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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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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Gov't appears to shelve punitive measures against mass walkout by doctors
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Govt. asks hospitals to mitigate impact of medical professors' absence
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Doggy patrol team on the move to protect their cities
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S. Korea's working-age population to dip nearly 10m by 2044 amid low births
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Koreans rank Kakao, Samsung as top IT firms
Kakao, the operator of South Korea’s dominant mobile messenger KakaoTalk, has been rated the country’s “most promising” information technology company, according to a research report Tuesday. According to a nationwide survey conducted by Seoul-based market research provider Consumer Insight, Kakao ranked No. 1 in terms of the most promising IT company. Kakao’s forays into new services beyond its flagship mobile messenger -- including taxi hailing, navigation, financial technology as well as beau
Feb. 14, 2017
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Netmarble Games begins major work culture reform
South Korea’s Netmarble Games, which has faced criticism for the heavy workload imposed on its employees, has kick-started efforts to reform its work culture, the company announced Tuesday. The move came amid both internal and external calls to improve the working conditions of the country’s biggest mobile game company. From Monday, Netmarble officially began implementing new measures aimed at improving the company’s work environment, such as banning overtime work and unpaid work on weekends as
Feb. 14, 2017
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Govt. to pour W100b into new energy technologies this year
The government here will invest about 100 billion won ($87.64 million) into empirical research on various energy technologies this year, officials said Tuesday.The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy unveiled the investment plan during a meeting with energy experts at a regional office of Korea Electric Power Corp. in Seoul. (Yonhap)The plan calls for increasing the government's spending on empirical research into new energy technologies by 24 billion won from last year to about 100 billion w
Feb. 14, 2017
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[Photo News] New and affordable
An employee introduces Dongbu Daewoo Electronics’ new wall-mounted air conditioner, which costs between 400,000 won ($356.1) and 600,000 won. Its 4D Max Auto Swing feature enables adjustment of the wind direction. (Dongbu Daewoo Electronics)
Feb. 14, 2017
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KT to provide solution for Australian mobile stethoscope
KT has signed a memorandum of understanding on a global digital health care business with Australian mobile health care startup M3DICINE, the mobile carrier said Tuesday. M3DICINE is a startup established by Dr. Nayyar Hussain, who is currently preparing to launch a 110-gram mobile stethoscope called “Stethee.” The wireless stethoscope will be able to be connected to various mobile devices. Stethee (KT)Under the memorandum, KT will provide its digital solution to Stethee, which will enable the t
Feb. 14, 2017
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Mobile users with traditional numbers fall below 1 mln
South Korean mobile service users with traditional numbers, starting with old prefix such as 011 and 016, significantly dropped to below 1 million, the government said Tuesday, more than a decade after the introduction of a prefix number integration policy.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said a total of 970,000 people were using mobile numbers that start with 011, 016, 017, 018 and 019 as of the end of January. (Yonhap)In 2004, the government introduced 010 as a unified telepho
Feb. 14, 2017
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Mobile Doctor targets 1.5m downloads of fever management app for children
Mobile Doctor, a company that has developed a mobile application service to help manage fevers in children, announced Tuesday that it aims to achieve 1.5 million downloads of its application (500,000 in Korea, 1 million overseas) by the end of the year. Fever Coach, the mobile application developed independently by Mobile Doctor, was designed to help parents monitor their children’s fevers based on body temperature, vaccination history and medical records. Using an algorithm based on big data, t
Feb. 13, 2017
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[Inside Tech] Translation technology evolves through artificial intelligence
It may not be long before automated translation programs catch up with human translators, as machines are evolving with the help of artificial intelligence to “learn” how to translate by mimicking the workings of the human brain. Major tech companies including Google and South Korean portal website operator Naver have recently rolled out translation software relying on a new AI-based computing system called “neural machine translation.” Neural machine translation is a new transl
Feb. 13, 2017
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Crucial week ahead for Samsung’s Harman takeover
This week is a crucial time for Samsung Electronics’ ambition toward the automotive electronics industry, as shareholders of Harman International Industries Inc. will hold a meeting Friday to vote on a deal by Samsung to acquire the US car technology firm, according to sources Monday.Samsung announced an $8 billion deal to take over Harman last November for its new growth engine. Under the deal, the Korean tech giant will buy Harman at $112 per share, paying a 37 percent premium on the stock’s 3
Feb. 13, 2017
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Samsung Display rises as major supplier for Apple
Samsung Display has received a display panel order from Apple for an additional 5 trillion won ($4.35 billion) in organic light-emitting diodes. Totaling 13 trillion won so far, Samsung Display has proved a major supplier for Apple’s upcoming iPhone models, sources said Monday. According to sources from the display industry, Samsung Display recently won the order for 60 million OLED panels. Considering the Korean display maker had already clinched a deal to supply 100 million flexible OLED panel
