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Key suspects grilled over alleged abuse of power in Marine death inquiry
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Marine Corps commander summoned by CIO for questioning on alleged influence-peddling case
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S. Korean children, teens grow taller, mature faster than before: study
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Army takes group action against Hybe for neglecting BTS
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Some junior doctors are returning: Health Ministry
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Debate rages over ‘overly fatty’ samgyeopsal
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Ador CEO's request for exclusive right to terminate NewJeans' contract with Hybe refused in February
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[Weekender] Korean psyche untangled: Musok
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Naver will consider company benefits in deciding on selling Line shares: CEO
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Woman dangling from power lines rescued by residents holding blanket
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Samsung aims to lead future technologies with 5G
IT businesses around the world are facing a paradigm shift toward connectivity enabled by the next-generation telecommunications network. Among them, South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics has set a strategy to enhance its end-to-end network business to provide fifth-generation technologies that will be fundamental to upcoming electronics powered by artificial intelligence. The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics will offer an opportunity to look at Samsung’s preparations for the 5G era.Samsun
Feb. 8, 2018
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Samsung Engineering wins $3.1b order to upgrade oil refinery in UAE
Samsung Engineering Co., a major South Korean industrial plant builder, said Thursday that its joint venture secured a $3.1 billion deal to upgrade an oil refinery in the United Arab Emirates.Under the deal with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Samsung and Netherlands-based CB&I will introduce crude processing flexibility at Ruwais oil refinery, the builder said.The refinery modifications -- set to be completed by the end of 2022 -- will enable ADNOC's Ruwais Refinery-West complex to process
Feb. 8, 2018
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SK ventures into new areas to achieve ‘Deep Change’
(SK Group)Since 2016, the growth mantra of SK Group has been “Deep Change,” and this year, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea is taking it up a notch in newfound areas. The group is looking into new business models in the fields of semiconductors, oil refinery and information and communication technology in the face of a paradigm shift toward the “fourth industrial revolution.”SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won is spearheading the undertaking by leading talks with global business leaders
Feb. 7, 2018
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Introducing SK Telecom's rising star, Nugu
SK Telecom has ambitious plans for its voice-activated assistant Nugu, which it hopes will become the epitome of a customized life powered by artificial intelligence, with services ranging from basic information about traffic and weather conditions to shopping and delivery.First rolled out in September 2016, the voice-activated speaker is rapidly expanding its service capabilities in conjunction with SK Telecom’s existing strengths in its car navigation system Tmap and e-commerce platform 11st a
Feb. 7, 2018
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Samsung Electronics mulls building 2nd chip line in S. Korea
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is pushing to build a second chip-production line near Seoul, industry sources said Tuesday, amid rising demand for semiconductors.The tech giant is in talks with officials in Pyeongtaek over a new chip-production line in that city, an insider said, although no specific size or timing of investment has been determined.The city is located some 70 kilometers south of Seoul, and is already the home of Samsung's chip-production line. The production lin
Feb. 6, 2018
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Backed by record-high sales, Netmarble vows ‘pre-emptive’ strategy
The founder of mobile game company Netmarble said Tuesday that Korean game companies need to take the initiative and begin developing new games early in order to stay competitive against Chinese game makers.On the same day, the games giant revealed its sales for 2017 reached a record high of 2.42 trillion won ($2.2 billion) mainly driven by the global popularity of its latest game product, “Lineage 2 Revolution.” Sales jumped 61.6 percent on-year, the company said in a regulatory filing, while o
Feb. 6, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] PyeongChang organizers roll out Q&A chatbot on Facebook Messenger
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics Committee has introduced a Q&A chatbot on Facebook Messenger that converses with you in text to provide automated answers to Olympic-related inquiries, Facebook said Tuesday. Those interested in the service can visit the PyeongChang Olympics’ official Facebook Page and click “send message” to begin conversing with the chatbot via Facebook Messenger. The chatbot is available only in English and Korean. The Olympics chatbot can provide answers to simple topics such
Feb. 6, 2018
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Number of cryptocurrency app users drops in Korea
The number of cryptocurrency-related app users has continued to go down in the past two weeks, shortly after it topped 2 million.Wiseapp, which tracks mobile apps, said Tuesday that it had analyzed approximately 23,000 Android smartphone users in Korea over a span of 14 weeks, from Oct. 30, 2017 through Feb. 4. The number of people using smartphone apps which show cryptocurrency exchange rates and market analysis have surged more than 14-fold from 140,000 in the first week of November to 2 milli
Feb. 6, 2018
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[Photo News] Calling via 5G
KT Chief Executive Hwang Chang-gyu speaks in Seoul to Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, host of this year’s Super Bowl, on Monday through a 5G video call. The two companies connected their wireless fifth-generation networks using equipment built by Samsung Electronics. KT executives tested out Verizon’s 5G virtual stadium, while Verizon executives tried out KT’s omni-view app over the connection, according to KT. (KT)
Feb. 5, 2018
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SKT showcases 5G inter-vehicle communication for autonomous driving
