[Photo News] Hyundai Motor's e-paper ID cards

Hyundai Motor Company has developed an eco-friendly e-paper ID card for employees to replace plastic-based radio frequency cards. This card uses an LCD display and electronic ink, allowing for updates to user information like names and photos as needed. The card also enhances security by signaling unauthorized access with color changes and alarms and providing an SOS function for emergencies. The carmaker plans to implement this technology across its global operations. (Hyundai Motor Company)

MobilityAug. 13, 2024

Sony Music Korea, Japan to launch K-pop boy band KJRGL

Sony Music Korea and Sony Music Japan are preparing to launch a new K-pop boy band in September. The name of the group is KJRGL, which stands for “Kind (of) Just Right Good Luck,” according to Sony Music Japan. KJRGL consists of three Korean members and three Japanese members who have participated in TV K-pop contests and have spent several years as K-pop trainees. Kouki, one of the three Japanese members, was on the second season of “Produce 101 Japan.” Akira, another Ja

K-popAug. 13, 2024

Seoul Metro sells naming rights for 4 more stations

Seoul Metro, operator of the Seoul subway system, said Monday it has sold the naming rights for four stations to local companies in a recent open auction, in a bid to address its chronic financial issues. The naming right of Seongsu Station was sold to Olive Young, a health and beauty products retailer of the CJ Group, for 1 billion won ($730,000), while rights for renaming Yeouinaru Station was to Eugene Investment and Securities Co. for 220 million won. The naming right for Gangnam Station was

Social AffairsAug. 13, 2024

Govt. demands parliamentary reconsideration of pro-labor, cash handout bills

The Cabinet on Tuesday demanded the National Assembly reconsider two contentious bills aimed at enhancing the rights of workers and providing cash handouts to the entire population. A motion demanding parliamentary reconsideration was approved during a Cabinet meeting and will be sent to President Yoon Suk Yeol for endorsement. Yoon is widely expected to endorse the motion. One bill, known as the "yellow envelope bill," seeks to limit companies from making damage claims against workers

PoliticsAug. 13, 2024

[해커스 TEPS] 텝스 시험대비 단기간 고득점 단어 & 문법 5문제

2) 해커스 텝스 문법 Part Ⅰ Choose the best answer for the blank. 1. A: How long before the system updates? B: Actually, it updates ________________________. There’s no need to wait. (a) all two second (b) all two seconds (c) every two second (d) every two seconds 해석 A: 시스템이 업데이트되려면 얼마나 있어야 하니? B: 사실, 그건 2초마다 업데이트돼. 기다릴 필요 없어. 해설 형용사 관련 수량 표현 채우기 ‘그건 2초마다 업데이트돼’라는 문맥이 되어야 하므로, ‘~마다, 매~’라는 뜻을 가진 형용사 every가 포함된 (c)와 (d)가 정답의 후보이다. 보기에 two가 있으므로 가산 명사 second를 복수형

English EyeAug. 13, 2024

CJ CheilJedang Q2 net rises 16% on food, high-end products

South Korean food company CJ CheilJedang Corp. said Tuesday its second-quarter net profit rose 16 percent from a year earlier on increased sales of food and high-end products. Net profit for the three months to June rose to 147.82 billion won ($108 million) from 127.46 billion won during the same period of last year, the company said in a statement. "Strong overseas sales of dumpling products under CJ's Bibigo brand and other food products buoyed the quarterly results. And increased sa

EconomyAug. 13, 2024

Seoul shares open higher ahead of key US economic data

South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday as investors are awaiting the release of major US economic data due later this week. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) rose 5.8 points, or 0.22 percent, to 2,624.10 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Overnight, major US indexes finished mixed, with the S&P 500 almost unchanged, the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.4 percent, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite up 0.2 percent. Investors' eyes are on the US consu

MarketAug. 13, 2024

[Graphic News] S. Korea ties gold medal record

South Korea concluded the 2024 Paris Olympics in eighth place, securing a total of 32 medals: 13 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze. The final day saw the nation add a silver in women's weightlifting and a bronze in women's modern pentathlon. South Korea tied its record for most gold medals at a Summer Games, matching the 13 golds achieved in 2008 and 2012 despite sending its smallest delegation since 1976 with 144 athletes competing in 21 sports. The team's success was highlighted by

More SportsAug. 13, 2024

[Herald Interview] Kard returns with easy-listening summer song

Coed K-pop quartet Kard releases its seventh EP, “Where to Now? (Part 1: Yellow Light)," Tuesday evening, the group's first album in 15 months. Known for its reggae music and powerful performance, Kard is presenting an easy-listening song for the first time on the new album. “New attempts were made in this album hoping that it will satisfy the public's listening needs. We've worked with songs with strong characteristics that many listeners could have found hard to

