South Korea
- Technology
S Korea woos chipmakers to invest $453B by 2030
Seoul: South Korea said on Thursday it plans to provide massive tax incentives and state subsidies to chipmakers to encourage them to spend a combined $453 billion by 2030, in line with its…
- Business
S Korea to clamp down on cryptocurrency phishing activity
Seoul: South Korea said on Sunday it will strengthen its monitoring system against cryptocurrency-related phishing websites by working with the National Police Agency amid recent surges in prices of virtual money. The ICT…
- World
Jaishankar meets South African counterpart, discusses economic recovery
London: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met South African counterpart Naledi Pandor and had discussions on economic recovery and Commonwealth issues. The two ministers met in London on the sidelines…
- Technology
South Korea’s 5G users top 14 mn since commercialisation
Seoul: The number of 5G users in South Korea stood at over 14 million last month, two years after the networks first went live in the country, data showed, as the country pushes…
- Business
S Korea captures 31% of global EV battery market in Q1
Seoul: Three South Korean electric vehicle (EV) battery makers accounted for 31 percent of the global market in the first quarter, but their share has slipped since last year in the face of…
- Technology
Samsung to launch new budget phone in S Korea this week
Seoul: Samsung Electronics said on Monday its Galaxy M12 budget smartphone will be sold in South Korea this week as the tech giant eyes to expand mobile sales here by introducing more price-competitive…
- World
S.Korea’s Moon nominates ex-interior minister as new Prime Minister
Seoul: South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday nominated ex-Interior Minister and former four-term lawmaker Kim Boo-kyum as the country’s new prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle, the Yonhap news agency reported.…
- World
S Korea to resume AstraZeneca jab for ages 30-60
Seoul: South Korea says it will resume administrating AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to all eligible people between the ages of 30 and 60. Last week, South Korea suspended the use of AstraZeneca vaccines for…
- World
North Korea soon to first launch ballistic missile submarine: Reports
Seoul: South Korean and US intelligence suspect that North Korea has completed the assembly of a 3,000-tonne submarine and is ready to launch it when the time is right, media reported on…
- Business
LG Electronics exits from loss-making mobile biz
Seoul/New Delhi: LG Electronics said on Monday that it will withdraw from the mobile business after years of money-losing performance amid intensifying competition with bigger rivals. The South Korean tech powerhouse said in…
- World
Meet youth who earns $50000 per month without stepping out of bedroom
Seoul: A 24-year-old youth earns $50, 000 per month by utilising his gaming skills. He plays online video games 15 hours a day sitting in front of system in his bedroom. According…
- World
S.Korea to adopt vaccine passport: PM
Seoul: South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said on Thursday that the country will adopt a “vaccine passport” this month to verify people’s Covid-19 vaccination status via smartphone application. While addressing an…
- Technology
Galaxy S21 smartphone sales top 1mn units in S. Korea
Seoul: Samsung Electronics said that domestic sales of its new flagship smartphone series, the Galaxy S21, surpassed 1 million units last week. The South Korean tech giant said the S21, which was released…
- World
Climate change: Seas around S.Korea get warmer
Seoul: Seas around South Korea have become warmer over the past five years due to rising temperatures, a report by the country’s fishery ministry said on Sunday. The warming of seawater is causing…
- World
N Korea warns US not to ’cause a stink’ before Seoul meeting
Seoul: In North Korea’s first comments directed at the Biden administration, Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister on Tuesday warned the United States to refrain from causing a stink if it wants to sleep…
- News
Dinosaur toe bone found in South Korea
Seoul: A fossil assumed to be a toe bone of a dinosaur dating back to 120 million years has been discovered on a western island, the city government of Ansan said on…
- Entertainment
BTS to join performance lineup at 2021 Grammys MusiCares event
Washington: South Korean boy band BTS will be performing at the MusiCares event, which is an official Grammy Week event that is a virtual concert/fundraiser for the employees in the music industry.…
- India
In a first, IAF to participate in Exercise Desert Flag VI in UAE
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in the Exercise Desert Flag-VI along with the air forces of the UAE, the US, France, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Bahrain for the…
- World
South Korea reports 356 new COVID-19 cases, 89,676 in total
Seoul: South Korea reported 356 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Saturday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 89,676. The daily caseload was down from…
- News
S. Korea nears 13mn 5G users in Jan: Report
Seoul, Feb 26 : South Korea’s 5G subscriptions jumped by over one million for the first time last month to reach nearly 13 million users, data showed Friday. The country’s 5G subscriptions…
- Entertainment
Twitter names BTS its most popular musical act again
Washington: South Korean boy band BTS has topped the list of 2020’s ‘Most Tweeted About Musicians’ in the U.S for the fourth year in a row. A new Twitter survey has revealed that…
- Technology
N. Korea hackers tried to steal COVID-19 vaccine tech: NIS
Seoul: North Korea has attempted to hack into South Korean drug manufacturers’ computer systems to obtain information related to coronavirus vaccines and treatment, South Korea’s intelligence agency told lawmakers on Tuesday. At a…
- Entertainment
Here’s when BTS ‘MTV Unplugged’ concert will air
Washington: The insanely popular South Korean boy band BTS is soon going to treat their fans by featuring on ‘MTV Unplugged’. As per Variety, the K-pop band will feature on ‘MTV Unplugged…
- Technology
SK hynix completes construction of new chip plant in S Korea
Seoul: SK hynix Inc, South Korea’s No 2 chipmaker, said on Monday that it has completed the construction of a new chip production line in the country as the company tries to expand…
- World
South Korea culled nearly 22 mn farm birds in 2 months due to bird flu
Seoul: Outbreaks of avian influenza at poultry farms across South Korea have prompted the culling of 21.7 million birds since late November, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Monday, citing the…
- Technology
Samsung to reportedly mass produce 3nm processors
Washington: South Korean technology multinational Samsung is reportedly considering spending over 10 billion dollars to build an advanced new logic chip-making plant in Austin, Texas, USA. This new plant might be capable…
- World
Boris Johnson invites PM Modi to UK for G7 summit in June
London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the G7 summit as he confirmed details on Sunday for the high-level meeting to be presided over by Britain…
- World
North Korean parliament to convene to approve Kim’s agenda
Seoul: North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament was scheduled to convene Sunday to pass decisions made by a major ruling party meeting where leader Kim Jong Un vowed maximum efforts to expand his nuclear weapons…
- Technology
LG Uplus to terminate 2G services by June
Seoul: LG Uplus, a major South Korean telecom operator said it will phase out its 2G services by the end of June, a move that would mark the complete termination of the…
- Technology
AI chatbot creator to discard data, algorithms
Seoul: The South Korean developer of a controversial female chatbot said on Friday that it will discard all data and learning algorithms used in training the artificial intelligence (AI) platform amid mounting criticism…
