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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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NK troops disguised as 'indigenous' people in Far East for combat against Ukraine: report
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LG vows to deal sternly with Chinese G3 knock-offs
South Korea's No. 2 tech giant, LG Electronics Inc., said Sunday it will take "strong" action against sales of counterfeit G3 smartphones in China by joining forces with Beijing authorities. LG said the move came as a number of smartphone retailers in China are selling the fake G3 smartphones at a price tag of less than $100 on major websites, including Taobao and Baidu, while claiming the phones are genuine products with official certificates. The long-term evolution version of the product wa
March 29, 2015
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Bicycle imports jump 18.5 pct in three years: data
South Korea's bicycle imports rose 18.5 percent in the last three years, government data showed Sunday, fueled by the spike in people enjoying leisure and sports activities. According to data by the Korea Customs Service, the country imported $210 million worth of bikes last year, up from $170 million for the whole of 2012. This translates into an average 8.8 percent growth every year. In terms of volume, annual growth averaged 6.4 percent in the three-year period, with numbers reaching 1.9 mi
March 29, 2015
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Astronauts dock with space station for 1-year mission
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) -- The capsule carrying a Russian and an American who are to spend a year away from Earth docked Saturday with the International Space Station.Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly are to spend 342 days aboard the orbiting laboratory, about twice as long as a standard mission on the station. The Soyuz space capsule, also carrying Russia's Gennady Padalka for a six-month stay, docked about six hours after launching from Russia's manned space facility in Kazakhstan.Once the
March 28, 2015
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LG to unveil G4 in late April
South Korea’s tech giant LG Electronics is expected to unveil its next flagship smartphone G4 at the end of April, according to sources on Friday.“LG has recently decided the debut schedule for its new marquee phone G4,” said one of the sources who declined to be named. LG Electronics mobile business chief Cho Ju-no also hinted during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this month that it could unveil the G4 in April. A leaked image of LG Electronics’ G4 (Android Central)Cho also said
March 27, 2015
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[Newsmaker] Korea deploys new science satellite
YASNY, Russia ― South Korea said Thursday it has successfully sent a new science satellite into space, its radio communication with the country’s ground station indicating that the satellite is operating properly.The Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3A (KOMSAT-3A) was launched at 3:08 a.m. from the Yasny launch base, located some 1,800 kilometers southeast of Moscow.The Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3A lifts off from the Yasny launch base in Russia on Thursday. (Yonhap)A radio communication between t
March 26, 2015
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Korea needs more narcotics
In 2010, popular author and TV personality Choi Yoon-hee committed suicide with her husband, after two years of suffering from lupus. The death of the couple ― her husband was believed to have helped her end her life before killing himself ― left the nation in shock because she was known as the ultimate advocate of a positive frame of mind. In fact, the 63-year-old had often been dubbed the “happiness preacher,” publishing more than 20 books on happiness. What led her to end her own life, accord
March 26, 2015
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Pollen Allergy
Each year, people with hay fever and pollen allergies suffer from various symptoms in the spring and autumn when there is abundant pollen in the atmosphere. Pollen is an allergen that can trigger allergies, particularly allergic rhinitis. Those who are sensitive to pollen develop symptoms ― generally at its worst from early morning to 9 a.m. ― during these seasons. The symptoms are common in children under the age of 5. From 5 to 10 years old it is more prevalent in boys than girls, but among th
March 26, 2015
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Samsung, Citic seek to expand partnership
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong and China’s Citic Group chairman Chang Zhenming met Wednesday in Beijing to extend their partnership in the soaring Chinese stock market, officials said Thursday. During the meeting, Lee, the de facto head of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, suggested expanding the partnership into various finance areas such as exchange-traded fund business. Citic’s Chang also showed a positive response, proposing to install a new communication channel to continu
March 26, 2015
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LG CNS rolls out set-top box for smart home services
LG CNS, a leading IT service firm in Korea, said Thursday it has developed new smart-home solutions that allow users to control all home appliances via a single set-top box. Based on Internet of Things technology, the solutions ― the first of their kind in Korea ― use a TV remote control or a smartphone to control all home appliances from lightbulbs to CCTVs and air conditioners. The solutions, running on Google’s Android operating system, can also operate existing cable TV set-top boxes through
March 26, 2015
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SK Telecom slapped with fine, suspension
