WASHINGTON -- North Korea's failed launch of a spy satellite has violated United Nations Security Council resolutions and the country will face corresponding consequences, South Korea's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. Amb. Cho Hyun-dong also insisted that the North's provocative actions will only lead to further isolation. "North Korea has said it will conduct a second launch, b...

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Thursday it has won a 1.24 trillion won ($937 million) order to build five very large container carriers for a Taiwanese shipper. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., one of HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering's three affiliates, will construct the 15,500 twenty-foot equivalent unit ships in its shipyard in the southeastern port of Ulsan...

South Korean stocks opened marginally lower Thursday before soon turning to positive terrain, as investors kept a close eye on the planned vote by US Congress on lifting the federal debt ceiling. After starting lower at the opening bell, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 1.56 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,578.68 in the first 15 minutes of trading. US stocks closed lower Wedn...

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed that Pyongyang will "correctly" place a military reconnaissance satellite into orbit soon, state media reported Thursday, a day after the North's attempt to launch a spy satellite failed. Kim Yo-jong made the remarks as she slammed the United States for its denouncement of the North's botched launch the previous day of what it c...

South Korea's exports fell for an eighth consecutive month in May due mainly to weak demand for semiconductors amid an economic slowdown, the industry ministry said Thursday. Outbound shipments fell 15.2 percent on-year to $52.24 billion last month, according to the data compiled by the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy. The decline came as exports of semiconductors, the country's key exp...

The texture of Park’s paintings is reminiscent of an earthen wall or "buncheong" ware, a blue-green ceramic earthenware from the Joseon era. The texture of the paintings evoke a sense of comfort and humility, a feeling that is amplified by the silence in the gallery. “I think the source of that strength (to stick to one’s own style of painting) lies in sincerity," Park said. "I think a good art...

진행자: 간형우, Naomi Garyan 1. [Weekender] Luxury labels target teens 기사 요약: 국내 10대 소비자들 대상으로 마케팅 강화하는 명품 브랜드와 이에 맞춰 명품 소비 늘리는 10대 고객들 [1] While it's not breaking news that luxury fashion houses have been broadening their customer bases to younger customers, teenagers have risen as a new lucrative target demographic for such brands. *broaden: 넓히다, 퍼지다 *lucrative: 수익성이 좋은, 돈이 되는 [2] More teenager...

More than 1.5 million South Korean people are at risk of “lonely death,” or unattended death, accounting for 3 percent of the country’s population, a government survey showed. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it had conducted the poll on a sample of 9,471 single-member households from November to December last year to check their circumstances that could possibly lead to a lonely death in...

The pandemic is officially over. By federal declaration, the public health emergency expired on May 11. Yet COVID-19′s devastating effects are going nowhere. I recently attended a wedding where only one of the bride’s parents was there to see her take her vows because the coronavirus had claimed the other. The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 million Americans and nearly 7 million pe...

Kennametal's HARVI end mills recognized in the industry for aerospace tooling excellence PITTSBURGH , June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced today that its HARVI™ solid carbide end mills will be included as a preferred product in Lockheed Martin's internal machining guide. The resource, produced by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' Operations Technology group for inte...

The security situation on the Korean Peninsula has fallen into a foggy hole again as North Korea attempted the launch of a military reconnaissance satellite. Though the launch failed, it does not change the assessment that North Korea seriously violated the UN Security Council’s resolutions which ban the North from using ballistic missile technology. As North Korea's satellite launch has consiste...

This benefits IT teams to manage alerts and tickets from a single platform. SYDNEY , May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IR (ASX:IRI), a leading provider of global performance management and analytics for Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C), has enabled two-way integration with ServiceNow, a leading digital workflow platform to provide real-time visibility into incident resolution. The c...

NANJING , China , May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Vazyme (688105.SH), China's leading biotechnology company, has officially signed a global strategic cooperation agreement with Azenta Life Sciences ("Azenta", Nasdaq: AZTA), which will promote to establish "one-stop" service process for both companies in the fields of next-generation sequencing, automated library preparation, raw material supp...