지난 8일 열린 한일 프리미어 12 야구대회를 놓고 일본 누리꾼들이 한국과의 경기를 “고교생과의 친선게임” 수준이라고 비난했다. 아이디 PSXXXX를 사용하는 누리꾼은, “한국의 고교생을 상대로 하는 연습 시합인가 했더니 실전이었다”고 한다고 말하며 한국팀을 조롱했다. 일부 일본 언론에서 투수 오타니 쇼헤이가 한국팀을 “어린애 취급했다”는 보도가 나온 뒤라 한국 야구팬들의 원성을 사고 있다. 또 다른 사용자는, “이번 시합은 실력 차로 완패한 것으로, 구장과 심판 때문이라고 둘러대서는 안 된다”라는 말도 남겼다. 이번 한일전은 축구장으로도 사용되고 있는 일본 내 삿포로 돔에서 열렸다. 대회 하루 전 축구경기가 열리는 바람에 한국 선수들이 경기장 적응 기회가 없었다. 결국, 한국은 일본에 0 대 5...

효성그룹이 담합과 입찰 비리로 얼룩진 중공업 부문 (PG)에 대한 대대적인 감사를 벌이고 있다. 효성그룹 이상운 부회장은 지난 10월에 열린 임원 회의에서 납품과 입찰 비리 등 대해 감사를 실시하라고 지시했으며, 필요에 따라 부서 통합과 인원감축도 불사하라고 말한 것으로 알려졌다. 이에 따라 11월 말부터 직급에 상관없이 개별 직원에 대한 감사가 강화되었으며 중공업 PG의 핵심 파트인 해외영업으로까지 대상이 확대되었다고 관계자들은 밝혔다. 한 관계자는 “감사 후 자연스럽게 구조조정으로 이어지지 않겠느냐”고 전하며, 지난 1개월간 많게는 5번까지 감사를 받은 직원도 있다고 말했다. 효성그룹측은 현재 감사를 실시하고 있지만 구조조정 계획은 구체화된 바가 없다고 밝혔다. 또, 감사가 조석래회장의 장남이자...

South Korea, China and Japan have signed a joint statement outlining their efforts to strengthen three-way cooperation for preventing the Ebola virus from spreading in the three countries, Seoul’s health minister said Sunday. Minister Moon Hyung-pyo and his Chinese and Japanese counterparts Li Bin and Yasuhisa Shiozaki agreed to enhance exchanges of information to keep the deadly virus from en...

South Korea on Monday easily defeated Thailand 15-0 after five innings in a mercy rule. At the Asian Games, a game is called after five innings if a team is winning by at least 15 runs, or after seven innings if one side is leading by 10 runs or more. Starter Kim Kwang-hyun, slated to pitch in the gold medal game on Sunday if South Korea reaches the finals, struck out four Thai hitters in two i...

South Korean female judoka Jeong Gyeong-mi defended her Asiad under-78 kilogram title after defeating North Koreas's Sol Kyong at the Asian Games on Monday. Zhang Zhehui from China and Mami Umeki from Japan shared bronze. Ranking eighth in the world, Jeong became the first South Korean female judo fighter to win two straight golds at the Asian Games. In the 2010 Guangzhou Asiad, Jeong had won t...

South Korea won two silver medals in fencing at the Asian Games on Monday to end the gold streak in individual competitions. In the women's epee, Shin A-lam lost to Sun Yujie of China 6-5 in the final, while Heo Jun in the men's foil was defeated by Ma Jianfei of China 15-13. As the Asian Games host, South Korea had previously won all four individual gold medals at stake in two days of fencing ...

North Korean lifter Ri Jong-hwa seized the gold medal in the women's 58-kilogram division at the 2014 Asian Games on Monday. Ri lifted a total of 236 kg -- 102 ㎏ in the snatch and 134 ㎏ in the clean and jerk -- to claim the top spot on the podium, defeating her Chinese opponent Wang Shuai. It was North Korea's third weightlifting gold medal in Incheon. "I would like to report (my victory) ...

The country's top portal operator Naver Corp. has decided against listing its Japan-based affiliate Line Corp. in the U.S. and Japanese stock market this year, the company said on Monday. In a regulatory filing, Naver said that while it is still considering the overseas IPO of Line, which operates a popular messaging application of the same name, it has yet to reach a conclusion. It added that ...

The Galaxy Note 3, the latest in Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Note line-up, will be introduced on Sept. 3 in Germany, industry sources said Tuesday. According to the sources, the world's largest smartphone maker will showcase the new phablet -- a cross between a smartphone and tablet PC -- ahead of the IFA Berlin to be held Sept. 5-10. The Galaxy Note 4 is anticipated to feature a 5.7-inch-wide ...

The European Union on Wednesday postponed its decision on whether to designate South Korea as a country conducting illegal fishing in the deep oceans on the heels of heightened efforts from the government here to hold off related sanctions. “After the European Commission had warned three countries -- Curacao, Ghana and South Korea -- that they were not doing enough to fight illegal fishing in ...

CrucialTec, a leading fingerprint solution developer, said Thursday that it would develop a fingerprint authentication solution to be featured on financial authentication certificates for online banking services in South Korea. Once the authentication solution is developed later this year, smartphone users would be able to use fingerprint identification when accessing mobile banking services on ...