HWASEONG, Gyeonggi Province -- SK Telecom and the Korea Transportation Safety Authority successfully test-drove two autonomous vehicles Monday at K-City in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, using technology that allowed the vehicles to communicate with each other in real time.In addition to the self-driving capabilities of the cars themselves, Monday’s test focused on the ability of the two cars to send and receive real-time information about driving conditions. A screen displays a real-time HD map o
Feb. 5, 2018
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SK Telecom's Q4 net jumps 39.1% on increased competitiveness in Internet businesses
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Monday its fourth-quarter net profit rose 39.1 percent from a year earlier due mainly to increased competitiveness in Internet businesses.Net income reached 660.6 billion won ($606 million) in the October-December period, compared with a profit of 474.7 billion won for the same period the previous year, the company said in a regulatory filing.For the whole of 2017, net profit came to 2.65 trillion won, up 60 percent from 2016.Operating profit
Feb. 5, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Ultra-fast 5G network to transform Olympics viewing experience
Russia’s 15-year-old figure skating sensation Alina Zagitova performs a fast triple lutz-triple loop combination on the ice. The moment passes by so quickly, and it’s hard to see what’s going on from your seat in the back of the stadium. Propping on your 5G-enabled virtual reality headsets, you get a 360-degree view of the entire rink. On a smartphone, you slide your finger across the screen to view a particular jump to see how it was exactly performed in the split of a second.On a 5G-connected
Feb. 4, 2018
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Internet use shifts dramatically to smartphones
Korea has seen a major shift to smartphones for internet activities over the last five years, with a corresponding decrease in the use of desktop PCs, according to government data Friday.A study by the Ministry of Science and ICT showed that between 2012 and 2017, the proportion of households that owned smartphones rose from 65 percent to 94.1 percent, while those that owned computers dropped from 82.3 percent to 74.7 percent, with a 20.1 percentage point drop in desktop PC ownership.Part of the
Feb. 2, 2018
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Samsung partners with Grab for growing ride-hailing market in SE Asia
Samsung Electronics is gearing up for its entry into the car infotainment market by tapping into Southeast Asia’s largest on-demand transportation platform, the company announced Friday. Samsung signed a memorandum of understanding with Grab, a leading car sharing and mobile payment operator based in Singapore known as the Southeast Asian version of Uber, to drive digital inclusion in the region, it said. Under the memorandum, the South Korean tech titan will supply smartphone and tablet PCs for
Feb. 2, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korea to deploy 13,000 trash cans made of recycled paper at Olympics
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT plans to deploy 13,000 trash cans made with its proprietary paper recycling technology at the PyeongChang Olympics to spotlight the country’s efforts to promote environmental protection.It will also donate 6,000 boxes of A4 paper produced through its waste paper recycling technique for use at the International Broadcasting Center during the games, according to the ministry.The Korean government has been funding basic research for a number of fundamental
Feb. 1, 2018
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[Monitor] Advanced technology seeping into work
One in 10 workers in South Korea have started to apply key technologies of the “fourth industrial revolution” such as artificial intelligence, big data and Internet of Things in their daily work, a survey by the Korea Employment Information Service showed.The survey also showed that men in their 30s and younger with a bachelors degree tend to make more use of advanced technologies.As the eight key technologies, the KEIS selected AI, big data, cloud, IoT, robotics, virtual reality, 3-D printers a
Feb. 1, 2018
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Instagram offers a new digital outlet for Korean youth
In South Korea, university students are emerging as the most active users of Instagram, a photo-sharing app which now has more than 800 million monthly active users worldwide. Its image-based interface and the ‘hashtag (#)’ feature are suited to Korean youths’ desire to express themselves and hunt for hotspots. With around 70 percent of high school graduates going to university here, undergrad students in Korea consist mainly of those in their early to mid-20s. Koreans in their 20s use Instagram
Feb. 1, 2018
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LG Uplus, SKT donate AI, IoT tech to aid persons with disabilities
Wireless carriers LG Uplus and SK Telecom are using their latest technologies in artificial intelligence and the internet of things to help those with disabilities.According to LG Uplus on Thursday, the company donated 500 AI assistant speakers to families including visually impaired people. A SK Telecom employee helps a physically impaired person to operate the Smart Home system on a smartphone (SK Telecom)The speakers use U+ Our Home AI, a service launched by LG Uplus and Naver last year that
Feb. 1, 2018
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[PyeongChang 2018] KT’s 5G network ready to go at PyeongChang Olympics
GANGNEUNG, Gangwon Province -- South Korea’s KT, an official telecommunications partner for the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, announced Wednesday that its ultra-fast 5G network is fully deployed and ready for use during the international sporting event. Over the past two years, KT has been working with its partners Intel and Samsung Electronics to deploy the world’s first large-scale 5G trial network at the PyeongChang Olympics, with aims to offer the public an early glimpse of the new tech
Jan. 31, 2018
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SKT readying new music service with K-pop heavyweights
SK Telecom said Wednesday that it is preparing to launch a new music platform service within the year in collaboration with major K-pop labels.Together with K-pop agencies S.M. Entertainment, JYP Entertainment and Big Hit Entertainment, SKT will be creating a music platform utilizing its strengths in artificial intelligence, 5G networking and blockchain technology, the company said. (From left) Jung Wook, CEO of JYP Entertainment, Bang Si-hyuk, CEO of Big Hit Entertainment, Noh Jong-won, head of
Jan. 31, 2018