An explosion of an ammonia tank pipeline at a dairy and ice cream production and storage plant resulted in one death and three injuries, local emergency services said Thursday. The explosion took place at a plant owned by Binggrae Co. at around 1:05 p.m. that caused at least 1.5 tons of ammonia be released into the environment. "Emergency efforts to contain the explosion and the subsequent leak...

China's auto sales growth tumbled to 7 percent in January amid an economic slowdown and curbs imposed to fight smog and traffic. Drivers in the world's biggest auto market bought 1.85 million passenger vehicles, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Thursday. It was the first time monthly sales surpassed 1.8 million. Auto sales growth is forecast to decelerate sharply from last...

A former South Korean student activist at the centre of a notorious miscarriage of justice in the era of military rule was acquitted Thursday in a retrial of abetting a fellow activist's suicide. Kang Ki-Hoon was convicted in 1992 of aiding activist Kim Ki-Sul to set himself on fire and leap to his death from a university building in protest at the military-backed administration of then presiden...

Korea dropped out of the top 60 in FIFA rankings for the first time in nearly two decades. According to the February ranking unveiled by FIFA on Thursday, South Korea slipped eight spots to No. 61. South Korea has lost its last two international matches: 4-0 to Mexico on Jan. 29 and then 2-0 to the United States on Feb. 1. Among member nations of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), South K...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Asia on Thursday on a mission aimed largely at easing tensions between China and its smaller neighbors over territorial disputes and exploring ways to restart long-stalled talks on ridding North Korea of nuclear weapons. On his fifth trip to Asia as America's top diplomat, Kerry will be visiting South Korea, China and Indonesia, where officials trave...

10일 업계에 따르면 삼성디스플레이가 올해 1분기 플렉시블 A3라인에 투자하면서 하반기에 곡면 스마트폰이 출시될 것으로 전망된다. KDB 대우증권의 송종호 연구원은 “하반기에 출시되는 곡면 스마트폰의 출하량은 2~3백만 대 정도로 예상한다. 주요 모델이 아닌 시장을 시험하기 위한 테스트용으로 틈새시장을 겨냥한 제품이 될 것”이라고 말했다. 올해 선보이는 곡면 스마트폰은 작년 CES에서 선보였던 3면을 디스플레이로 사용할 수 있는 ‘윰’ 기술이 적용된다. 업계는 삼성이 배터리 문제를 해결하지 못해 금년 내 완전히 휘는 스마트폰을 선보이기는 어려울 것으로 보고 있다. 그러나 종이처럼 접었다 펼 수 있는 폴더블 스마트폰은 내년 하반기에는 양산할 수 있을 것으로 전망된다. 소현철 신한금융투자 연구원은 “내...

LG Electronics has provided four high-speed battery chargers for Google’s electric vehicle plug-in charging stations in a bid to make headway in the automotive industry while strengthening its relationship with Google, industry sources said on Sunday. LG said it did not manufacture the chargers, and that they were made by another domestic firm. The deal appeared to have been discussed in detail...

Taiwan's smartphone maker HTC said Saturday it has signed a patent and technology collaboration agreement with Finnish phone giant Nokia to end all pending patent litigation between them. Under the deal, HTC will make payments to Nokia and the collaboration will involve HTC's LTE patent portfolio to further strengthen Nokia's licensing offering, a company statement said. The companies will also...

Samsung Electronics Co. won’t be penalized for its efforts to exclude certain Apple Inc. products from the U.S. market after the Justice Department closed an investigation without taking action. The department’s antitrust division closed its review because the U.S. Trade Representative in August vetoed an import ban won by Samsung against some older Apple iPhone models, the U.S. said in a statem...

국가정보 유출혐의로 미국 정부의 의해 기소된 미국의 군사안보전문가 스티븐 김(김진우) 박사가 유죄를 인정했다. 김 박사는 미국 최대의 국립 핵연구기관 리버모어 연구소 소속이던 2009년 5월 국무부 공보담당자로부터 폭스 뉴스 기자에게 북한핵 문제를 설명해 주라는 요청에 응했으나 보도후 기밀을 누설했다는 혐의로 수사를 받게 됐다. 김 박사는 워싱턴DC 소재의 연방지방법원에서 열린 심리에서 자신이 간첩법을 위반했다고 시인했다. 해당 정보는 북한의 군사적 능력과 대비태세와 관련된 내용이며 TS/SCI급으로 분류된 정보였으며 김 박사는 직책상 이런 정보에 접근이 가능했다고 검찰 측은 강조했다. 매킨 검사는 "스티븐 김은 자신이 내부고발자(whistleblower)가 아니며, 자신이 행위가 미국을 위험에 처할...