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40 flights canceled on Jeju Island due to bad weather
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Pandemic left Korea more depressed than before: report
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N. Korea slams US, other countries for seeking alternative to UN sanctions monitoring panel
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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S. Korea, China, Japan in talks to hold trilateral summit May 26-27: official
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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Korean space institute details interstellar journey to 'Earth-like' planet
A South Korean space institute said Wednesday that one of its astrophysicists has suggested a way to protect a nano-sized spacecraft during an interstellar voyage project that was unveiled last year.In April 2016, tech investor Yuri Milner announced the so-called "Breakthrough Starshot" initiative to send nanocrafts to a small rocky "Earth-like" planet that might exist in the nearest star system to the sun, Alpha Centauri. The billionaire said he will inject $100 million to fund scientists and e
March 15, 2017
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Four Grit conducts open beta of ‘Beusable’
Four Grit announced Wednesday that it has began conducting an open beta of Beusable, a service that conducts quantitative analyses on the UX (user experience) of internet users. Four Grit, a startup headed by Park Tae-joon, developed and operates a service that provides UX-related big data to internet and mobile device users in the form of visual quantitative data. With staff made up largely of former Naver user interface developers, Four Grit currently receives support for marketing and other a
March 15, 2017
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Scientists develop new peptide to treat autoinflammatory diseases
A group of South Korean scientists have developed a new type of peptide to treat autoinflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, the science ministry said Wednesday.Autoinflammatory diseases are defined as the loss of self-tolerance in which an inflammatory response occurs in reaction to inappropriate triggering of Toll-Like Receptor-4. (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning) (Yonhap)The team led by Choi Sang-don successfully designed small peptide inhibitors
March 15, 2017
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Samsung launches new high-tech TVs with quantum dot technology
Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday launched a new line-up of its high-tech televisions using quantum dot technology, as it seeks to strengthen its market share in the global premium TV market. Quantum dot TVs offer better picture quality and cheaper manufacturing costs than organic light-emitting diode TVs.Samsung unveiled the 55-inch and 65-inch ultra-high-definition quantum dot TVs at the annual Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year. At a global launch event for the premium TVs in Pari
March 15, 2017
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Samsung SDI unveils new lineup of ESS batteries
Samsung SDI said it showcased a new lineup of its ESS solutions at the Energy Storage Europe 2017 event held from Tuesday in Dusseldorf, Germany.During the exhibition, the Korean battery maker unveiled its new ESS products, high capacity E2 and high-power P3 models. The E2 model is a high-capacity ESS battery that substantially increases the number of cells integrated in a container. The company said it dramatically raised the intensity of space in the ESS container by upgrading its module desig
March 14, 2017
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Govt. unveils R&D road map for 2018
The government unveiled its research and development plan for next year on Tuesday to secure a new growth strategy to cope with the fast-paced industrial transformation going forward.Under the road map crafted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the government will increase R&D productivity by securing critical intelligence information technologies that characterize the so-called fourth industrial revolution.The plan was finalized after getting input from relevant government age
March 14, 2017
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Govt. to spend W514.1b on developing nanotechnology in 2017
South Korea's science ministry said Tuesday that it will spend 514.1 billion won ($447.8 million) this year on developing core nanotechnology know-how to improve the competitiveness of the country's industrial sector.The 2017 spending plan is roughly on par with the 518.1 billion won earmarked in 2016 and aims to develop key technologies that can be applied in various industrial areas, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said.Scientists experiment with nanotechnology in a lab in Nor
March 14, 2017
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PyeongChang gets ready to bring Olympics live to viewers with 5G
PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province – Approximately 180 kilometers east of Seoul, PyeongChang, in Gangwon Province, is preparing itself to become a base camp for the country’s upcoming fifth-generation wireless network system. Despite the mountainous region’s disorderly altitudes ranging from 800 meters to over 1,000 meters, the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics is expected to be the first area to experience the 5G network before its commercialization in 2019. As an official Olympics sponsor, Kor
March 14, 2017
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Cisco Korea head vows to attract more investment for Korean tech firms
The US top network equipment and security solution provider Cisco will help globalize promising Korean technologies and services with financial support, said Cho Bum-coo, president of Cisco Korea. “There are a handful of intriguing solutions and services developed by Korean firms, which I am considering proposing to the Cisco headquarters,” Cho said in an interview with The Korea Herald. “Cisco is very keen in making investments, and it is my job to attract as much as possible to the Korean mark
March 14, 2017
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South Korea has world’s fastest internet
