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Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
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Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
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Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
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First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
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Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
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Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
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Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
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Industry experts predicts tough choices as NewJeans' ultimatum nears
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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Opposition chief acquitted of instigating perjury
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Fighting home allergens
Fighting home allegensMatt Steel, Dyson’s chief engineer, collects dirt with the company’s new vacuum cleaner at a launching event in Seoul Tuesday. Dyson unveiled three v6 Motorhead vacuum cleaners and the Pure Cool fan. Photo credit: Yonhap
April 28, 2015
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[Newsmaker] Samsung, LG wage new smartphone battle
South Korea’s leading tech giants are set for fierce competition in the global smartphone sector, as LG Electronics is set to unveil its new flagship smartphone the G4 in six global markets on Wednesday, just weeks after Samsung released the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.Both Samsung and LG have been pinning high hopes on their latest smartphone models, each equipped with unique cutting-edge features and all-new designs.The upcoming LG G4 is expected to be equipped with the industry’s most advanced tech
April 27, 2015
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[Graphic News] Sex crimes on subways spike
Sex crimes on subways and trains have increased by 84 percent compared to three years ago, data showed Monday.Out of a total of 3,568 railway crimes committed from 2012 to 2014, the number of sex crimes totaled 749 cases, or 21 percent.The most frequent types of sex crimes on the railway were sexual harassment by touching (491 cases), followed by illicitly taking pictures without permission (235 cases).In the case of illicit photos, perpetrators took photos with smartphones as well as hidden cam
April 27, 2015
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[Photo News] Wireless charging at shops
Samsung Electronics said Monday it would work with companies including Lotte Department Store, coffee chain TOM N TOMS and restaurant chain Seoga & Cook to conduct a joint marketing campaign for wireless charging technology for Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Wireless chargers will be installed at around 200 partner stores. (Samsung Electronics)
April 27, 2015
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Intel eyes educational tablet PC market
Chipmaker Intel Korea will collaborate with Korean tablet PC maker Mpgio and educational software developer ST&Company to tap into the tablet PC market for education in South Korea, Intel Korea said Monday.Intel Korea expressed confidence in increasing its presence in the educational tablet PC market in the domestic market. “Despite the low penetration rate of tablet PCs with 7-inch or larger displays due to phablets in Korea, Intel saw demand for educational tablet PCs continually increase,” sa
April 27, 2015
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LG G4 boasts high technology, leather back
“If Steve Jobs were alive today, even he would have liked the G4.”An industry official close to the South Korean tech giant LG Electronics made the remark ahead of the official unveiling event of the firm’s flagship smartphone, the G4, showing confidence in the new marquee device.After the debuts of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge and Apple’s smart watch this month, many eyes are now on the LG G4, which will be unveiled this Wednesday in six global markets including South Korea, the U
April 27, 2015
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Samsung launches SUHD TV in Russia
South Korea's leading tech giant, Samsung Electronics Co., said Monday it has begun selling its latest SUHD TV lineup in Russia in an effort to expand into the Commonwealth of Independent States market. Samsung's SUHD TVs were first showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, boasting the quantum dot technology that uses a semiconductor nanostructure to improve brightness and power efficiency. A quantum dot TV is made with a film of semiconductor nanocrystals, known as quantu
April 27, 2015
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[Newsmaker] Will Apple Watch spell doom for Samsung?
