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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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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Chip up cycle won’t stay long: SK chief
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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Wardrobe wars: Tech giants face off over clothing care systems
Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled its first steam closet Air Dresser, joining the growing market for clothing care systems led by LG Electronics. As a newcomer in the market, Samsung has tried to adopt as many of the latest technologies as possible in the Air Dresser, to catch up with rival LG’s Styler. The tech titan’s closet system features Samsung’s steam technology used for its washing machines, wind control technology for air conditioners, deodorization technology for refrigerators an
Aug. 21, 2018
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Joonggonara raises W5b investment from local financiers
South Korea’s biggest used goods online marketplace Joonggonara has raised 5 billion won ($4.47 million) in fresh investment from JB Woori Capital and Kiwoom Securities, the company said Tuesday. Together with 8 billion won in Series A funding from venture capital investors in 2015, Joonggonara’s total funds raised now reach around 13 billion won, it added. Founded in 2003, Joonggonara is Korea’s largest online marketplace where users can buy or sell used goods, with more than 16 million monthly
Aug. 21, 2018
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Samsung showcases Air Dresser clothes refresher
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday showcased a new garment care appliance that allows users to remove dust, odor and even germs from clothes at home.The South Korean tech giant unveiled the Air Dresser, which provides a four-level garment care program: air, steam, dryer and purifier.Samsung said the Air Dresser is comprised of various know-how of its home appliances, including the steam technology of its washers, odor treatment system of refrigerators and filtration of air purifiers. Air Dresse
Aug. 21, 2018
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Workers view ICT as globally competitive but lagging in policy, regulation
South Korea's information and communication technology industry is globally competitive but falls behind in policy and regulation, according to the results of a survey of the sector's workers on Tuesday.The recent poll conducted by the Institute for Information & Communication Technology Promotion among 838 people in ICT businesses found 47 percent of them see the country's ICT industry policy and regulatory conditions as low compared to other countries. Only 20.8 percent answered that the condi
Aug. 21, 2018
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SKT expands utilization of machine learning to genomic analysis
SKT's IoT/Data Unit Head Chang Hong-seong (left) holds an agreement with Macrogen CEO Yang Kap-seok in Seoul on Monday. (SK Telecom)South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK Telecom is moving to use its machine-learning technologies to analyze human genomes in order to raise the predictability of rare diseases, the company said Monday. The telecom giant signed a partnership with Macrogen, a local precision medicine business, to develop AI solutions that would predict probabilities of critical dise
Aug. 20, 2018
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[Herald Interview] When startups are nipped in the bud
With widespread internet connectivity, high receptiveness to new technologies and a trend-conscious public, South Korea is arguably the optimal market for startups to introduce and test new tech-based services.Despite these opportunities, however, Korea can also be one of the most challenging places for startups due to rigid regulations that often shut down or limit the growth of new business models, such as those in high-growth sectors like smart mobility and financial technology. This regulato
Aug. 19, 2018
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[Photo News] Samsung unveils QLED TV experience zones
QLED TV ZONE -- The newly furbished QLED TV Zone at Samsung Digital Plaza in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, is displayed Sunday. Samsung Electronics has installed the QLED TV experience space at some 300 Samsung Digital Plaza locations nationwide to showcase the premium TVs’ superior display quality as well as unique features such as the “magic screen” and “magic cable.” (Samsung Electronics)
Aug. 19, 2018
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KT ready for 5G showcase in Indonesia
South Korean mobile carrier KT said Friday the company has completed preparations for its showcase of fifth-generation mobile services at a stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the Asian Games. In partnership with the country’s leading telecom company Telkomsel, KT will run a 5G zone where visitors can experience the Korean mobile carrier’s pilot services via 5G-enabled tablets and virtual reality games that were introduced at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in February. KT engineers install c
Aug. 17, 2018
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SKT adopts Xilinx’s neural processing unit to boost AI
SK Telecom, South Korea’s biggest mobile carrier, has deployed US chipmaker Xilinx’s neural processing units to accelerate its artificial intelligence processing speed and performance by fivefold, the two companies announced Thursday. Known as FPGAs or field-programmable gate arrays, the integrated circuits based on latest deep learning techniques are now deployed at the mobile carrier’s data center and are running its automatic speech-recognition application to accelerate AI speaker NUGU. SKT s
Aug. 16, 2018
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LG CNS spins off in-house chatbot service venture Danbee
LG CNS, the information technology services unit of South Korea’s LG Group, said Thursday that it is spinning off its in-house venture Danbee, a developer of smart chatbot systems powered by artificial intelligence.Danbee was established as an in-house venture in January 2017 with just four employees. It was able to develop, test and perfect new chatbot technologies using LG CNS resources, while being given independent decision-making rights, LG said. (LG CNS)After a sufficient trial-and-error p
