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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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Samsung, LG make list of top 100 reputable firms
Samsung Electronics and LG Corp. were the only two Korean firms that appeared on a list of the top 100 reputable companies around the world released by research firm Reputation Institute. Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s largest electronics makers, shared the 10th spot with software giant Microsoft with 75 points out of 100. LG Corp., outpacing other global firms including General Electric, ranked 64th with 68.8 points. LG, however, was in eighth place among the 11 electronics firms that
June 25, 2014
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SK Telecom forges ties with Nokia for 5G
South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it has forged ties with Finland-based Nokia Corp. to exchange technologies and know-how to develop the fifth-generation (5G) network.Under a memorandum of understanding, the two firms will also make efforts to establish grounds for the standardization of 5G base stations, and test-run various solutions and applications that work under the latest network, SK Telecom said. SK Telecom said the two parties will be able to take the lead
June 25, 2014
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Asus to dig deeper into Korean smart device market
Taiwan-based ASUSTeK Computer Inc., also known as Asus, said Tuesday it plans to tap deeper into the South Korean smart device market with its latest model, expanding its presence in the local market for tablet PCs and laptops. “Through the third quarter of 2014, Asus will continue to focus on its tablet lineup,” said Shin Woo-yeol, a marketing official from Asus. “However, the firm will also focus more on laptops and smartphones later in the second half.”Earlier this month, Asus showcased the 7
June 24, 2014
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LG G3 powers up with Innotek’s module
LG Electronics’ latest smartphone, the G3, has been gaining sales momentum and consumer attention from what industry watchers describe as its display quality and user-friendly interfaces, outshining its rival, the Samsung GalaxyS5.The phone’s simple and high-resolution imaging features are mainly attributable to LG Innotek’s camera module, along with LG Display’s Quad HD LCD panel.LG Innotek, the world’s leading camera module developer, deployed its 13-megapixel module, a complementary metal-oxi
June 24, 2014
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LG's G3 smartphone to hit Asia shelves this week
South Korea's No. 2 tech giant, LG Electronics Inc., said Tuesday it plans to release G3 smartphone, the latest in its flagship G lineup, in a handful of Asian countries starting this week, adding the full-fledged global sales are set to start in July. LG Electronics’ G3 smartphone (Android Beat)LG Electronics said the G3 will be available in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and other Asian countries starting Friday and sold in all areas through some 170 mobile carriers around the globe from next
June 24, 2014
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LG Uplus forges ahead for faster LTE-A services
LG Uplus, the third-largest mobile carrier in Korea, announced that it would start offering new services based on the broadband Long Term Evolution advanced networks on Monday.The new services, which will be available from July, include Netflix-like movie streaming service Uflix Movie, high definition TV streaming service U+HDTV New, and U+Navi Real, a navigation system featuring live video of traffic conditions.The firm said those services would herald the beginning of the era of “video LTE.”“L
June 23, 2014
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Study finds clue to ‘practical’ quantum computers
A joint team of researchers in South Korea and Italy have pulled off generating a hybrid entanglement of classical and quantum states of light, which could lead to developing a practical quantum computer, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said Sunday.According to scientists from Korea and Italy, the entanglement between quantum and classical objects has been crucial in understanding quantum mechanics and applying it to information processing. Quantum entanglement refers to a state
June 23, 2014
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[Herald Interview] Internet David Zum takes on Web Goliaths
The Internet market in Korea where just a few top Web-portals and browsers like Naver, Google and Microsoft are dominant is tough nut to crack. Despite little chance of success, local internet firm Zum Internet is creating a challenge against Internet behemoths with its Web-portal Zum.com and Internet browser Swing Browser. “Our goal is to provide the fastest and the most comfortable services for Internet users,” Chung Sang-won, vice president of Zum Internet, told The Korea Herald. “To that end
June 22, 2014
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Chinese leader to tour Samsung Electronics during South Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to tour a main Samsung Electronics facility when he visits South Korea early next month, industry sources said Sunday.Xi will be guided by the company's vice chairman Lee Jay-yong, the heir-apparent of Samsung Group, and they will also hold talks, the sources said. The tour was arranged at Samsung's request, they said.Xi is expected in South Korea in the first week of July.Japanese media reports said he will visit on July 3-4. The Chinese president will t
June 22, 2014
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Samsung Electronics likely to see profits dip for second quarter
Samsung Electronics will see its profit drop for the second consecutive quarter in the April-June period mostly due to slow smartphone sales, according to market analysts Friday. They said the profit decline in the second quarter was largely attributable to the lower performance of its mobile business unit, whose operating profit accounts for more than 60 percent of the tech giant’s overall profit. “Even though the profits of semiconductor, display and consumer electronics businesses will likely
June 20, 2014
