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Galaxy Note 7 boasts strong sales on re-debut

Samsung Electronics Co.'s newest Galaxy Note 7 boasted strong sales on its first day of relaunch, industry sources said Sunday, after the tech giant ordered a full recall over the defective battery issues.The new phablet, a cross between regular smartphones and tablet PCs, saw its sales reach 21,000 units in South Korea on Saturday after Samsung officially resumed the sales for the first time after it suspended all shipments last month.The company first kicked off sales of the much-awaited mobil

Industry Oct. 2, 2016

S. Korea's FM says Pyongyang's 5th nuke test tantamount to 9/11 attack

Seoul's top diplomat has said in meetings with his counterparts that North Korea's fifth nuke test is being viewed by many South Koreans as a kind of Sept. 11 attack, official sources said Sunday.The comparison with the surprise terrorist attack carried out on the United States that shocked the world reflects the magnitude of the latest provocation and how alarmed South Koreans are becoming over Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities."Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se has been comparing the Sept. 9 test w

North Korea Oct. 2, 2016

N. Korea overtly intervening in S. Korea's presidential race

North Korea is clearly moving to intervene in South Korea's 2017 presidential race by blasting conservatives for trying to hold on to power, observers in Seoul said Sunday.President Park Geun-hye and her conservative government have taken a non-conciliatory stance against Pyongyang's continued nuclear program and demanded it end its provocations. Seoul has cut off all inter-Korean economic ties that have been cited for bankrolling the North's weapons of mass destruction program.The reclusive cou

North Korea Oct. 2, 2016

K-pop stars open K-culture festival in Busan

Leading K-pop artists made concertgoers forget all about the inclement weather Saturday by putting on impressive performances to open the K-culture world festival. The concert kicked off the annual 2016 Busan One Asia Festival in South Korea's second-largest city, located some 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul. The show was televised live on SBS Medianet, the concert's organizer.A total of 15 globally followed K-pop musicians and groups performed at the Busan Asiad Stadium in the western part of

Oct. 2, 2016

Fuselage of crashed military chopper recovered: Navy

South Korea's Navy said Saturday it recovered the fuselage of a helicopter that crashed into the sea off the country's east coast earlier this week during joint drills with the United States.The fuselage of the Lynx helicopter was found at about 3:13 p.m., and will be moved to a military base in Jinhae, 410 km south of Seoul, for investigation to figure out the cause of the crash, according to the Navy. A Navy official said that it has not yet been confirmed whether the chopper's flight data and

Defense Oct. 2, 2016

Samsung launches startup incubation program in Israel

Samsung Electronics Co., South Korean tech behemoth, said Monday that it has launched a startups-incubating program in Israel as part of its efforts to help promising startups expand their presence.The Samsung NEXT Tel Aviv will serve as a center for startups there. A startup may be funded up to US$1 million by Samsung, and the South Korean tech firm will cooperate with venture firms with cutting-edge technologies through a stake purchase and mergers and acquisitions.Samsung Electronics has inve

Industry Sept. 26, 2016

Victims, officials face off over sex slavery settlement

After a round of raucous debate, dozens of top diplomats, lawmakers and their aides bated their breath as Kim Bok-dong, a victim of Japan’s sex slavery during World War II, took the stand to tell about the most appalling chapter of her life of 90 years at a parliamentary audit Monday. At age 14, the daughter of a rural farmer was taken by the Japanese, who faced her family with the choice of sending her to a military uniform plant or property confiscation and eventual deportation. Days later, Ki

Foreign Affairs Sept. 26, 2016

Victims, officials face off over sex slavery settlement

New LP means change, growth to Apink

South Korean girl group Apink on Monday hoped to show ample change and growth with its latest album "Pink Revolution," calling musical maturity its top priority to match its six-year career.In a media showcase held in southeastern Seoul, the girl group called its third full-length album a "revolution," exploring different genres in the album's nine songs, including "Boom Pow Love," "Ding Dong," "Oh Yes," "Catch Me" and lead song "Only One." "This is not our first attempt to show Apink's mature s

