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About 30% of young children experience developmental delays during pandemic: survey
SEOUL -- About 30 percent of children aged five and younger who grew up during a coronavirus pandemic experience developmental delays in their cognitive, motor, social, emotional, and behavioral abilities. Some 15 percent needed continuous care to develop the required skills. When the first wave of a coronavirus struck South Korea in February 2020, the country's society chose isolation. Social distancing campaigns were rolled out. Although South Korea did not go into a lock
December 14, 2022 -
BTS member Jin starts mandatory military service
SEOUL -- While some dozens of fans waited outside a frontline army boot camp battling against the snow and gusts of wind, a black van carrying Jin, the eldest member of K-pop superstar BTS, silently drove past the gate without coming to a halt. Some fans expressed disappointment as they expected the 29-year-old artist to lower his tinted window to wave and say farewell before he started his mandatory military service. Before his enlistment, Jin had requested fans not to come
December 13, 2022 -
KT releases AI-based remote exam monitoring solution for online classes
SEOUL -- KT DS, the information technology service wing of South Korea's largest telecom company KT, has released an artificial intelligence-based remote exam monitoring solution named after the "Argos," a gigantic creature with 100 all-seeing eyes from the Greek myths, to prevent cheating and other malicious behavior in online classes. KT DS said that the anti-cheat solution was developed to reflect the increased number of remote internet exams due to the popularizat
December 13, 2022 -
LG's information technology wing adopts blockchain-based staff identification cards
SEOUL -- LG CNS, the information technology wing of South Korea's LG Group, has adopted blockchain-based staff identification cards that allow employees to enter all rooms in their workplace and use amenities without bringing plastic cards to identify themselves. Users don't need to worry about leaks of their personal information as the solution prevents such risks using decentralized identification (DID) technology. Unlike regular identification methods that store and mana
December 13, 2022 -
GI Cell partners with Japan's Optieum Biotechnologies to commercialize CAR-NK cell products
SEOUL -- GI Cell, affiliated with South Korea's biotechnology unicorn GI Innovation, has signed a research license agreement with Japan's Optieum Biotechnologies to develop and commercialize engineered natural killer cell-based products. The killer cells are regarded as the next-generation solution for hematological tumor treatments. According to GI Cell, the South Korean biotechnology company signed a research license and option agreement with Optieum Biotechnologies. The J
December 13, 2022 -
Shinsegae's convenience store chain partners with meal kit maker targeting busy consumers
SEOUL -- Emart24, the convenience store chain operated by South Korea's retail giant Shinsegae, has partnered with Super Kitchen, a ready-to-eat meal kit maker, targeting consumers who cannot spare time to shop and cook meals at home. Following the first wave of a coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, South Korea's food market saw a big change in consumers' shopping habits. According to the agriculture ministry, 2.4 percent of consumers bought processed food through onlin
December 13, 2022 -
S. Korea's largest 1.5 gigawatt-class solar power complex to be built in southeastern city
SEOUL -- The southern industrial city of Daegu some 240 kilometers (149 miles) southeast of Seoul will transform its outdated factory areas into a renewable energy power plant complex by replacing old slate factory roof materials with solar panels while using idle spaces for solar energy generation facilities. The solar power plant infrastructure would be the size of some 120 football fields. Daegu played the role of the heart of South Korea's fabric industry with its huge compl
December 13, 2022 -
Hyundai to supply fuel cell systems to European eco-friendly truck maker
SEOUL -- HTWO, a fuel cell system wing of the Hyundai auto group, forged a partnership with ENGINIUS, a commercial eco-friendly truck-making wing of Germany's FAUN Group, to provide fuel cell systems. This is the first time the South Korean carmaker to sign a fuel cell system supply deal with a commercial carmaker. Hyundai's hydrogen fuel cell system brand HTWO was first introduced in December 2020 to develop fuel cell systems for cars, trains, and ships. Targeting China
December 12, 2022 -
LS Cable wins $306.2 mln HVDC cable contract for Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm in Britain
SEOUL -- LS Cable & System, a major cable maker in South Korea, has won a 400-billion-won ($306.2 million) contract for high-voltage direct transmission (HVDC) cables from Sweden's state power company Vattenfall. The special cable will be used for the delivery of electricity for an offshore wind farm that will be built some 47 kilometers (29 miles) east of Britain's eastern Norfolk coast. HVDC converts alternating current into high-voltage DC and can send large amounts
December 12, 2022 -
S. Korea to recycle more than 20% of discarded materials from ocean by 2027
SEOUL -- In an effort to recycle more than 20 percent of waste materials collected from the ocean by 2027, South Korea's maritime ministry will launch a committee that manages various types of ocean waste. Such materials can be recycled and efficiently used as raw materials for eco-friendly products such as clothes, bags and shoes. According to data released by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries in 2021, more than one million tons of ocean waste were collected across the coun
December 12, 2022
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Global tech firms to present smart manufacturing solutions at 'Smart Factory + Automation World' in Seoul
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Occult thriller film 'Exhuma' attracts more than 10 mln moviegoers in 35 days of release
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Education company Visang provides smart Korean language learning platform 'Klass' to Vietnamese universities
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LS Cable embarks on construction of plant for new copper foil material
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Seoul's bus labor union launches strike for first time in 12 years
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Turkish automotive association seeks partnership with S. Korean companies
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US political turmoil reflects our wider society – in 2024 and earlier elections
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S. Korean mobility solution company targets historical city as gateway to Viet Nam
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Life expectancy in South Korea decreases for first time since 2000
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Avikus validates fuel-saving effect of self-sailing solution 'HiNAS Control'