Feb. 13, 2017
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Korea to invest W54.5b in unmanned vehicles by 2021
South Korea finalized a five-year master plan to invest a total of 54.5 billion won ($47.2 million) to nurture and advance the local unmanned vehicle industry, the science ministry said Monday.The government will concentrate efforts on boosting the development of drones, self-driving cars, unmanned ships and agricultural machines by 2021, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said. (Yonhap)The ministry earlier designated the sector as one of the key strategic industries that character
Feb. 13, 2017
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Coinplug expands ATM wire transfer service via BGF finlink
Coinplug, a blockchain technology company headed by CEO Joonsun Uhr, announced Monday that it recently launched a wire transfer service in cooperation with BGF finlik, a manufacturer and operator of automatic teller machines headed by CEO Lee Jong-deok. An affiliate of BGF Retail, which operates the CU convenience store chain, BGF finlink currently operates ATMs and cash dispensers at over 10,000 convenience stores, including CU, nationwide. Coinplug’s ATM wire transfer service enables users to
Feb. 13, 2017
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Google pushes HTTPS for web security
The security director at Google Inc. said Monday that a HTTPS-based website is a safer way to protect users from possible security attacks, emphasizing that major South Korean search engines do not support this system. "Top websites in (South) Korea that don't support HTTPS are Naver and Daum. It's not just a problem for (South) Korea but a challenge for the world and the developers," Parisa Tabriz, the head of the team who protects Google Chrome and its billions of users from criminal hackers,
Feb. 13, 2017
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Netmarble Games geared for blockbuster IPO on mobile game success
South Korea’s Netmarble Games has geared up to make a blockbuster stock market debut this year, boosted by the success of mobile game “Lineage II: Revolution,” which spearheaded the firm’s high earnings in 2016. Last September when Netmarble submitted its IPO plans to the Korea Exchange, analysts had predicted the Korean mobile game giant’s market capitalization would reach around 10 trillion won ($8.7 billion). However, following the explosive popularity of its newest mobile game, local analys
Feb. 12, 2017
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Samsung develops amorphous graphene synthesis technology
A joint research team of Samsung Electronics and Sungkyunkwan University in Korea has developed an original technology to create a new material by synthesizing amorphous graphene for the first time in the world, the team announced on Saturday. Graphene, known as a “miracle material,” comprises two-dimensional sheets of carbon atoms, and its most common, crystalline form is considered an ideal material for use in flexible and transparent display panels and wearable devices. Since the characterist
Feb. 12, 2017
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Korea opens VR, AR complex in Seoul
South Korea's science ministry opened a new complex in western Seoul on Friday to nurture the virtual reality and augmented reality industry as the country aims to become a global powerhouse in the sectors.The so-called "KoVAC" is located at Digital Media City, a high-tech complex in western Seoul, to accommodate various VR and AR companies, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said. A VR exhibition in Seoul in 2016. (Yonhap file photo)The complex is part of the government's broader
Feb. 10, 2017
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Uber claims Korea’s self-driving car infringes trademark
US ride-sharing company Uber Technologies said Seoul National University has infringed upon its trademark and it is preparing to take legal action, according to Korea’s top university on Friday. “Uber told us the name of our self-driving car SNUver infringed their trademark Uber and it is in preparation of taking legal action. We consider this as tyranny of the multinational corporation,” a Seoul National University professor Seo Seung-woo, who has led the development of self-driving car SNUver,
Feb. 10, 2017
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iPhone boasts most storage space
Apple Inc.'s iPhone has the biggest storage capacity among 10 smartphones manufactured by global tech firms, data showed Friday.The average storage capacity of iPhones came to 66 gigabytes during the third quarter of last year, the data by research firm CounterPoint showed. (Apple Inc.)Apple shipped its latest iPhone 7 with a minimum of 32 GBs of capacity for the entry-level model in September 2016.Four Chinese vendors -- Vivo, Oppo, Xiaomi and Huawei Technologies Co. -- followed Apple in the to
Feb. 10, 2017
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Tech-savvy youngsters turn to mobile apps for everyday life
Chang Ji-eun, a 27-year-old graphic designer, starts her day with a one-hour pilates class at a premium boutique studio in the upscale neighborhood of Cheongdam in southern Seoul and gets healthy homemade-style soup made with "doenjang," or soybean paste, delivered for dinner. She does both of these through applications on her iPhone.With the use of smartphones growing rapidly, online-to-offline (O2O) startups have sprung up in South Korea in recent years, enabling consumers to use an app or web
Feb. 10, 2017
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LG to launch 2 Android-powered smartwatches in US
LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will launch two smartwatches that run on the next Android operating system in the United States later this week.LG's Watch Style and Watch Sport -- which are Google Inc.'s first Android Wear 2.0 wearables -- will hit the shelves in the US on Friday (local time), the South Korean tech company said. LG Electronics Inc. will launch two smartwatches that on the next Android operating systems (OS) in the United States on Feb. 10, 2017. (LG Electronics Inc.)Android
Feb. 9, 2017