South Korea ranked No. 1 for the 12th consecutive quarter for the world’s fastest internet connection speed, data showed Tuesday.According to Akamai Korea, a branch of US-based content delivery network and cloud services provider, South Korea’s average broadband adoption rate reached 26.1 megabits per second in the fourth quarter of 2016. (Herald DB)South Korea was followed by Norway at 23.6 Mbps, Sweden at 22.8 Mbps, Hong Kong at 21.9 Mbps and Switzerland at 21.2 Mbps. South Korea was the only
March 14, 2017
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Korean firms shine at 2017 MWC
South Korean tech firms successfully showcased their advanced technology at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month, industry and government officials said Tuesday.About 170 local firms, including many small and midsized companies, took part in the annual technology event, marking the largest number of South Korean companies to do so, they said. Participants at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, on March 1, 2017 (Yonhap)The remarks were made durin
March 14, 2017
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Galaxy S8 tops viral video chart
(Screen capture from YouTube)An advertising video clip for Samsung Electronics’ upcoming flagship Galaxy S8 is sweeping social media. The 30-second ad promoting the Galaxy S8 last week was the most-viewed video on the Viral Video Chart, a weekly list of viral videos.The ad titled “This is a Phone” attracted more than 26 million views on YouTube the previous week beginning from its release on Feb. 26. It overtook “YouTube Rewind,” a compilation of last year’s popular YouTube videos that ranked se
March 13, 2017
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Naver to debut PC version of web browser Whale
Naver will debut Tuesday its web browser Whale, which the company has been developing for the past six years to challenge the dominance of the widely-used Internet Explorer and Google Chrome browsers. Naver, the operator of South Korea’s largest portal website, said it will release an open beta version of its Whale browser for PCs, following a series of closed beta tests that have been ongoing since last year. The Whale browser for Windows will become available from Tuesday, Naver said. The fir
March 13, 2017
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Scientists discover REM sleep's role in memory development
A group of South Korean scientists discovered that rapid eye movement sleep has a role in memory consolidation, a state-run science laboratory said Monday, a finding that could lead to a treatment for diseases related to sleep disorder.The team led by Choi Jee-hyun found that REM sleep -- which usually occurs during nighttime -- is critical for brain development and memory consolidation, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology said. Brainwave map developed by the Korea Institute of Science
March 13, 2017
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LG's portable projector keeps No. 1 spot in global LED projector market
LG Electronics Inc. said Monday that its portable projector maintained the No. 1 spot in global markets for electro-luminescent display projectors last year. Citing recent data by market tracker Pacific Media Associates, LG said its "Minibeam TV" projector was named as the world's top-selling LED projector in terms of revenues in 2016. This photo shows LG Electronics Inc.'s 'Minibeam TV' projectors. (Yonhap file photo)It marked the sixth consecutive year that the LG projector stood at the top
March 13, 2017
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Korea's IT industry relies heavily on hardware
South Korea's information technology industry depends overwhelmingly on hardware, failing to keep pace with the global trend of focusing on software, a report said Monday.According to the report by the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion, software companies accounted for 15 percent of the total market capitalization of local IT firms in 2016, compared to 9 percent a decade ago. (Yonhap)Notably, the share of the IT hardware business, which includes South Korea's top-ca
March 13, 2017
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TCL to launch BlackBerry KeyOne in Korea this year: report
Chinese electronics company TCL Corp. is reportedly reviewing plans to launch the BlackBerry KeyOne in South Korea via local carrier SK Telecom within this year. The information was made public by Nicolas Zibell, the chief executive of TCL Communication Technology Holdings, a subsidiary of TCL Corp., who spoke to the local media in Seoul last week. The BlackBerry KeyOne presented at the MWC 2017 in Barcelona (Reuters-Yonhap)“There are around 100,000 BlackBerry users in Korea. We’re currently con
March 12, 2017
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[Health-tech Korea] Speclipse aims to increase early detection of skin cancer
The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles highlighting South Korea’s promising start-ups in the emerging sectors of digital health care and next-generation medical devices. This is the fourth installment. -- Ed.While humans have yet to reach Mars, unmanned missions to the planet have already begun. Since 2012, NASA’s rover Curiosity has been studying the planet’s rocks and soils by using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS. The technology works by shooting a high-energy lase
March 12, 2017
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Scientists develop easy blood glucose monitoring device for diabetes patients
A group of South Korean scientists has developed a convenient and accurate blood glucose monitoring device that does not require a blood sample, the state-run research center said Sunday, a development that would help diabetes patients.The team led by Lee Hyun-jae at the Center for Nanoparticle Research under the Institute for Basic Science developed the sweat-based system that allows rapid glucose measurement and also comes in a disposable strip sensor.(Photo courtesy of the Institute for Basic
March 12, 2017
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Mobile data traffic doubles over impeachment ruling
Mobile data traffic doubled before and after the Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, a mobile phone operator said Friday, as people exchanged news of the historic ruling through their mobile messaging apps.The ruling immediately removed Park from office, about three months after she was impeached by the National Assembly over a corruption and influence-peddling scandal.Lee Jung-mi, acting chief of the Constitutional Court, delivers the ruling on the impeachmen
March 10, 2017