Google is introducing a new advertising solution that can track how well online ads translate to offline purchases, a move that helps advertisers gauge the effectiveness of their digital campaigns while leaving users concerned about their privacy on the web. 　The US internet giant unveiled a new ad management system called Google Attribution and a store sales measuring tool that links online ads to offline store sales based on user email accounts and credit card transaction records, at the Googl

Technology May 31, 2017

Celltrion Healthcare is expected to complete its initial public offering before mid-August, as regulators are set to wrap up their special audit of the company with a mere “warning” and make way for the continuation of the IPO.According to local reports Tuesday, the Korean Institute of Certified Public Accountants has concluded its in-depth audit of Celltrion Healthcare’s accounting practices and will present the results to the Financial Services Commission’s Audit and Inspection Office for a fi

Industry May 30, 2017

AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence program developed by Google-owned DeepMind, has led sweeping victories against the world’s top-ranked human Go players over the past two years, but it is retiring from competitive Go.　Having beaten Ke Jie, the world champion in the traditional board game of Go, last week, Google’s AI will now set out to help solve some of humanity’s most difficult and complex challenges in fields such as health care and science, Google-owned DeepMind said in a blog post Saturd

Technology May 29, 2017

South Korea’s SK Telecom said Monday that it will work with Korea University Medical Center to transform the hospital into a smart facility equipped with the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things and augmented reality.　The move comes as SK Group has been actively moving into the field of AI-driven health care. Last week, its internet technology solutions unit SK holding C&C said it would start developing a new AI program based on IBM’s Watson that

Technology May 29, 2017

Sometimes, a different route will get you faster and closer to your destination. That is what Hyosung pulled off when it decided to focus on a new market that it believed offered wider potential — Vietnam.　Founded in 2007, Hyosung’s Vietnam subsidiary stands at the heart of the company’s overseas operations and successful growth, focusing on the production of Hyosung’s core products including spandex, tire cords, steel cords and electric machinery.　Hyosung’s foray into Vietnam was spearheaded by

Industry May 28, 2017

Pets have become an important part of our lives, welcoming us when we return home and showering us with affection at all times, happy or sad. 　To return the unfaltering love, many people turn to lavish things, buying high-end pet food, cool toys and equipment for their pets. But pets do not want material things. They need your time.A new campaign where owners can spend quality time with their pets is gaining traction in South Korea -- the D.Pet Party organized by D.Media & Company and sponsored

Culture May 26, 2017

Macrogen, South Korea’s biggest genome sequencing company, has set out to build a genomic and medical big data system designed to predict the risks of diseases for the Korean population and guide new drug development and treatment planning. The Korean biotechnology firm said Friday that it had entered a partnership with the Korea Association of Health Promotion to amass genetic and medical information for joint research.Macrogen and KAHP will set up a joint task force and each contribute their g

Industry May 26, 2017

SK holdings C&C, the internet technology solutions unit of South Korea’s SK Group, has set out to develop a new artificial intelligence software based on IBM’s Watson that will be able to prevent doctors from overprescribing antibiotics.SK holdings C&C said Thursday that it has signed a partnership with the Korea University Medical Center to co-develop the Aibril Antibiotics Advisor and commercialize the system by the end of 2018.Aibril is a Korean-language version of IBM’s AI-powered cognitive

Technology May 25, 2017

Facebook Korea said Thursday that it would comply with South Korea’s regulations over local network usage costs if new rules take effect, following clashes with a local telecom provider over sharing the costs of maintaining the quality and speed of its data traffic-heavy services.“Facebook’s fundamental policy and philosophy is to sincerely comply with the local regulations of all of the countries that we operate in,” a Facebook Korea official told The Korea Herald. “Should the Korean government

Technology May 25, 2017

President Moon Jae-in’s pick for foreign minister is a female diplomat with a career in the United Nations and who started off as a language expert. Kang Kyung-wha, who was nominated Sunday to lead the Foreign Ministry, has been serving as a special policy adviser to the UN secretary-general since December. The position was newly created by UN chief Antonio Guterres for Kang, who headed his transition team. “She is a diplomatic expert holding titles of the first and the best,” Moon told reporter

Foreign Affairs May 21, 2017

　President Moon Jae-in’s chief security aide said Sunday that South Korea should “take the lead” in restoring frosty inter-Korea relations, pledging to ease mounting tensions on the peninsula amid North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. 　Chung Eui-yong, a former ambassador to Geneva who was named chief of the National Security Office, also said the deployment of the US advanced missile system lacks “procedural legitimacy” and that as far as he understands neighboring countries also respect Se

Foreign Affairs May 21, 2017

  South Korean President Moon Jae-in has named Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon as his special envoy to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday.   Park will head to the Philippines, the current rotating chair of the ASEAN, as soon as arrangements for his trip are made, Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Park Soo-hyun told a press briefing.   His trip will also include visits to Indonesia and Vietnam, also members of the 10-nation ASEAN. Seoul Mayor Par

National May 19, 2017