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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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S. Korea not to attend Sado mine memorial: foreign ministry
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Toxins at 622 times legal limit found in kids' clothes from Chinese platforms
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Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
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New ICT minister faces daunting task
Choi Yang-hee took office as South Korea’s minister of science, ICT and future planning on Wednesday after days of grilling by the political parties regarding his alleged real estate irregularities.The new minister faces a slew of policy issues to mend, resolve and carry out to meet expectations not only of the people and businesses, but also those of the president, who envisioned the ministry to play the lead role in finding the next big technological innovation.His most urgent priority is fine
July 16, 2014
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Samsung may team up with Under Armour for wearable devices: sources
Samsung Electronics is expected to team up with U.S. sports clothing maker Under Armour Inc. in a move that would help the world’s No. 1 smartphone maker make inroads into the global wearable devices market, according to industry sources on Wednesday. The reports came following a meeting that reportedly took place between Samsung heir Lee Jay-yong and Kelvin Plank, the founder and chief executive officer of Under Armour here earlier this month.The two are said to have discussed ways of counterin
July 16, 2014
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Samsung Group to scrutinize underperforming businesses
Samsung Group is said to be carrying out a sweeping “management assessment” on underperforming affiliates in the electronics sector in the wake of the second-quarter earnings shock of its cash cow Samsung Electronics.The audit division under Samsung’s Corporate Strategy Office, the conglomerate’s control tower, has recently began a review on Samsung Electro-Mechanics, a manufacturer of smartphone camera modules, according to Samsung Group.The latest move is just another in a series of management
July 15, 2014
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Sales of Galaxy S5 fall behind iPhone 5s in May: report
Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy S5 saw its monthly sales fall behind Apple Inc.'s iPhone 5s in May, a report showed Tuesday, reflecting the market's dull reaction to the new Galaxy lacking cutting-edge features.Apple's latest flagship product, launched in September 2013, ranked first on a list of the top 10 most-sold smartphones around the globe last month, outselling Samsung's latest Galaxy model, which only commenced official sales in April, the report released by Hong Kong-based researcher C
July 15, 2014
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Researchers generate free-standing RNA membrane
South Korean researchers successfully generated a free-standing RNA membrane with a macroscopic structure, which will help expand its medicinal applications, the Science Ministry said Monday.The RNA membrane can be used for researching how RNA molecules inhibit gene expression, a biological process that scientists study to find cures for various diseases.A team of researchers led by Lee Jong-bum, a professor of biological engineering at the University of Seoul, said they managed to enzymatically
July 14, 2014
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Beijing informs Seoul of KakaoTalk, Line blocking
Beijing has informed Seoul that it has blocked the services of South Korea’s two popular mobile messaging applications, KakaoTalk and Line, since earlier this month, according to a South Korean diplomat close to the matter.He added that China has also indicated that the services would soon be unblocked. Along with other foreign online services, including Yahoo’s photo-sharing site Flickr, users in China have been unable to access online services of KakaoTalk and Line for more than 10 days, the s
July 14, 2014
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Samsung may end business with Chinese supplier accused of employing minors
Samsung Electronics has tentatively suspended its business with a Chinese supplier that was recently accused of hiring underage children, the Korean firm said Monday. The firm added that it would permanently end all transactions if the allegation was proven to be true.The statement came after New York-based China Labor Watch said on Thursday that it discovered minors were being employed at a factory owned by Shinyang Electronics in Dongguan of southern China.Samsung said in its official blog tha
July 14, 2014
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Corporate Korea far behind in big data gold rush
Corporate Korea is lagging behind in using big data in day-to-day business, according to a recent survey compiled by The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry.The organization said Monday that among the 500 Korean firms participating in the survey, only 7.5 percent said they used big data in their business activities, while 81.6 percent responded that they do not use it at all. The most frequent use of big data is for marketing. Of companies that used big data, 47 percent used it for this purpo
July 14, 2014
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LG CNS asks employees to be versatile
LG CNS CEO Kim Dae-hoon said Monday that the company needs new human resources that can create high value-added solutions and technologies by coming up with good ideas generated from a wide range of knowledge.In a meeting with his new employees at the company’s headquarters in Seoul, the chief executive of the IT solutions provider said it needs “people who can freely use both hands” in this age of smart technology. LG CNS CEO Kim Dae-hoon advises rookies to develop their skills and become versa
July 14, 2014
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China informs S. Korea of service blockage of KakaoTalk, Line
China has told South Korea that it has blocked online services of South Korea's two popular mobile messaging applications, KakaoTalk and Line, since earlier this month, a South Korean diplomat with the knowledge of the matter said Monday, adding that the services would "soon" return to normal.Along with other foreign online services, including Yahoo Inc.'s photo-sharing site Flickr, users in China have been unable to access online services of KakaoTalk and Line for more than 10 days. Some anti-c
