’s revelation of a data breach that gave attackers access to 50 million accounts raises an important question: What happens next?For the owners of the affected accounts, and of another 40 million that Facebook considered at risk, the first order of business may be a simple one: sign back into the app. Facebook logged everyone out of all 90 million accounts in order to reset digital keys the hackers had stolen -- keys normally used to keep users logged in, but which
Sept. 30, 2018
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Samsung BioLogics postpones transfer of Bioepis shares to US Biogen
Samsung BioLogics will transfer Samsung Bioepis’ shares to US-based biotech firm Biogen on Oct. 30, completing a call option a month later than initially planned, it said in a regulatory filing on Friday. Due to the announcement, the call option exercise price will rise from about 748.6 billion won ($675.3 million) on Sept. 28 to 757.3 billion won on Oct. 30. A BioLogics official said, “The transfer is being postponed due to administrative procedures for reporting the merging of enterprises betw
Sept. 28, 2018
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Samsung, LG make top 3 in US customer satisfaction survey
South Korean home appliance makers LG and Samsung Electronics both ranked among the top three companies in a US survey on customer satisfaction, an annual report showed Friday. The annual report of the American Customer Satisfaction Index showed that LG came in second place, after Bosch, with a score of 82 out of 100 for the home appliance sector. Samsung soared from seventh place to third this year with a score of 80. (Yonhap)LG slipped from the top spot, which it had held for three years stra
Sept. 28, 2018
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[News Focus] Will Samsung stop manufacturing Galaxy phones for China?
Word is spreading that Samsung Electronics might be planning to outsource production for some of its mid- and low-end Galaxy-series phones destined for the Chinese market, industry sources said Thursday. According to some news reports, Samsung’s mobile business executives led by Executive Vice President Roh Tae-moon visited China’s Wintech, Xiaomi’s original design manufacturing branch, to discuss the possibility of manufacturing Samsung phones at Wintech’s factory. Samsung’s public relations of
Sept. 27, 2018
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4 in 10 YouTube users in Korea spend more than hour per day watching videos
Four out of 10 South Korean users of YouTube spend an hour or more watching videos on the platform on a daily basis, according to survey results recently released by local pollster Embrain.Of 1,000 Korean YouTube users aged 19-59 surveyed, 42.58 percent responded that they spend at least one hour on the video platform each day. The proportion of those who were spending more than three hours on YouTube was 5.2 percent.By demographic, the majority of those who responded they were watching more tha
Sept. 27, 2018
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Raonsecure’s biometrics authentication solutions obtain FIDO2 certification
South Korean cybersecurity service provider Raonsecure said Thursday that its FIDO biometrics authentication solution has received FIDO2 certification from the FIDO Alliance, an organization that standardizes and promotes interoperability among authentication devices. Raonsecure obtained the FIDO2 certification in two categories. The company’s TouchEn OnePass system was certified for the server section while the Raon FIDO Dongle was certified in the authentication device area.TouchEn OnePass is
Sept. 27, 2018
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LG vice chief heads for Poland to visit EV battery plant
Kwon Young-soo, second in command of LG Group, headed for Poland to visit an electric vehicle battery plant operated by LG Chem, according to multiple sources Wednesday.The vice chairman arrived in Wroclaw on Tuesday with LG Chem’s top executives. The group includes LG Chem‘s Energy Solution‘s President Kim Jong-hyun.Kwon’s trip appears to be part of the vice chairman’s recent moves to check out the current statuses of key businesses, they said.LG Chem built the EV battery plant in nearby Kobier
Sept. 26, 2018
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Global pharma firms’ 2017 R&D investment in Korea up 5.9 percent: KRPIA
Global pharmaceutical companies operating in South Korea locally invested a combined 271 billion won ($242 million) in clinical research and development in 2017, marking a 5.9 percent increase in R&D funding from the previous year, according to the Korea Research-based Pharma Industry Association. KRPIA is a business association consisting of the Korean units of 28 foreign pharma companies, including Allergan, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bayer, AstraZeneca, Novartis, Pfize
Sept. 20, 2018
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Samsung in talks with Japan’s Nipro for medical device division sale
(Yonhap)Samsung Electronics is in talks with Japan’s Nipro to sell off its in-vitro diagnostic unit, as part of efforts to streamline its medical equipment business, according to the industry on Thursday. Jeon Dong-soo, president of the medical device division at Samsung, reportedly held a briefing about the sell-off plan for employees recently, the company said.An IVD refers to a medical device that diagnoses diseases by examining patients’ tissue, blood and urine. The IVD unit belongs to Samsu
Sept. 20, 2018
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Kakao Pay’s QR code pay option accepted at over 100,000 stores
Kakao Pay, the mobile pay solutions unit of South Korean mobile messaging giant Kakao, said Wednesday that its QR code payment option is now available at more than 100,000 partner stores nationwide. The feat was achieved within just three months of launching its QR pay service, Kakao Pay said. QR code pay is a mobile payment and acceptance method through which customers can make payments by scanning a QR code, instead of paying with cash or a credit or debit card. Of the merchants that have adop
Sept. 19, 2018