The smart watch hype is at its peak as two of the world’s largest tech giants and archrivals ― Samsung Electronics and Apple ― step up their efforts to gain the upper-hand in a new round in a battle for the wrist.The first wearable device by Cupertino-based Apple landed in stores in nine global markets including the U.S. Australia, and Hong Kong on Friday.Even though South Korea was not included in the first group of the launch nations, the news of the Apple smart watch made headlines on many lo
April 26, 2015
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[Graphic News] Mountain of electronic waste reaches new peak
A record amount of electrical and electronic waste hit garbage bins in 2014, with the biggest per-capita tallies in countries that pride themselves on environmental consciousness, a report said Sunday.Topping the list for per-capita waste last year was Norway, with 28.4 kilograms per resident.It was followed by Switzerland (26.3 kg per capita), Iceland (26.1 kg), Denmark (24.0 kg), the U.K. (23.5 kg), the Netherlands (23.4 kg), Sweden (22.3 kg), France (22.2 kg) and the U.S. and Austria (22.1 kg
April 26, 2015
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SK Planet enters Malaysian e-commerce market
SK Planet said Sunday it launched the ecommerce Website 11street in Malaysia on April 24. The South Korean online commerce operator has been preparing to launch in the Malaysian market for the past six months, after establishing joint firm Celcom Planet with Malaysia’s No. 1 wireless carrier Celcom Axiata.“The company, which has superior capabilities in online and mobile shopping businesses, will provide differentiated services for local customers,” said Kim Ho-seok, chief executive of Celcom Pl
April 26, 2015
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Asian telecom carriers expand presence at IFA trade show
VALETTA, Malta ― Telecom carriers are expanding their presence at IFA, Europe’s largest trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, with Korea’s SK Telecom and China’s ZTE joining the event for the first time this year. “We see a stronger area for telecommunications. It’s the key technology for a connected home and we see it’s rising up as a topic,” IFA executive director Jens Heithecker told Korean reporters at the IFA Global Press Conference on Saturday on the resort island of Mal
April 26, 2015
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Samsung Electronics aims to boost sales of home appliances in China
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. aims to lift its sales of home appliances in China by as much as 50 percent this year, the company's China unit said Sunday. As a part of its marketing strategy to boost sales of white goods such as high-end televisions and washing machines in China, Samsung opened its first "Samsung Open House" at a Guomei electronics store in Beijing. The Samsung store helps customers better understand its products by enabling them to virtually use them. "W
April 26, 2015
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Samsung becomes world's top seller of UHD panels in Q1
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. posted a record share of the global market for ultra HD display panels in the first quarter, grabbing the top spot for the first time, a market tracker said Sunday. In the first three months of the year, Samsung supplied 28.8 percent of all UHD panels sold globally, up 8.9 percentage points from 19.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to Display Search. Samsung was closely followed by its local competitor, LG Display Co., whose glob
April 26, 2015
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Samsung hints next smartwatch will be round
Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea's No. 1 tech giant, uploaded a poster of a seemingly round watch screen on its website on Friday implying that its next smartwatch's shape will be circular.The poster, which reads "Get Ready For The Next Gear," shows what appears to be a round smartwatch, which would be Samsung's first wearable device of its kind.Its previous Galaxy Gear smartwatches boast a rectangular screen.Samsung, however, did not provide any hints on detailed specifications nor the laun
April 24, 2015
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Samsung to ramp up SUHD TVs
A top executive of Samsung Electronics’ visual display business unit said Wednesday that it would further beef up its super ultrahigh-definition TV models rather than its lineup using organic light emitting diodes.Samsung released premium SUHD TVs earlier this year, which utilize a liquid crystal display coated with a sheet of nanocrystals, or often called quantum dots. The quantum dots measuring around 3 to 7 nanometers improve color accuracy and color gamut, according to Samsung. Global TV man
April 23, 2015
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‘SK Telecom has no plan to split’
South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Thursday it is not considering any proposal to divide the organization into two bodies ― one for business and the other for investment.“SKT does not have any plan regarding the establishment of the investment entity, as claimed by many industry watchers,” said Jang Dong-hyun, chief executive of the mobile carrier, at a press conference in which he announced the new business strategy of the firm. Market analysts have long speculated that the nation
April 23, 2015
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Korean firm to export smart card platform to China
South Korea’s integrated circuit chip maker KONA I said Thursday it would participate in a project to establish smart card platforms in Sichuan Province, China. The Korean company, which produces chips and software installed on credit and public transportation cards, universal subscriber identity modules, and digital IDs, is the No.1 IC chip manufacturer in the domestic market and ranks second in the U.S. by market share. The company achieved $100 million of exports last year. “KONA I will set u
April 23, 2015
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LG's WiFi-based smartwatch to go on sale this week
LG Electronics Inc., South Korea's No. 2 smartphone maker, said Thursday it will start selling its latest smartwatch that has a WiFi connection in its home turf, taking the device to a new level as it expects to ease low-signal problems at remote distances. The LG Watch Urbane will be released Friday through three local mobile carriers -- SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Inc. -- with its price set at 396,000 won ($367), the company said in a statement. It will also be available at some jewe
April 23, 2015
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Samsung taps deeper into Southeast Asian TV market via SUHD
South Korea's top tech giant, Samsung Electronics Co., said Thursday it will tap deeper into the Southeast Asian TV market, including Australia and New Zealand, with its latest SUHD TV lineup that uses the so-called quantum dot technology.Samsung said the SUHD lineup will hit most of the Southeast Asian markets by May, adding that it will launch the models in Indonesia next week and in Thailand on May 6. It has already hosted similar events in Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and four other
April 23, 2015
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Galaxy S6 suffers weaker than expected sales
Samsung Electronics Co.'s newest high-end smartphones - the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge -- are seen drawing less than expected attention from consumers, industry data showed Wednesday, casting clouds over the market's upbeat sales estimate of over 50 million units for 2015.South Korea's No. 1 tech giant had sold a little over 200,000 units of the two smartphones here as of Sunday since their launch on April 10, sharply falling short of the 300,000 preorders, according to the data, indicatin
April 23, 2015
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