"온라인 삼성고시 실화인가" "아무리 화상으로 감독해도 대리시험이나 커닝을 막을 수 있을지 의문이다" "대책이야 있겠지만 그래도 처음이라 답답하고 걱정이다" 삼성이 '삼성고시'라 불리는 대졸 신입사원 공채 삼성직무적성검사(GSAT)를 온라인으로 시행한다고 발표한 후 취업준비생들 사이에서 우려가 잇따르고 있다. 이런 우려를 의식한 삼성은 온라인 GSAT의 성공 여부가 부정행위 방지에 달려있다고 보고 만반의 준비를 다하고 있다. 17일 삼성에 따르면 온라인 GSAT 부정행위 방지를 위해 시험 전 과정에서  철저 히 관리·검증할 계획이다. 시험 전 뿐만 아니라 시험 후까지 이중, 삼중으로  부정 행위 방어막을 마련했다. 우선 온라인 GSAT 실시일인 30∼31일보다 일주일 앞서 응시자들의 접속 시스템을 점검하기 위해 예비 소집을 한다. 응시자들에게 휴대전화 거치대, 개인정보보호용 커버 등을

한국어판 May 17, 2020

President Moon Jae-in will preside over a meeting of the government, the ruling party and the presidential office next week to discuss the country's worsening fiscal health amid massive planned spending to fight COVID-19, officials said Sunday. The three-way meeting set for May 25 is likely to zero in on how to fine-tune the pace of fiscal spending against the pandemic as the country is steeping up fiscal expansion to guard the economy from the fallout of the pandemic. According to the Mini

Politics May 17, 2020

South Korea added 13 new cases of the new coronavirus on Sunday with nightclub-linked infections showing signs of a slowdown over the weekend, health authorities said Sunday. The new cases, detected Saturday, brought the country's total to 11,050, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Seven cases came from overseas and five are linked to a cluster in Itaewon. It marked the fewest daily cases since Itaewon, a multicultural nightlife district in Seoul, emerge

Social Affairs May 17, 2020

배우 최지우(본명 최미향·45)가 결혼 2년 만에 엄마가 됐다. 소속사 YG엔터테인먼트는 16일 "최지우가 오늘 오전 딸을 출산했다"고 밝혔다. 이어 "산모와 아이는 모두 건강한 상태고, 최지우는 현재 안정을 취하며 회복 중"이라며 "축하해 주신 모든 분께 감사드린다"고 했다. 최지우는 2018년 1년간 교제해온 연하의 IT업계 종사자와 깜짝 결혼식을 올렸다. 그는 최근 자신의 팬카페를 통해 근황을 전하며 "늦은 나이에 아이를 갖고 코로나에 마음 졸이면서 준비를 하니 새삼 대한민국 엄마들이 존경스럽다"면서 "어렵게 출산 준비하는 '예비맘'들도 '노산의 아이콘(?)' 저를 보고 더욱 힘냈으면  좋겠다"고 말하기도 했다. 최지우는 2000년대 초 드라마 '진실', '아름다운 날들'로 스타 반열에 올랐고, '겨울 연가'와 '천국의 계단' 등을 통해 한류스타로 큰 인기를

한국어판 May 17, 2020

저신다 아던 뉴질랜드 총리가 카페를  찾 았다가 신종 코로나바이러스 감염증(코로나19)에 따른 사회적 거리 두기 규정 때문에 입장을 거부당했다가 나중에야 들어갔다고 뉴질랜드 언론들이 17일 전했다.  보도에 따르면 아던 총리는 배우자인 클라크 게이포드와 함께 토요일인 16일 오전 브런치를 먹기 위해 웰링턴 시내에 있는 '올리브'라는 카페를 찾았다. 그러나 카페 매니저는 손님들 간의 거리를 1m씩 두도록 하는 코로나19 확산 방지를 위한 사회적 거리 두기 규정 때문에 더는 손님을 받을 수 없다며 돌려보냈다가 나중에 자리가 나자 이들을 불렀다. 뉴질랜드는 지난 14일 코로나19 경보 단계를 하향 조정하고 식당과 카페 등의 영업을 허용했으나 손 씻기 등 개인위생과 사회적 거리 두기 규정을 그대로 유지하고 있기 때문에 식당이나 카페들은 보통 때보다 적은 숫자의 손님을 받을 수밖에 없는 실정이다. 아던 총리가 카페를 찾은 소식은 트위터를 통해 먼저 알려

