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S. Korea OKs commercial operation of 21st nuclear reactor

Mar 2, 2011

South Korea's science and technology ministry said Wednesday that it has authorized the commercial operation of the country's 21st reactor after conducting detailed safety tests. The ministry said c...
Communications spending grows fastest

Mar 1, 2011

Korean people’s spending on communications services grew at the fastest pace on record last year as a growing number of people used smartphones, which usually rack up a higher monthly bill than ordin...
Nintendo 3-D handheld goes on sale in Japan

Feb 27, 2011

TOKYO (AP) _ Nintendo's latest game machine, offering glasses-free 3-D images, went on sale in Japan on Saturday ahead of a global rollout, and analysts say it promises to be the world's first 3-D ma...
Samsung eyes 6th place in laptop market

Feb 24, 2011

Apple’s MacBook Air expected to be firm’s biggest competition Samsung Electronics aims to become the world’s sixth-largest player in the mobile PC market by establishing itself as a high-end brand, ...
Samsung develops world's first full-color display using quantum dots

Feb 23, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that it has succeeded in developing the world's first full-color display using quantum dots, paving the way for producing large displays that are brighter, chea...
YouTube sees Korean mobile traffic surge

Feb 23, 2011

The evolution of mobile technology and fast distribution of smartphones in Korea sparked ever-growing demand for video content on YouTube, Gautam Anand, director of its Asia Pacific content partnersh...
Obama talks jobs with Jobs, other tech leaders

Feb 19, 2011

Obama talks jobs with Jobs, other tech leaders WOODSIDE, California (AP) _ President Barack Obama assembled some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley to confer on jobs and innovation, trying to g...
Samsung launches new 3D smart TV line

Feb 17, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest flat-screen TV maker, said Thursday it released a new line of full HD smart 3D televisions that help viewers get better access to online content and use s...
Samsung updates bada mobile platform

Feb 16, 2011

BARCELONA (Yonhap News) ― Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest maker of mobile phones, said Wednesday that it has released the updated version of bada, the company’s proprietary mobile...
Apple unveils iPhone, iPad subscription policy

Feb 16, 2011

A Verizon Wireless employee helps a new iPhone user in New York, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP-Yonhap News) NEW YORK (AP) _ Apple Inc. announced a subscription system for buying newspapers and magazi...
Artificial retina helps some blind people

Feb 15, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― For two decades, Eric Selby had been completely blind and dependent on a guide dog to get around. But after having an artificial retina put into his right eye, he can detect ordinary th...
LG hopes to sell 30m smartphones in 2011

Feb 15, 2011

BARCELONA, Spain (Yonhap News) ― LG Electronics Inc., the world’s besieged No. 3 cell phone maker, aims to more than quadruple its smartphone sales from last year to 30 million units in 2011 in a bid...
Will mobile messengers end texting?

Feb 15, 2011

Competition among mobile messenger operators to get more fierce Kim Ji-young was dumbfounded to find out that she had not used up all of her mobile text messages when she checked her monthly plan la...
NASA spacecraft speeds toward comet encounter

Feb 15, 2011

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - A NASA spacecraft is just hours from its long-anticipated encounter with a comet, and skywatchers hope the flyby will shed light on how the comet's surface has changed since it sk...
Obama lauds S. Korea for wider access to broadband Internet

Feb 15, 2011

WASHINGTON, (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday called for more investment in building infrastructure to catch up with South Korea and other outperforming countries. In a message to Co...