South Korea’s largest mobile messenger operator Daum Kakao said Monday it has named a new chief executive in order to swiftly respond to the fast changing mobile business environment.  Rim Ji-hoon, new CEO of Daum Kakao. (Daum Kakao)Rim Ji-hoon, former head of investment firm K Cube Ventures, will head the mobile messenger and Web-portal firm. Daum Kakao previously had Choi Se-hoon and Lee Sir-goo as co-CEOs after the merger between Web-portal Daum and mobile messenger firm Kakao last year. “Whi

　With most Koreans using the Internet and mobile devices, illegal and harmful information on the Internet is on the rise. According to last year’s statistics, the number of smartphone users exceeded 40 million, about 80 percent of the total population. 　During the same period, requests for correcting illegal information made by the Korea Communications Standards Commission also increased 28 percent to 130,000 cases from a year ago. Among them, content on prostitution and pornography made up the

South Korea’s third largest electronics firm Dongbu Daewoo Electronics has been increasing its foothold in the Chinese market with its strategies specifically targeting locals.The company, which made inroads into China in July 2013, runs 256 dealerships as of July, and plans to open 50 more stores by the end of the year. Customers look at Dongbu Daewoo Electronics’ products at a dealership in Zhejiang Sheng, China. (Dongbu Daewoo Electronics)Despite a slump in private consumption in China, the K

MOBILE ACCESSORY -- LG Uplus on Monday unveiled its plan to beef up its accessory business for mobile phones. The IT accessories, including portable speakers and drones, will be available at its dealer shops in partnership with mobile accessory retailer Gadget as well as online. LG Uplus

Tech giant Samsung Electronics is putting the last touches on its Samsung Pay mobile payment system as it expands its partnership with local card issuers. Samsung and card companies including Samsung Card and BC Card are jointly running trial tests for the mobile payment system with users of the tech giant’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Samsung Pay, mobile payment system of Samsung Electronics.  YonhapSamsung Card, which kicked off the first trial run last month, will run another round of beta testing

A battle for the wrist is heating up as major tech giants and even luxury good makers have dipped their toes in the smartwatch market.In less than half a year since the debut of its first wearable Apple Watch, California-based Apple has dethroned Samsung Electronics from the top spot in the global smartwatch industry.Samsung Electronics` Samsung Gear S. (Samsung)Apple reportedly received 7 million orders in total for the Apple Watch, 4 million of which were shipped in the April-June period, whil

South Korea’s leading mobile carrier KT swung back to profit in the second quarter thanks mainly to restructuring efforts it has made since last year.The wireless carrier said in its regulatory filing that it posted 5.43 trillion won ($4.65 billion) in revenue and 36.9 billion won in operating profit. The quarterly revenue decreased from 5.63 trillion won in the second quarter last year, but the operating profit increased significantly from an operating loss of 83.8 billion won.The headquarters

삼성전자 모바일 사업 부문 고위 임원들과 프랑스 디지털 보안 솔루션 기업인 오버츄어 테크놀로지스의 최고 임원들이 보안 솔루션 제품 개발 협력에 대한 논의를 한다고 알려져 업계의 주목을 받고 있다.오버츄어 테크놀로지스는 스마트 카드에서부터 스마트 폰에 장착되어 있는 모바일 결제 보안 기술에 이르기까지 다양한 기술을 보유하고 있는 기업으로 글로벌 모바일 기기 보안 솔루션 시장에서 70 퍼센트 이상의 시장 점유율을 가진 기업이다.23일 오버츄어 테크놀로지스의 서울 R&D 개소식을 기념해 방한한 디디에 라무쉬 (Didier Lamouche) CEO는 “삼성전자 R&D부문 임원을 비롯해 고위 임원을 만날 예정,” 이라고 밝혔다. 프랑스 디지털 보안 솔루션 업체 오버츄어 테크놀로지스(Oberthur Technologies)디디에 라무쉬 (Didier Lamouche) CEO가 23일 서울시 중구 더 플라자 호텔에서 열린 기자간담회에서 솔루션 제품 관련 발표를 하고 있다. (오버츄어 테크놀로지스

   This year’s August is a month of great significance to Singapore as well as Korea. The two countries will commemorate their 50th and 70th anniversary of independence respectively. In addition, this month includes another commemorative day for both countries -- Aug. 8, 1975, when diplomatic relations were formalized 40 years ago. 　Even though Korea had trade representative and consulate general offices in Singapore in the early 1970s, diplomatic relations only began some years later due to the

South Korean badminton player Sung Ji-hyun captured the gold medal in the women's singles at the Universiade on Sunday.Sung defeated Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand 2-0 (21-18, 21-19) in a taut final at Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center in Hwasun, South Jeolla Province, just south of the main host city Gwangju.This was Sung's second straight Universiade gold, and South Korea's second of the evening. Shin Seung-chan and Kim Gi-jung earlier won the mixed doubles gold.The two players were ba