한국어판 May 17, 2020

President Moon Jae-in stressed the need to find the truth about who ordered the use of military force against civilian pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju in 1980. The key issue remains unresolved four decades after the May 18 Democratization Movement amid continued attempts to conceal and distort facts, he said in a special interview aired on Sunday, the eve of the anniversary. "It has not been revealed who ordered the opening of fire and where the final legal responsibility for it is,&

Politics May 17, 2020

South Korea said Saturday it will explore ways to expand transnational movement and exchanges of businesspeople and doctors in Northeast Asia as it held a health ministers' meeting with China and Japan over the coronavirus. The health ministers of South Korea, China and Japan agreed Friday to cooperate in tackling the coronavirus and developing a vaccine in their first teleconference since the virus emerged in China late last year. South Korean Health Minister Park Neunghoo proposed the idea

Foreign Affairs May 16, 2020

Star actress Choi Ji-woo gave birth to her first child Saturday, two years after she got married, her management said. "Choi gave birth to a daughter this morning," YG Entertainment said, adding that Choi and her baby are healthy and doing well. Choi, best known for her role in the 2002 hit Korean drama "Winter Sonata," plans to resume work as an actress following the childbirth to pursue her acting career more vibrantly, working at the same time while being a wife and mom

Television May 16, 2020

South Korea's nuclear safety watchdog said Friday that it will enforce more stringent personnel training and material handling rules to better guard against potential radiation accidents. The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said it has decided to revise the existing nuclear safety act in the wake of the accident that occurred at Seoul Semiconductor in July 2019. The accident at the light emitting diode (LED) manufacturing company involved inadequately trained subcontract workers who di

Industry May 15, 2020

Doosan Heavy Industries, South Korea's top power equipment maker, said Friday that it swung to a net loss in the first quarter from a year earlier due to increased one-off costs. For the January-March period, Doosan Heavy posted a net loss of 371.4 billion won (US$302 million), shifting from a net profit of 52.8 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a statement. The company said the net loss is mainly blamed on severance payments and losses from equity ties with Doosan Bobcat Co. D

Industry May 15, 2020

South Korea's national golf championship has been canceled for the first time in its history due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Korea Golf Association (KGA) said Friday the 63rd Kolon Korea Open will not take place this year because of the recent virus situation in the country. South Korea has reported an uptick in daily virus cases in recent days following cluster infections in a nightlife district in Seoul. This is the first time that the organizers decided not to hold the presti

Golf May 15, 2020

SsangYong Motor reported on Friday that its net loss sharply widened in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, marking the 13th consecutive quarter in the red, amid growing worries over the coronavirus outbreak. Net losses for the January-March quarter deepened to 193.54 billion won ($157 million) from 26.12 billion won in the year-ago period, the company said in a statement. "Disrupted production by the coronavirus outbreak and weaker sales amid virus fears cut into the bottom

Industry May 15, 2020

Cheong Wa Dae confirmed Friday it convened a meeting with military officials in charge of public relations with regard to North Korea's strong criticism of South Korea's recent border island drills. Presidential spokesman Kang Min-seok stressed that the meeting was to discuss media-related policy, not to "reprimand" the military. Earlier in the day, the Seoul-based Chosun Ilbo newspaper carried a front-page report claiming that Moon's office had called in senior military officers an

Defense May 15, 2020

South Korea's oldest coronavirus patient, a 104-year-old woman in the southeastern province of North Gyeongsang, was released from a hospital Friday after 67 days of treatment, officials said. The centenarian, identified only as Choi, left Pohang Medical Center, a provincial government-run hospital, in Pohang, some 375 kilometers southeast of Seoul, around noon after testing negative for COVID-19, according to the hospital officials. Choi, who had stayed at a senior care center in Gyeongsan,

Social Affairs May 15, 2020

CHANGWON -- Normally this time of the year, schools throughout the country are filled with giggles and laughter as students prepare gifts, write thank-you letters and sometimes scheme mischievous-yet-endearing pranks to surprise and thank their teachers for their hard work. This year's Teacher's Day, which falls on Friday, is instead marked by dead silence and empty classrooms at schools, as the new coronavirus outbreak has ruptured one of society's most ordinary-yet-important routines: kids g

Social Affairs May 15, 2020