The Korea Communications Commission, the state telecommunications regulator, slapped South Korea’s largest wireless carrier SK Telecom with a fine of 23.5 billion won ($21.3 million) and a seven-day business suspension for triggering overheated competition in the domestic mobile network market by giving out excessive subsidies to allure subscribers. The decision came after the KCC started a series of investigations into allegations in January that SKT had been doling out rebates to customers.KT,
March 26, 2015
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Hologram concerts to thrill K-pop fans
Childhood videos of G-Dragon, a rapper of Korean boy band Big Bang, started playing on four video walls ― two on each side of the center stage ― at the start of a preview of his first hologram concert in Dongdaemun, Seoul on Tuesday night.Then, lines of flashing lights appeared on one side of the video screens and converged to form an image of the 26-year old pop star sitting in a gothic chair at center stage.The Korean rapper sang his four biggest hits, including “Crayon,” and “Fantastic Baby,”
March 25, 2015
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LG Uplus releases LTE smart car service
LG Uplus, one of the leading mobile carriers in Korea, said Wednesday that it has rolled out a Long Term Evolution-based vehicle monitoring service, called Telematics in Athena, or TiA.The mobile carrier said the LTE car monitoring system allows drivers to check the status of their vehicles in real time, such as information about fuel, the battery and engine oil. Models pose with LG Uplus’s Long Term Evolution-based smart car monitoring system at a Volkswagen showroom in Bundang, Gyeonggi Provi
March 25, 2015
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Korea to inject W9tr into ICT by 2020
The South Korean government said Wednesday it plans to pour 9 trillion won ($8.1 billion) into the information communications technology industry by 2020. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced the new plan, dubbed the K-ICT Strategy, pledging to elevate the nation’s related production to 240 trillion won and exports to $210 billion over the next five years. Under the plan, the government will overhaul the nation’s ICT industry as a whole; make a large-scale investment to exp
March 25, 2015
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GALAXY IN FASHION
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, holds the Galaxy S6 First Look runway show in Seoul on Tuesday, in which fashion designers and models introduced collaborations that merge fashion and the tech giant’s upcoming smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. (Samsung Electronics)
March 25, 2015
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Samsung SDI, ABB join hands to develop energy solutions
Samsung SDI, South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Wednesday that it has inked a memorandum of understanding with Swiss power and automation technology provider ABB for development and sales of energy storage system solutions for microgrids. Samsung SDI chief executive Cho Nam-sung (left) holds hands with Ulrich Spiesshofer, chief executive of ABB, after signing a memorandum of understanding for development of energy storage systems in Switzerland on Wednesday. Samsung SDIAt the signing even
March 25, 2015
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S. Korea set to launch new science satellite from Russia this week
Preparations are on schedule for the launch of a new South Korean satellite this week that will help enhance its ability to monitor the Earth's surface, the science ministry said Wednesday."The status of the satellite is stable and so there has been no change to the scheduled launch," Choi Seok-yeon, an official from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute overseeing the mission, told reporters in Yasny, Russia.The Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3A (KOMSAT-3A) is scheduled to lift off at 3:08 a.m.
March 25, 2015
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Korea to invest W5.6tr in tech sectors by 2020
The South Korean government plans to invest 5.6 trillion won ($5 billion) into new growth engine industries by 2020, ministries said Tuesday, reaffirming the Park Geun-hye administration’s will to realize its creative economy initiative. The new budget plan is expected to generate $100 billion in exports of related products and services by 2024, officials said. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy ― the two government offices in charge o
March 24, 2015
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Samsung, MS beef up mobile partnership
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone-maker, said Tuesday it would reinforce its partnership with Microsoft to deliver the U.S. software giant’s mobile services.The Seoul-based tech giant said that a wider range of MS mobile services would be available on its smartphones and tablet PCs in future. As announced during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this month, some of Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity services, including OneNote and OneDrive, and Internet voice and
March 24, 2015
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March 24, 2015
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Samsung SDS, Oracle team up for logistics solutions
Samsung SDS said Tuesday it had teamed up with Oracle, the U.S. software giant, to make inroads into China, a soaring market for logistics IT. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding, under which Samsung SDS promotes its logistics and analysis solutions through Oracle’s database and software systems. Samsung SDS, a leading IT solutions provider, has helped enterprise clients to comprehensively operate and manage their logistics businesses and networks, from planning and sourcing t
March 24, 2015
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