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Samsung Display to sell LCD equipment to Chinese firm
Samsung Display Co., a panel manufacturing arm of South Korea’s Samsung Group, said Friday it will sell equipment from a production line to a Chinese firm as a step to update its facilities. The firm said it is currently in talks with China-based Truly to ship its outdated equipment from its production line in Cheonan, about 90 kilometers south of Seoul, which had been manufacturing liquid crystal displays (LCD).“The move aims to offload outdated equipment and install new ones,” Kim Ho-jung, a c
June 20, 2014
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U.S. experts seek to expand use of addiction drug
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The government’s top drug abuse experts struggled Wednesday to find ways to expand use of a medicine which is widely-considered the best therapy for treating heroin and painkiller addiction, but which remains underused a decade after its launch.Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan pressed officials from the White House, the National Institute of Drug Abuse and other agencies to increase access to the buprenorphine, a medication which helps addicts control drug cravings and withdrawal sy
June 19, 2014
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Athlete’s foot
What is athlete’s foot?Athlete’s foot is an infectious disease caused by a type of fungus (dermatomyces) that infects the skin between the toes, the lower surface of the foot and the hands. Dermatomyces reproduces actively in a warm, moist environment, so athlete’s foot is common during summer, particularly during the rainy season.Types and symptomsThere are three types of athlete’s foot, which differ according to the location of the infection and the symptoms ― hyperkeratotic, interdigital and
June 19, 2014
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Hot weather increases risk of summer diseases
The summer has arrived early in Korea this year, as the weather has been unusually warm in June.While it offers more opportunities for outdoor activities and sports, the warm weather also increases the prevalence of summer diseases. The Health Ministry says it is particularly important to be aware of illnesses such as eye infections and mosquito-borne diseases, as well as food-borne illnesses. The best way to avoid eye infections and food-borne diseases is to wash your hands properly and regular
June 19, 2014
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LGE in full throttle ahead of summer
CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province ― A group of Korean journalists was recently invited to tour one of LG Electronics’ plants for dehumidifiers and air conditioners where work was in full swing to make sure consumers had access to the products before monsoon season hits Korea.We were immediately exposed to a mechanical cacophony, with grinding conveyor belts running along the 120-meter assembly lines combining with the noise of the automatic screwdrivers, packaging machines and automated vehicl
June 19, 2014
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Samsung’s broadband LTE-A device begins carriers’ race for speed
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top maker of smartphones, launched Thursday the world’s first smartphone that runs on a broadband long-term evolution advanced network, starting another round of competition among local mobile carriers over speed.The device, the Galaxy S5 Broadband LTE-A, will first be launched through SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top mobile carrier, and gradually add other players, namely KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. The broadband LTE-A, three times faster than the current L
June 19, 2014
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CrucialTec develops algorithm for small area fingerprint
CrucialTec, a listed South Korean tech company, said Wednesday that the company and its software affiliate CrucialSoft have developed an algorithm for small area-type fingerprint sensing modules.The algorithm, named “Fermion,” is expected to pave the way for mobile device makers to embed “ultra-small” biometric trackpad touch modules for fingerprint data processing and authentication, the company said.CrucialTec’s latest development would enable the production of thinner and smaller BTP sensors
June 19, 2014
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Fighting the challenges of disability with music
Lee Gyeong-ae remembers Dec. 15 of last year as the most monumental day of her life.It was the opening night of the Heart to Heart Orchestra concert, of which her autistic son, Jae-yoon, is a member. Sitting in the Seoul Arts Center, one of the most prestigious venues for the performing arts in South Korea, Lee could not stop crying even before the curtain rose. “I never thought that such a day would come,” Lee said. “I never thought Jae-yoon would one day perform at the Seoul Arts Center. When
June 18, 2014
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SDI aims to be No.1 materials and energy solutions firm
Samsung SDI, a leading battery maker that is scheduled to merge with Samsung Group’s materials business arm Cheil Industries, is aiming to become a top materials and battery company.“Samsung SDI expects the merger to create synergy effects as it will be able to reinforce the firm’s battery business by utilizing the materials technology of Cheil Industries,” a Samsung SDI official said. Cheil Industries will be able to make use of the battery company’s global networks and marketing capability, an
June 18, 2014
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Cisco courts Samsung for ‘Internet of Things’
Cisco Systems, the U.S. network equipment giant, said that Samsung Electronics would be its “natural partner” to develop and deploy a network enabling connections to multiple cloud computing systems such as public and private enterprise clouds.The two companies, which have a patent cross-licensing agreement, have not yet gotten into the details of Cisco’s so-called Intercloud for its customers and partners.But Robert Lloyd, president of Cisco’s development and sales, said Korea’s global tech man
June 18, 2014
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