The U.S. government made clear Thursday that it makes no sense to compare the rocket launches of the two Koreas."You know our view that there is no basis for comparing the behavior of the ROK in space with the behavior of the DPRK," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said at a press briefing. She was using the acronym of the formal names of the Koreas -- the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.Earlier in the day, South Korea succeeded in its third attempt to

Technology Jan. 31, 2013

South Korea's new science satellite successfully made contact with a ground station here Thursday, marking a complete success in the country's launch of its first-ever space rocket on the previous day, officials said.The first communication contact was made at 3:27:12 a.m., according to officials from the country's Satellite Technology Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul.The contact came after the Korea Space Launch

Technology Jan. 31, 2013

LG전자는 국내시장에서 1분기 내에 차기 전략 스마트폰인 5.5.인치 풀 HD ‘옵티머스 G Pro’를 출시할 계획이라고 30일 밝혔다.정도현 LG전자 CFO는 오후 서울 여의도 트윈타워에서 4분기 실적 설명회가 끝난 후 기자가 분기별 마케팅 비용에 대해 질문을 하자 “마케팅 비용은 휴대폰 출시 일정에 따라 다르다”며 “옵티머스 G프로를 1분기 국내 시장에 출시한 후 2분기에 해외 시장 출시” 할 계획이라고 언급했다.‘옵티머스 G Pro’는 지금까지 개발 코드명 ‘GK’로 알려져 왔으며, 지난해 G시리즈로는 첫 선을 보인 ‘옵티머스 G’의 후속작으로 5.5인치 풀 HD 디스플레이와 쿼드코어를 탑재할 것으로 알려졌다. 코리아헤럴드 조지현기자) <관련 영문 기사>LG plans to roll out new flagship smartphone by MarchBy Cho Ji-hyunLG Electronics will roll out a new flagship smartphone dubbe

한국어판 Jan. 30, 2013

The U.S. court looks to be changing its stance on the Samsung-Apple global patent litigation with Apple with the court acknowledging that Samsung patent infringements were not intentional on Wednesday.U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh denied Apple’s argument that the $1.05 billion damages award against Samsung from its previous patent infringement trial should be increased.She found that Samsung’s infringement was not “willful,” denying a new trial and leaving the August jury findings largely untouch

Industry Jan. 30, 2013

K-pop sensation Psy's "Gangnam Style" will now reach smokers as a Canadian tobacco company gears up to launch a new cigarette named "Gangnam" next month, a company official said Wednesday.The tobacco firm CT&G set up last year by South Koreans residing in Ontario, Canada, said three Virginia blend-typed cigarettes -- Gangnam, c38 and MIDAS -- will be released in mid-February. "One of our new arrivals will have the name of 'Gangnam,' riding on the huge popularity of Psy's 'Gangnam Style,'" said K

Performance Jan. 30, 2013

South Korea's industrial output grew at a weaker pace than a month earlier in December, raising worries industrial activities might be slowing amid toughened economic conditions, a government report showed Wednesday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining, manufacturing, gas and electricity industries increased 0.8 percent last month from a year earlier, compared with a revised 3.2 percent on-year gain tallied in November.The output expanded 1 percent from a month e

Jan. 30, 2013

Korea’s services account has swung into the black for the first time in 14 years, mainly thanks to robust transportation transactions, the Bank of Korea said Wednesday.This has helped the country to achieve an annual record in the current account surplus, the broadest measure of trade.Korea’s current account surplus reached a record high of $43.25 billion in 2012, remaining in the black for 15 consecutive years.The current account surplus increased $17.18 billion to $43.25 billion last year, sur

Jan. 30, 2013

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama's choice of Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton.The vote Tuesday was 94-3. One senator _ Kerry _ voted present and accepted congratulations from colleagues on the Senate floor. The roll call came just hours after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the man who has led the panel for the past four years.Kerry coul

World News Jan. 30, 2013

BP PLC closed the book on the Justice Department's criminal probe of its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf oil spill Tuesday, when a U.S. judge agreed to let the London-based oil giant plead guilty to manslaughter charges for the deaths of 11 rig workers and pay a record $4 billion in penalties.What the plea deal approved by U.S. District Judge Sarah Vance doesn't resolve, though, is the federal government's civil claims against BP. The company could pay billions more for environme

World Business Jan. 30, 2013

North Korea on Tuesday vowed "merciless" retaliation against the South for its support of U.N. sanctions, as Seoul urged Pyongyang to step back from a widely expected nuclear test.The perennially tense situation on the Korean peninsula has been stretched to its limit in the past week, with almost daily threats from the North that it is preparing to conduct a nuclear test as a riposte to the expanded sanctions.A lengthy commentary published Tuesday by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA

North Korea Jan. 29, 2013

Rescuers helped drivers escape swift floodwaters and used helicopters to pluck stranded people from rooftops in northeast Australia on Tuesday after torrential rains flooded thousands of homes and businesses, killed four and forced thousands to huddle in shelters.Floodwaters peaked in most of the worst-hit areas by evening. Some communities that were initially expected to be inundated appeared to have escaped major damage, with levees holding back the muddy water in one city that was in the high

World News Jan. 29, 2013

월요일 발표된 연구조사에 의하면 담배를 피우는 행동은 뇌의 자제력에 의해 결정된다고 밝혔다.연구가들은 중립적인 비디오영상과 흡연을 하는 사람들이 나오는 비디오를 보여준 후 실험 대상자들의 뇌의 혈류량 관계를 조사했다. 실험 전 연구가들은 몇몇 대상자들에게는 비디오 영상을 본 후 담배를 피울 수 있다고 말했고 나머지 대상자들에게는 실험이 끝난 4시간이 지난 후에야 담배를 피울 수 있다고 말했다.흡연자 10명의 뇌를 스캔 해본 결과 기억과 행동을 결정하는 후대상회가 결정적인 역할을 한다고 밝혀졌다. 스캔 결과 담배를 피우기까지 기다려야 했던 참가자들의 혈류량이 높았지만, 후대상회의 활동을 중단시킨 후에는 후대상회의 혈류량이 현저히 낮아져 담배를 피우고 싶어하는 충동이 줄어든 것으로 확인할 수 있었다.과학자들은 담배를 피우고 싶어하는 충동과 뇌의 관계에 관한 연구 진전에 따라 관련되는 뇌의 정확한 부분을 찾아내는데 집중하고 있다. (코리아헤럴드) <관련 영문 기사>Smoking addic

Podcast Jan. 29, 2013