Aug. 16, 2018
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5G competition heats up for ‘world first’ title
The global information and communication technology industry is witnessing a fierce race for commercialization of the fifth-generation mobile network services and products, as phone manufacturers and mobile carriers are aggressively engaged in heated competition to snatch the title of “world’s first.” A few days after Samsung Electronics’ smartphone chief Koh Dong-jin vowed to provide the world’s first 5G phones in March 2019, South Korea’s second-place phone maker LG Electronics on Wednesday an
Aug. 15, 2018
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S. Korean chipmakers take over 73% of global DRAM market in Q2
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, South Korea’s two-biggest memory chip makers, dominated the global DRAM market with the largest combined share in the second quarter of the year, showed data from market researcher DRAMeXchange on Tuesday. Samsung and SK hynix accounted for a combined 73.5 percent of the world’s DRAM market in the April-June period, recording the biggest share. Samsung’s share dropped slightly from 44.9 percent in the first quarter to 43.6 percent, while SK hynix’s expanded from
Aug. 14, 2018
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S. Korean ICT firms eye the North’s W100tr telecommunications market
The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles featuring inter-Korean relations to mark the paper’s 65th anniversary that falls on Aug. 15. Following is the ninth installment. -- Ed.Along with recent moves to physically connect South and North Korea via the Trans-Korean Railway project, expectations of wirelessly linking the two Koreas with the help of the South’s cutting-edge information and communication technology are growing among related businesses and experts in Seoul. As hopes for ne
Aug. 14, 2018
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Scientists develop elastic, bio-compatible material
A group of Korean scientists has developed a new type elastic and bio-compatible material that could be utilized in the research and production of future bioelectronics, a state-run institute said Tuesday.The Institute for Basic Science said it has succeeded in developing the highly stretchable nanowire composite that measures physiological signals, such as information on muscle and cardiac dysfunction. (Yonhap)Researchers used this new device on human skin to record the electrical activity of t
Aug. 14, 2018
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[Photo News] Sejong City to launch IoT-powered public bike system
IOT-POWERED BIKES -- A fleet of public bikes powered by internet of things technology are parked at a docking station in Sejong City on Monday. The GPS-equipped bikes, which will officially be available for use from Wednesday, can be unlocked and returned at any of the city’s 400 bike docking stations by using a smartphone app. (Yonhap)
Aug. 13, 2018
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Samsung seeks to recover sales volume with Note 9
Despite massive upgrades and a Bluetooth pen, Samsung Electronics appears to have set lower-than-expected prices for the newest Galaxy Note 9 as part of its sales expansion strategy to recover from poor S9 sales early this year, according to industry sources on Sunday. The ninth edition of the Galaxy Note series with a 4,000-miliamphere-hour battery for all-day performance will hit the market on Aug. 24 globally. Preorders for the phones will begin Monday in South Korea. The price of the 128-gig
Aug. 12, 2018
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[Health-tech Korea] Healing dry eye syndrome with optic nerve regeneration
The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles highlighting South Korea’s promising startups in the emerging sectors of digital health care and next-generation medical devices. This is the 21st installment. - Ed.In South Korea, laser eye surgery, performed as LASIK or LASEK, has become a common medical procedure over the past decade. But for many patients, improved eyesight comes at the cost of a new, debilitating side effect: dry eye syndrome. Dry eye syndrome, or DES, is a condition in wh
Aug. 12, 2018
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Tencent acquires stake in Bluehole, secures strategic partnership for global expansion
Bluehole, the South Korean game company behind the hit survival shooter game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” said Friday that it had entered a strategic partnership with China’s Tencent Holdings to strengthen its footing in the global game market.Bluehole also said that Tencent had purchased a stake in Bluehole from Bluehole’s founding chairman, Chang Byung-gyu, as well as other early investors, confirming previous news reports that a deal was underway.Bluehole did not disclose the exact size o
Aug. 10, 2018
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Global hit game ‘Fortnite’ arrives in Korea via PS4, Android devices
The globally popular survival shooting game “Fortnite: Battle Royale” officially arrived in South Korea on Friday. “Fortnite” is now available on PlayStation 4 consoles and Android smartphones, with preparations underway for the game’s launch at PC cafes nationwide. The game’s launch and future service plans were formally announced by the Korean unit of US-based Epic Games on Friday during a press conference held in Seoul.(Epic Games Korea)“Fortnite” for PS4 can now be downloaded for free via th
Aug. 10, 2018
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S Pen gets smarter for Galaxy Note 9 phablet
The Galaxy Note 9 is all about the “smart S Pen” that has been equipped with Bluetooth technology for the first time, creating convenience for users of the 6.4-inch phablet device, one of the world’s biggest phones. Unveiled at Barclays Center in New York at midnight on Thursday, the ninth edition of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note phablet phone puts emphasis on the enhanced S Pen that is deemed the only differentiation point from other competing devices. Samsung's smartphone business chief Koh
Aug. 10, 2018