A consortium led by U.S. casino operator Mohegan Sun on Monday signed a land lease agreement with Incheon International Airport Corporation to build an integrated resort on Yeongjong Island by 2020. Inspire Integrated Resort, a consortium by Mohegan Sun and South Korean chemical maker KCC Group, signed the agreement to use land spanning 2.67 square meters on the gateway island west of Seoul. The agreement comes after Inspire in February won a bid to build an integrated resort with a 5.6 trillion

Industry Aug. 1, 2016

 North Korean security agents dispatched overseas to watch over their compatriot laborers are secretly using South Korean-made smartphones, a Seoul-based news outlet that specializes in the communist country reported Monday. Citing a source in China familiar with North Korean affairs, the Daily NK reported the North Korean security officials dispatched to monitor laborers are using smartphones made by Samsung and LG, despite the ban on such purchases.Stock image- Samsung Galaxy White (123rf)Ordi

North Korea Aug. 1, 2016

A U.S. servicewoman affiliated with the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division has been found dead at her house near Seoul for unknown reasons, police said Monday.Police said the husband of the 28-year-old soldier found her dead at their off-base quarters in the city of Dongducheon, some 40 kilometers north of Seoul, around 1:00 p.m. Sunday. Her death is under investigation. (Yonhap)The husband, who is also a U.S. soldier stationed in South Korea, reported her death to the 119 emergency and rescue service t

Social Affairs Aug. 1, 2016

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's third-largest mobile carrier, said Monday its net profit for the second quarter rose 12.8 percent from a year earlier, thanks to curbs in marketing spending. LG Uplus reported a net profit of 130.7 billion won ($117.4 million) for the April-June period, compared with a profit of 115.9 billion won for the same quarter last year, according to the company's regulatory filing. South Korean telecom firms have benefited from a 2015 law that kept fierce competition to woo

Aug. 1, 2016

The U.S. Air Force will forward deploy supersonic bombers in Guam early this month, partly to better cope with North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, a recent statement by the Pacific Air Forces showed on its website.On Saturday, the B-1B Lancers will be deployed to the U.S. Pacific Command's Andersen Air Force Base on Guam to replace the B-52 bombers, the first time in 10 years that the airplanes will be stationed on the key island. The last time the bombers were sent to the island was in A

Defense Aug. 1, 2016

South Korea's big hospitals and medical equipment firms have made inroads into Asian and Latin American markets with their telemedicine services, hoping to create new revenue flows in the global market. Telemedicine allows doctors to offer quality health care to those in hard-to-reach areas and for the elderly by connecting patients to doctors using the internet. In April 2015, Gachon University Gil Hospital signed a memorandum of understanding with Peru's Cayetano Heredia Hospital to cooperate

Industry Aug. 1, 2016

South Korean shares traded 0.67 percent up in late Monday morning as strong foreign buying boosted local shares.  The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index scored 13.43 points to 2,029.62 as of 11:20 a.m.Tech shares led the gains. Market kingpin Samsung Electronics surged 2.14 percent, continuing its rally after posting robust second-quarter earnings, and chip giant SK hynix advanced 1.31 percent.Auto shares were in the positive terrain. Industry leader Hyundai Motor increased 1.89 percent

Aug. 1, 2016

Ssangyong Motor Co., the local unit of Indian auto giant Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., on Monday said its sales grew 8.2 percent from a year earlier in July, with a surge in exports more than offsetting a drop in domestic sales.The automaker sold 12,784 cars globally last month, compared with 11,813 vehicles sold in the same month last year.Domestic sales slipped 8.1 percent on-year to 7,546, which also marked a 22.6 percent plunge from the previous month.Exports, on the other hand, spiked 45.3 perc

Mobility Aug. 1, 2016

 Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said Monday the government must make a "determined" push to implement policies to tackle the falling number of newborns in South Korea, a trend that will weigh down the national economy."If the trend (of falling births) continues, the development of society and the happiness of the people will be severely hindered," Hwang said.The prime minister's remark came as the number of newborns in the country came to 34,400 in May, down 5.8 percent from a year earlier. It mar

