Daewoo Shipbuilding offers jobs to high school graduates

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the nation’s second biggest shipbuilder, is developing a different model for recruitment of high school graduates in Korea by running a corporate university. The company started inviting high school graduates to apply to the DSME Heavy Industries Academy on Monday. The academy was established in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province last year, where the shipbuilder’s headquarters is located. It is not common for a Korean company to set up a corporate universi

Nov. 29, 2012

BMW Korea to nurture future scientists

BMW Korea unveiled Thursday a new program aimed at offering science education to children and nurturing their dreams. The Junior Campus program will start next month, benchmarking one of the programs of BMW Group’s Welt, a multi-functional customer experience and exhibition facility in Munich. BMW Korea Future Fund, the first social contribution organization set up by a foreign carmaker here, will be responsible for operating the program. It is the first time the BMW program will be carried out

MobilityNov. 29, 2012

LG fridges recognized in U.S.

LG Electronics said Thursday it is aggressively moving to gain a bigger share in the U.S. home appliance market with refrigerators that have been deemed environmentally sustainable.The company said that it has become the first major Korean appliance manufacturer to be certified by the CSA Group to meet the industry’s Sustainability Standard for Household Refrigeration Appliances.A total of nine of its refrigerators, including the well-known French Door models and LG ThinQ “smart” models, have me

IndustryNov. 29, 2012

Japan mobile phone will monitor skin condition

TOKYO (AFP) -- A mobile phone that monitors the user’s skin condition, checking for blemishes and colour, was unveiled in beauty-conscious Japan on Thursday.The “Hada Memori” (skin memory) programme allows women to keep tabs on their complexion and track changes over time by storing records in the cloud.Users can also share their data through social networking sites, said IT giant Fujitsu, which plans to use the information to target advertising of beauty products.A spokeswoman said the skin sys

TechnologyNov. 29, 2012

NASA warns on negative impact of 2012 doomsday rumors

NASA scientists on Wednesday attempted to squash rumors that the world is coming to an end on Dec. 21, and warned of negative effects deriving from such fears.“There is no true issue here. This is just a manufactured fantasy,” said NASA’s astrobiologist David Morrison during a NASA Google+ Hangout event. “While this is a joke to some people and a mystery to others, there is a core of people who are truly concerned.”According to a report on the Livescience website, Morrison and other NASA officia

TechnologyNov. 29, 2012

S. Korea delays scheduled launch of space rocket

South Korea's third attempt to send a space rocket from its own soil was again pushed back Thursday due to problems in the upper second-stage rocket of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1.When the launch will be possible was to be determined later, according to Cho Yul-rae, vice minister for science and technology."Abnormal signals from the thrust vector system of the upper (second) stage rocket of Naro have been detected," he told a press briefing.Thrust vectoring refers to the ability of an aircr

TechnologyNov. 29, 2012

Social media as weapon against disease?

Social media posts and tweets may be just what the doctor ordered when it comes to stopping diseases from spreading, researchers at Kansas State University say.A well-timed post or tweet from a public authority or trustworthy person could be as beneficial as flu shots, hand-washing or covering the mouth during a sneeze, they said.“Infectious diseases are a serious problem and historically have been a major cause of death,” said Faryad Sahneh, a doctoral candidate in electrical engineering who is

TechnologyNov. 29, 2012

Shinhan staff’s volunteer activities

Shinhan Bank is carrying out corporate social responsibility activities with its company-wide volunteer group led by its president.Over 46,000 employees participated in volunteer work last year, each devoting an average of 10.1 hours, according to the bank. “We are not doing it to make simple donations or to take credit. Our employees seem to have, instead, internalized a sort of CSR DNA. We are earnestly participating in volunteer work,” Shinhan officials said in a statement. The bank commenced

IndustryNov. 28, 2012

Woori continues systemized sharing

South Korea’s Woori Bank more effectively systemized its corporate social responsibility activities this year by focusing on different themes in each quarter ― multicultural families in the first, the disabled in the second, children in the third and elderly citizens living alone in the last. The bank invited children from multicultural families on a day out at Seoul Plaza skating rink in January, and women from those families to traditional cooking classes in April. Also in April, more than 250

Nov. 28, 2012

SMEs take off on strong government support

Small and mid-sized companies in Korea are now being given more opportunities to pursue advanced technology to enhance their competence, and become more effective exporters. Making this possible is the Small and Medium Business Administration, which is offering all the necessary training, such as the basics for exporting products, improving product design, conducting overseas market research, searching for buyers and participating in overseas exhibitions, for the SME sector.In particular, the ad

IndustryNov. 28, 2012