K-popAug. 13, 2024

[Grace Kao] What it’s like to ride in a driverless car

Waymo One is the first “autonomous ride-hailing service” available to customers. It advertises itself as offering a safer ride and allowing the autonomy of “people who can’t drive -- whether elderly, blind, or disabled -- to get around and do the things they love.” While many of us are cautiously optimistic and sometimes fearful of technology, in this particular case, I couldn‘t agree more with Google, the parent company of Waymo One. Recently, I visited San F

ViewpointsAug. 13, 2024

Yoon hosts dinner for former President Lee Myung-bak

President Yoon Suk Yeol held a dinner meeting with former President Lee Myung-bak and his wife Monday, in what marked their first official dinner since Yoon took office. First lady Kim Keon Hee and Chung Jin-suk, Yoon's chief of staff who had served as a senior secretary to Lee for political affairs, also attended the dinner. The meeting came around a year after Yoon and Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, briefly met at the funeral of Yoon's father in August 2023. In Decem

PoliticsAug. 12, 2024

South Korea deploys sniffer dog to screen for bedbugs after Paris Games

South Korea has deployed a bedbug sniffer dog at its main Incheon international airport in a bid to reduce the risk of the tiny insects entering the country when athletes, officials and fans return from the Paris Olympics. Leading the campaign is a two-year-old beagle named Ceco, who pest control company Cesco said is the first and so far only canine trained in the country to detect the odor of pheromones, the chemicals released by bedbugs. Ceco is capable of sweeping a standard hotel room in un

More SportsAug. 12, 2024

Seoul records tropical nights for 22 days in row; 3rd longest on record

The tropical night phenomenon has continued in Seoul for 22 days in a row, the third longest on record, the state weather agency said Monday. Seoul has experienced yet another tropical night phenomenon overnight, marking the third longest on record since modern meteorological observation began in the city in 1907, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. A tropical night refers to a phenomenon when the nighttime temperatures stay above 25 degrees Celsius from 6:01 p.m. to 9 a.m. the f

Social AffairsAug. 12, 2024

South Korea police investigate YouTuber for late-term abortion video

South Korean police said Monday they were investigating a YouTuber who vlogged about undergoing a late-term abortion, sparking online outrage and calls from the country's health ministry for a murder probe. The woman, whose identity police withheld, claimed in a video posted on Google-owned YouTube in June to have undergone an abortion in her thirty-sixth week of pregnancy, saying she had only discovered she was pregnant very late in the process. The footage, which was later deleted, quickl

Social AffairsAug. 12, 2024

Gov't to convene meeting this week to address growing electric car concerns

Vice ministers from various government agencies will hold a meeting this week to address growing safety concerns over electric cars, following the recent explosion of an electric sedan in an underground apartment parking lot, the government said Monday. The Office for Government Policy Coordination is set to preside over the vice ministerial meeting on Tuesday as part of the government's plan to announce a set of measures to prevent electric car fires early next month, according to offici

Social AffairsAug. 12, 2024

AI textbooks turmoil continues ahead of implementation

As South Korea prepares to implement the world's first artificial intelligence-powered, tablet-based digital textbooks in 2025, concerns over privacy violations and students' over-reliance on digital devices continue to stir controversy. Amid growing concerns, Education Minister Lee Ju-ho reaffirmed the importance of turning classrooms "digital" on Monday at a briefing with reporters at the Korea Institute of Educational Facility Safety, pledging full support to teachers as t

Social AffairsAug. 12, 2024

Yoon vetoes bills for broadcast governance

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday vetoed a set of broadcasting bills sponsored by the main opposition that seeks to reduce his administration’s clout over public broadcasters, a week after the opposition-controlled parliament passed the contentious revisions. Upon returning from a weeklong summer vacation that wrapped up Friday, Yoon approved a Cabinet motion that requested the president to strike down four bills designed to tweak the governance structure of the Korean Broadcasting System,

PoliticsAug. 12, 2024

PUBG maker Krafton posts record half-year earnings

Krafton posted record earnings for the first half of this year on the strong output from its popular battle royale shooter PUBG: Battlegrounds, the Korean game developer announced Monday. According to the announcement, Krafton logged 1.37 trillion won ($1 billion) in revenue and 642.6 billion won in operating profit in the January-to-June period this year, up 48.3 percent and 55 percent on year, respectively. For the second quarter alone, the game developer reported 707 billion won in revenue an

CompaniesAug. 12, 2024