July 14, 2014
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Samsung, LG up ante against Apple
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, two of the world’s biggest smartphone makers, are gearing up for the next big battle with Apple as they are likely to unveil new smartphones before the much-anticipated release of the California-based firm’s iPhone 6 in September.Rumor has it that Samsung Electronics plans to roll out a new smartphone — reportedly named Galaxy S5 F or Galaxy S5 Alpha — sporting a premium metal body, Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa chipset, a 6-mm thick frame and a 4.7-inch Super A
July 13, 2014
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Power of praise
Professor Lee Kwang-hyung at KAIST is known in the university as an eccentric scientist. He puts his television upside down, ties his shoelaces in different colors and hangs picture frames at slanted angles.But Lee’s reputation, however, mostly comes from his achievements in incubating start-up business leaders. The companies that his students set up generate around 2.5 trillion won ($2.4 billion) in annual sales and employ 7,000 people. The nation’s largest game company Nexon, created by Kim Ju
July 11, 2014
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Samsung launches 'Galaxy Apps' store
South Korea's leading tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has renovated its application store as "Galaxy Apps" to provide users with a wider choice for customization of mobile devices.The version is an update from the company's previous "Samsung Apps" store and offers hundreds of apps exclusively available to users of Samsung Galaxy smart devices. Samsung said the new app store will be available to 130 million users in 161 countries."At Samsung, we continuously strive to create val
July 11, 2014
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Samsung starts sales of Galaxy Tab S
South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has commenced the sales of the Galaxy Tab S at home, the lightest and thinnest in its Galaxy tablet PC lineup.Samsung Electronics said the 10.5-inch version of the 6.6-mm-thin device will weigh only 465 grams, lighter than any of its tablet PCs released earlier in similar sizes. The 8.4-inch edition weighs 294 grams. They will both work under Wi-Fi networks.The tablets will be powered by Google Inc.’s Android 4.4, or KitKat, and a
July 10, 2014
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Science Ministry to introduce laws for better mobile service plans
South Korea’s Science Ministry said Thursday it will introduce a set of rules in the mobile devices market to provide better incentives and prices to all subscribers.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said it aims to enact the tentatively named “Act on the Improvement of Retail System of Mobile Telecommunication Devices” in October after gauging the opinions of policy watchers and industry players next month.The new rules would induce mobile carriers to provide incentives not only
July 10, 2014
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Samsung to launch QD TVs this year
Samsung Electronics could be moving to introduce an ultrahigh-definition LCD TV using quantum dot technology later this year, said a source familiar with the matter.This comes as the performance of Korea’s largest TV manufacturer and its display affiliate’s next-generation OLED panels and TVs has lagged behind those of their rivals LG Electronics and LG Display.“Samsung Electronics aims to produce UHD QD LCD TVs in small quantities in the fourth quarter of this year,” the source said.“It may hav
July 9, 2014
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Korea to develop display technologies with Samsung, LG
The South Korean government on Wednesday signed an agreement with two leading local manufacturers of display panels to jointly develop advanced technologies with 30 billion won ($29.6 million) of investment over the next five years.Under the agreement signed with Samsung Display and LG Display, the three parties will concentrate on indigenous technologies for display panels for future markets, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, a shift from a focus on products for swift com
July 9, 2014
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Telecom watchdog to allow carriers to offer higher incentives
South Korea’s telecom watchdog said Wednesday it will raise the ceiling for the incentives local mobile carriers offer to attract clients in a bid to reduce competition among carriers.The Korea Communications Commission said it will adjust the legal ceiling to between 250,000 won ($246.9) and 350,000 won, up from the current limit of 270,000 won that was put in place in 2010.The watchdog also said it will hold a meeting every six months to adjust the amount after considering market conditions, i
July 9, 2014
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Amazon entices authors as fight with Hachette drags on
Amazon wants to put money in authors’ pockets while the online retail titan battles with Hachette over terms of selling books handled by the publishing powerhouse.Hachette told AFP that it had received the proposal on Tuesday, and fired back with a call for Amazon to “withdraw the sanctions they have unilaterally imposed,” on the publisher’s titles.Amazon is offering to give Hachette authors all revenue brought in for digital copies of books ― rewarding writers instead of making them casualties
July 9, 2014
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[Herald Interview] RNA research will open new horizon in fighting cancer: expert
Decoding human DNA and targeting mutant proteins used to be seen as the key to curing cancer and other chronic diseases.But the drugs that have come out of years of DNA research are still unable to prevent recalcitrant cancer cells from terminally spreading.A Korean biologist said ribonucleic acid, or RNA, one of three classes of biological macromolecules essential for life, will likely play an important role in treating cancer in the near future.“Almost 98 percent of RNA remains unknown. But as
July 9, 2014
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