Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it will roll out new refrigerators in the U.S. market this month with a flat screen that displays services from Twitter Inc., Google Inc. and the latest news from The Associated Press. The company will release two new side-by-side fridges with an 8-inch touchscreen that displays short-message updates from Twitter and Google as well as news and weather infor

Industry April 18, 2011

Local portals Naver and Daum were considering filing a complaint with the Fair Trade Commission against Google and Apple for allowing only Google and a few other chosen portals on their smartphones, industry sources said on Tuesday. Currently, Google, Yahoo and Bing are the only search engines carried by smartphones powered by Android and Apple operating systems. Naver and Daum believe the limited

Technology April 12, 2011

The Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office is investigating allegations that Gloworks chief executive Park Sung-hoon may have compromised the health of his firm with inappropriate corporate activities, police sources said on Monday.Park is best known as the chief executive of online music provider Bugsmusic, which was transformed into a company developing natural resources called Gloworks.Some of the c

Social Affairs April 12, 2011

The number of mobile phone users in North Korea has increased to 450,000, up 50 percent from the figure released late last year by an Egyptian company operating in the reclusive nation, South Korean officials said Tuesday.   In a speech to a group of businessmen in Seoul, Vice Unification Minister Um Jong-sik said the increase indicates more and more ordinary North Koreans, particularly youths, ar

Latest News April 12, 2011

BOK freezes key rate at 3 pct for AprilSouth Korea's central bank froze the key interest rate on Tuesday, a sign that it needs more time to assess the impact of a rate hike in March amid lingering economic uncertainties like the fallout from Japan's quake.   Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo and his fellow policymakers froze the benchmark seven-day repo rate, dubbed the base rate, at 3 perce

April 12, 2011

 Indonesia's air force will purchase 16 T-50 Golden Eagle fighter jets next year from South Korea, Xinhua News reported on Sunday.    The report, which quoted Seputar Indonesia, a local broadcaster, said the move is part of the military's effort to modernize its force.    "There would be 16 jets, or one squadron," Chief of Indonesia's Air Force Staff Marshal Imam Sufaat told Seputar Indonesia, acc

Defense April 11, 2011

   DAEJEON (Yonhap) -- Police said Sunday a university professor was found hanged at his apartment, the latest suicide involving students and faculty of South Korea's top science university.    The professor, identified only by his surname Park, was found by his wife on Sunday afternoon hanged in the kitchen of his apartment in Daejeon, about 160 kilometers south of Seoul, police said.    The 54-y

National April 11, 2011

The Korean Education Center, based in Sydney, said Friday that 5,758 students in Australia are learning Korean language as their school subject.Only 3,030 students were learning Korean in 2009 but in just two years the number increased by 90 percent. In New South Wales, where most Korean expats live, the number doubled during the same period. But it is apparently not due to more Korean expats stud

Social Affairs April 10, 2011