Performance Sept. 26, 2016

Outspoken victim protests S. Korea-Japan agreement on wartime sexual slavery

A outspoken South Korean victim of Japan's wartime sexual enslavement on Monday slammed the government's deal to settle the long-running diplomatic feud, calling the pact's legitimacy into question.The 90 year-old victim, Kim Bok-dong who is one of 40 surviving victims, claimed the 2015 Seoul-Tokyo agreement was reached without prior consultation with her and other victims during a parliamentary audit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which was in charge of the diplomatic agreement.The two neig

Social Affairs Sept. 26, 2016

Chinese to be able to pay for public transportation with smartphones in S. Korea

Chinese tourists using the country's largest mobile carrier will be able to pay for South Korea's public transportation with their smartphones from later this week, the Seoul city government said Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said subscribers of China Mobile can download an application co-produced by China-based bank card giant Unionpay and Korea Smart Card Co. starting Tuesday. Users of the app can simply tap their mobile phones to pay for subways, buses and taxis here. (Yonhap)The

Social Affairs Sept. 26, 2016

Chinese to be able to pay for public transportation with smartphones in S. Korea

[Newsmaker] Palmer's skill and charisma redefined golf

Arnold Palmer, the golf great whose charisma and common touch drew a legion of fans known as "Arnie's Army" and propelled the game into the mainstream, died Sunday at the age of 87.Palmer's longtime assistant Doc Griffin confirmed the player known as "The King" had died at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Hospital.No cause of death was immediately given, although the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported he had undergone cardiac tests. (AP-Yonhap)"We just lost one of the incredibl

World News Sept. 26, 2016

[Newsmaker] Palmer's skill and charisma redefined golf

S. Korea still presumed safe from major earthquakes: experts

South Korean experts said Monday the country remains relatively safe from strong earthquakes that can lead to serious damage and major causalities, although expressing concerns that the frequency of tremors that are being felt felt by people have increased over the past few years.On Monday, a record-breaking earthquake was detected in the southern region near Gyeongju, which lies 371 kilometers southeast of Seoul. South Korea's meteorological agency said the 5.8-magnitude earthquake was strong e

Social Affairs Sept. 13, 2016

S. Korea still presumed safe from major earthquakes: experts

Nuclear and chemical plants not affected by record earthquake

Nuclear power plants in the southern parts of South Korea were not affected by a powerful magnitude-5.8 earthquake that hit the Korean Peninsula on Monday evening, officials said.The Korea Nuclear Power Co., which operates the country's nuclear plants, said a plant near the epicenter in the historic city of Gyeongju, and other plants in the adjacent areas are fully functional and normally producing electricity.The record tremor that occurred at 8:32 p.m. was the strongest one to hit the Korean P

Social Affairs Sept. 13, 2016

Nuclear and chemical plants not affected by record earthquake

[Newsmaker] Clinton scraps trip over pneumonia

Democrat Hillary Clinton faced questions about her health Monday after being diagnosed with pneumonia and falling ill at a 9/11 ceremony, renewing speculation about her fitness barely eight weeks from Election Day. (AP-Yonhap)Clinton, who was forced to cancel a California fundraising trip on Monday and Tuesday, also faces questions over why her campaign took two days to reveal the pneumonia diagnosis.A campaign spokesman announced the trip was cancelled just hours after the 68-year-old Democrati

World News Sept. 12, 2016

[Newsmaker] Clinton scraps trip over pneumonia

Magnitude-5.8 earthquake jolts southeastern S. Korea

A record magnitude-5.8 earthquake jolted most of South Korea, the country's meteorological agency said Monday.The quake detected at 8:32 p.m. was the strongest tremor reported on the Korean Peninsula to date, being noticeably stronger than the magnitude-5.3 tremor that rocked the eastern Pyongan region in North Korea in January 1980, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said. It added that the epicenter was near the Naenam-myeon region some 8 kilometers south of the historic city of Gye

Social Affairs Sept. 12, 2016

Magnitude-5.8 earthquake jolts southeastern S. Korea

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