Google introduces measures for disabled Web users

Google Korea introduced in Seoul on Tuesday the company’s efforts to make the Web accessible to everyone.“The work we do on accessibility is to make the information accessible to everyone ― seniors like your grandfathers and grandmothers, users who are blind and those who have hearing impairments,” said Google Inc. research scientist T.V. Raman at a press conference in Seoul.According to figures r

TechnologyJune 14, 2011

GNP still divided over TV ad sales bill

Failure of bill passage would likely damage smaller broadcasters: expertsAttention is being paid to the parliamentary passage of the controversial advertising broker bill as the National Assembly committee dealing with the issue is due to open its general meeting later this month.The opposition Democratic Party said Monday it decided to go with having a single advertising broker for public televis

TechnologyJune 14, 2011

Regulator vetoes KDB’s bid for Woori

Korea's top financial regulator said Tuesday it is not desirable for KDB Financial Group Inc. to bid for state-run Woori Finance Holdings Co., raising the chances that the much-awaited sale of the group will hit a snag.Korea announced a road map for the sale of state-run Woori Finance, the country's No. 2 banking group, on May 17, after it suspended the deal worth around $6 billion to sell its 56.

June 14, 2011

Gandhi's 'face' found on Google Mars

An Italian named Matteo Ianneo claims to have found a mound on Mars that looks like a the face of Mahatma Gandhi, Space.com reported.He is one of space enthusiasts who are looking for interesting objects using Google Mars, a new online map pieced together from satellite images of the Red Planet.In the past few weeks he claims to have found vegetation, entrances to underground tunnels and city ruin

TechnologyJune 14, 2011

Full-timers in 50s become the most active workforce

The portion of the workforce in their 50s has frequently exceeded that in their 30s in the past two years, as the country quickly becomes an aging society.Statistics Korea said Monday that the number of baby boomers working in their 50s had exceeded the number of workers in their 30s four times since October 2009, when the older group outnumbered the younger workers for the first time. The proport

June 13, 2011

Korea Aerospace Industries celebrates its first export

Korea Aerospace Industries on Monday held a reception marking the export of its T-50 trainer jets to Indonesia.The T-50 is the country’s first supersonic jet developed in collaboration with the U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin. The project took 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) and 13 years to produce the T-50.  T-50. (Korea Aerospace Industries)Under the $400 million contract, signed last month, wi

IndustryJune 13, 2011

Samsung Electronics, SKT most favored workplaces

Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom were picked as the best companies for people to work in a survey released by an economic consulting firm on Monday.The Korea Management Association Consultant said Samsung Electronics received the highest marks in manufacturing and SKT was rated No. 1 in service providers when selecting the top company to work for in Korea in a survey answered by 5,214 people.Sam

IndustryJune 13, 2011

POSCO’s China subsidiary completes plant expansion

Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel, a China-based stainless steel subsidiary of POSCO, on Monday completed the facility expansion project that pushes up its annual production capacity to 1 million metric tons.Located in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, Zhangjiagang Pohang Stainless Steel or ZPSS is 82.5 percent held by POSCO. The remaining 17.5 percent is held by China’s Shagang Group. POSCO also

IndustryJune 13, 2011

LGE commits to basics, quality

Electronics maker pledges further greenhouse gas emission cuts, labor rights promotionLG Electronics vice chairman and CEO Koo Bon-joon called for the electronics maker to commit to the basics in its sixth sustainability report issued last month, the Seoul-based company said on Monday.“The most important principle for a company to maintain its sustainability is essentially to secure competence in

IndustryJune 13, 2011

Machinery orders drop in Japan

Japan’s machinery orders fell for the first time in four months in April, an indication that companies are reluctant to spend after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Factory orders declined 3.3 percent in April from March, when they rose 1 percent, the Cabinet Office said Monday in Tokyo. Orders, an indicator of capital spending in three to six months, were projected to increase 1.7 percent, ac

IndustryJune 13, 2011

Rooftop garden soothes patients

Cancer center offers respite, spiritual oasis for the sickHACKENSACK, New Jersey ― For just a moment, patients can forget they’re in a cancer center.The Manhattan skyline offers a spectacular background for lush boxwoods, vibrant flowers, and the herbs and vegetables growing in the rooftop garden at the John Theurer Cancer Center at the Hackensack University Medical Center.The garden, outside a gl

TechnologyJune 13, 2011