Son Yeon-jae won South Korea's first Universiade title in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics on Sunday. Son earned a combined 72.550 points in ball, hoop, clubs and ribbon in Gwangju, the host city some 330 kilometers south of Seoul. Ganna Rizatdinova of Ukraine won the silver medal with 71.750 points and Melitina Staniouta of Belarus got bronze with 70.800 points.The 21-year-old led the competition in every apparatus. On Sunday, she started with ribbon, in which she scored 18.050 poi

　Top executives of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group ramped up their efforts to garner support from investors for a proposed merger deal between its two affiliates -- Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries -- ahead of a shareholder vote next week.　The group’s latest move was a meeting on Wednesday between Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jay-yong and Park Yoo-kyung, an investment adviser at Dutch pension-fund manager APG Asset Management, which owns a 0.3 percent stake in the conglomer

    The South Korean stock market is anticipated to remain sluggish next week due to prolonged uncertainties over the Greek debt issue, analysts said Saturday.    The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,090.26 points on Friday, up 2.1 percent from a week earlier.    This week, Seoul shares have started higher as investors highly anticipated that Greece would make a compromise with its international creditors over its debt rollover issue which has been weighing down on

   North Korea's foreign ministry said Saturday it will take "tougher countermeasures" against the United States for an annual report in which the communist country's human rights situation was called one of the worst in the world.     On Thursday, the U.S. State Department said in its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2014 that the record for the isolated communist nation "remained among the worst in the world" last year with public executions, political prison camps, torture and ot

   Five South Koreans have been invited to become voting members for the U.S. Academy Awards, marking a first for actors and filmmakers in the country to become a part of the Los Angeles-based organization, a local movie market tracker said Saturday.     Directors Im Kwon-taek and Bong Joon-ho, actors Choi Min-sik and Song Kang-ho, and Disney animation specialist Kim Sang-jin were among the 322 people worldwide to have received invitations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AM

   President Park Geun-hye on Friday pledged to transform Jeju into one of the world's best islands in terms of smart-tourism and energy self-sufficiency, during her visit to a new innovation center there.    The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning joined forces with Daum Kakao Corp., the operator of the country's most popular messaging app, KakaoTalk, and the Internet portal Daum, to open the 1,924-square-meter Jeju Creative Economy Innovation Center on the southern resort island of Je

   The United States is confident it can stay ahead of North Korea's nuclear capabilities and is "absolutely committed" to preventing the communist nation from acquiring a nuclear weapon, a top U.S. defense official said.    Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work made the remark during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, stressing the importance of maintaining a strong nuclear deterrent force in the face of nuclear upgrades by Russia and China and the North's continued develop

 South Korea reported an additional case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Saturday,bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the disease here to 182.    No additional fatalities have been reported since Friday with the country's death toll standing at 31, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.    The latest case involved a nurse who apparently got infected while treating a patient.    Some 90 hospitals throughout the country have been affected by the disease, most

　최근 삼성테크윈과 탈레스를 인수 하며 국내 방산 1위 업체가 된 한화가 드론 시장 진입 초읽기에 들어갔다.　아직 한화는 드론 제품을 본격적으로 생산하지는 않았지만 드론 시장이 커짐에 따라 조만간 상업용, 군사용 드론 제품을 시장에 내어 놓을 것으로 예측되고 있다. 　또한 한화는 재해 구호 활동, 산업시설 모니터링, 레져 스포츠 용 등 여러 분야의 목적으로 세종대, 한국 항공대 등 대학 연구소를 비롯 해 국내 중소 드론 업체들과 드론을 공동 개발하고 있는 것으로 알려 졌다.　　한 업계 관계자는 한화가 “내부적으로 드론 제품의 국산화를 진행하고 있고, 굉장히 준비를 많이 하고 있다,”고 밝히며 “최근 2년 전부터는 한강 불꽃 축제에 드론을 이용할 계획을 세우고 진행 중에 있다,”고 말했다. 삼성 테크윈이 개발한 드론 큐브 콥터(Cube Copter).　드론을 이용한 불꽃놀이 프로젝트는 새로운 기술을 이용한 다양한 퍼포먼스를 보여 줄 수 있고, 또한 한화의 드론 기술의 우수함을 선보일

More than 500 schools have canceled classes to prevent the spread of a deadly virus that has killed two South Koreans, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday.As of 5 p.m., students and teachers have been told not to show up at 544 schools, about 3 percent of some 20,000 schools nationwide, a ministry spokesman said.The vast majority of the total, or 439 schools, are in Gyeonggi Province, where the first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South Korea was reported.The rest are in North