Social Affairs Aug. 1, 2016

Construction permits for new buildings grew from a year earlier in the first half, partly on a rise in permits for new residential and commercial buildings, the government said Monday.The number of construction permits issued for new buildings came to 134,348 in the January-June period, up 6.4 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.From six months earlier, however, the H1 tally marks a 3.6 percent drop.The on-year gain was largely

Industry Aug. 1, 2016

The number of South Korean business groups' affiliates subject to restrictions on mutual investments and loan guarantees rose in July from a month earlier, the antitrust watchdog said Monday.The Fair Trade Commission said the number of firms on its monthly watch list stood at 1,781 as of end-July, up 11 from the previous month.Such affiliates are owned by the country's 65 largest business groups, including Samsung Group, Hyundai Motor Group and Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea's top mobi

Aug. 1, 2016

Share buybacks by South Korea's listed companies increased 244.8 percent on-year to 6.31 trillion won ($5.6 billion) in the first seven months of this year from a year earlier, data showed Monday.A total of 64 companies -- listed on the main bourse and the tech-heavy Kosdaq market -- had announced the share buybacks in regulatory filings as of July 27, compared with 1.83 trillion won by 47 firms from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the bourse operator Korea Exchange.By market,

Aug. 1, 2016

미국 공화당 대선후보 도널드 트럼프의 부인 멜라니아 트럼프가 과거에 찍은 누드 화보로 구설수에 올랐다. 　지난달 30일(현지시각) 온라인 매체 뉴욕포스트는 결혼 전 모델로 활동했던 멜라니아가 25세 때 찍은 전라 사진을 입수했다며 공개했다. 미국 공화당 대선후보 도널드 트럼프의 부인 멜라니아가 지난 18일(현지시간) 오하이오 클리블랜드에서 열린 공화당 전당대회에서 찬조연설 후 손을 흔들고 있다. (사진=연합뉴스)보도에 따르면 멜라니아는 슬로베니아 출신으로, 너스 (Knauss)라는 처녀적 성씨의 첫 글자만 따 멜라니아 K. 라는 모델명으로 활동했다.　그녀는 파리, 밀라노, 이탈리아에서 활동하던 중 25세 때 맨해튼으로 건너와 화제의 누드 촬영을 했다. 이 사진들은 1996년 프랑스 남성 잡지 맥스(Max) 1월호에 실렸다. 　사진을 촬영한 바스빌은 해당 매체에 멜라니아가 “굉장히 전문적”이었으며 “거리낌 없이 촬영에 응했다”고 말했다. 　공개된 사진들에 대해 멜라니아의 남편이자 미국

한국어판 Aug. 1, 2016

공공장소에서 포르노를 시청하는 인구가 증가 추세라는 보도가 눈길을 끌고 있다.　　지난달 30일(현지시각) 미국 방송 CNN은 공공장소에 설치된 태블릿 등 편이물이 음란물 시청에 활용되고 있다고 보도했다. 　(링크NYC)　보도에 따르면 뉴욕 시에는 현재 300개가 넘는 무선인터넷 부스가 설치돼 있다. 퇴물이 된 공중전화박스를 와이파이 타워로 개조한 것이다. 휴대기기를 충전할 수 있도록 USB충전기도 달았다. 누구나 사용할 수 있도록 안드로이드 태블릿도 비치되어 있다. 　　하지만 이런 편이물을 포르노 시청에 활용하는 인구가 증가하고 있다. 시청 중 음란 행위를 하는 있는 것으로 드러나 충격을 주고 있다. 　　온라인 매체 뉴욕포스트에 따르면 이들 중 대다수가 노숙자다. 펜 스테이션 (Penn Station)과 포트 어토리티 버스 터미널 (Port Authority Bus Terminal)이 특히 문제가 되는 장소다.　　공공장소에서 포르노를 시청하는 것은 범죄가 아니지만, 음란행위를 하는

한국어판 Aug. 1, 2016

Sales at South Korea's duty-free stores nearly doubled in June from a year ago thanks to a rising influx of Chinese travelers and last year's low base in the wake of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak, data showed Monday. Sales at duty-free stores nationwide jumped 94.1 percent in June from a year ago, surging for the ninth consecutive month, according to the data compiled by the Korea Customs Service. The June sales marked a sharp yearly growth because the market was hit hard by the

Technology Aug. 1, 2016