South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. introduced its new green concept car, the FE, at the Geneva International Motor Show on Tuesday, also bringing more than 10 other cars for the world to see.The FE Concept is a fuel-cell based electric car that is designed to have a maximum driving range of more than 800 kilometers, according to the company.South Korea's leading automaker Hyundai Motor Co. unveils its new futuristic concept car, the FE Fuel Cell Concept, at the 87th Geneva Internation

Google Inc. said Tuesday that it will add more languages to its new artificial intelligence translation system and significantly improve quality and reduce errors of services offered.In November, the US Internet giant announced that Google Translate has been switched to a new system called Neural Machine Translation, an end-to-end learning framework that learns from millions of examples.A person trying out Google Translate on his smartphone (Yonhap)"Over the next couple of weeks, these improveme

A former interim leader of the main opposition Democratic Party said Tuesday he will leave the party, in an apparent bid to form an alliance of centrist politicians to challenge frontrunner Moon Jae-in in the upcoming presidential election.Rep. Kim Chong-in told reporters he will quit because his role in the party is limited. Rep. Kim Chong-in, a former interim leader of the Democratic Party. (Yonhap)"I have nothing to do (in the party). I am leaving as it is time for me to leave." he said.Kim w

South Korea will stick to its policy of keeping the Korean Peninsula free of any nuclear weapons, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, amid growing talk of the US' possible deployment of its tactical nuclear weapons to South Korea to tackle North Korea's nuclear threats."I am aware that the various opinions are laid out amid North Korea's ever-increasing nuclear threats," ministry spokesman Cho Jung-hyuck said in a press briefing, referring to a recent US news report that the Donald Trump administ

South Korea's liberal opposition parties on Tuesday lashed out at the government for allowing Washington to begin the process of installing a US missile defense system on the peninsula.The parties, led by the main opposition Democratic Party, raised questions over Seoul's intentions behind the "unilateral, rushed" move to bring in a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery. They argued that the dispatch might be politically motivated ahead of this year's presidential election. Civic activists

North Korea on Tuesday made it clear that the targets of its drills to test-fire missiles are the US mainland as well as US military bases abroad."The North Korean army has long put within the range of its precision strike the air force base on Guam where nuclear strategic bombers take off, the oversea aggressive bases where nuclear-powered submarines are launched, and other US logistic bases for aggression against North Korea, and even the US mainland," the Rodong Sinmun, a daily of the North's

South Korea's top financial regulator said Tuesday the authorities will take tougher measures against accounting-related wrongdoings as part of its effort to enhance the transparency of the nation's corporate finance system.Yim Jong-yong, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, described accounting as the "mirror of the economy and a core infrastructure."Yim Jong-yong, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, speaks at a public hearing on accounting practices held at the National Asse

South Korea's spy chief denied Tuesday that his agency illegally collected information on the Constitutional Court, which is reviewing the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, lawmakers said.Lee Byung-ho, director of the National Intelligence Service, told a parliamentary session that the allegation raised by a local broadcaster Saturday is not true, although the agency does have a team handling all courts and the prosecution, according to Reps. Lee Cheol-woo and Kim Byung-kee. National Intel

South Korea's state-run Export-Import Bank of Korea said Tuesday it will financially support debt-ridden local shipbuilding and shipping firms.Eximbank CEO Choi Jong-ku said the policy lender needs to provide financial support to companies that have debt but also have potential to stand on their own feet. Export-Import Bank of Korea's main office in Seoul. (Yonhap file photo)However, he did not elaborate on how the bank will help the companies to make a rebound from their current difficulties.La

A research and development center for rechargeable batteries opened at a state-run university in Ulsan on Tuesday.The Battery R&D Center at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, located 414 kilometers southeast of Seoul, will focus on making future battery cells for smartphones, small information technology devices and automobiles. The Battery R&D Center opened at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology on March 7, 2017. (Ulsan National Institute of Science and T

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., South Korea's top shipping firm, said Monday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with a state-run shipbuilding financing firm to sell part of its fleet to receive fresh funding.Under the deal, Hyundai Merchant will sell 10 container ships at market value of 150 billion won ($131 million) to Korea Shipping Co., versus their book value of 850 billion won. The shortfall will be financed with sales of bonds and stocks to the financing firm. A container ship (Yon

The Paralympic test events kicked off last week with the World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Gangneung. Three more test events -- the World Para Snowboard World Cup Finals, the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup and the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals -- will be held this week, while the World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool will be contested from April 11 to 20.After test events, the KPC said there will be national team selection trials and selected members will have oversea

The Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday that its annual excavation work for the remains of South Korean soldiers who fell during the 1950-53 Korean War will kick off in Gapyeong, east of Seoul, next Monday.This year's excavation will continue through Nov. 10 in fiercely contested areas during the war, the ministry said. (Yonhap)Some 100,000 soldiers will participate in the eight-month project with a goal of excavating about 700 remains of soldiers killed during the war and identifying them

Incheon International Airport, South Korea's main gateway, was named the world's best airport for a record 12th consecutive year in a survey conducted by a trade association of airports, its operator said Tuesday.Incheon airport scored 4.99 points out of a possible 5.00 to rank as the best airport in business in the annual Airport Service Quality Awards presented by the Airports Council International, the Incheon International Airport Corp. said in a press release. This file photo taken on Jan.

The foreign ministry said Tuesday it has formed a task force to discuss how to promote and support the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games set to open in the eastern South Korean town of PyeongChang early next year.Park Enna, ambassador for public diplomacy, will lead the team until 100 days before the opening of the international sports competitions. After D-100, Vice Foreign Minister Ahn Chong-ghee will helm the team, according to the ministry.(Yonhap)The task force had its first meeting Tuesd

South Koreans have yet to claim 1.4 trillion won ($1.21 billion) in dormant financial assets despite the government's campaign to help them withdraw the money, the nation's watchdog said Tuesday.Since the Financial Supervisory Service announced a set of relevant measures in June 2015, a total of 6.42 million people have recovered 1.24 trillion won from such accounts through the end of January, according to the agency.Stacks of 50 thousand won bills (Yonhap)By the type of asset, insurance claims

South Korean health authorities said Tuesday that there is very low risk that the avian influenza virus strain in the country will infect humans.The H5N6 strain of AI is not very contagious when it comes to people, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. South Korea has yet to report any human infection of the flu.The announcement comes as the country has struggled to contain the animal disease for nearly three months.(Yonhap)The KCDC said it intentionally infected a weasel wi

A top trade adviser to US President Donald Trump on Monday accused South Korea's largest electronics companies of unfair trade practices that hurt American companies.Speaking at an economic policy conference, Peter Navarro, head of the White House National Trade Council, said Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have engaged in "country hopping" by moving manufacturing bases to evade anti-dumping tariffs.US President Donald Trump (Yonhap)Navarro said the practice has seriously hurt the US firm

Gong Minzy, former member of the now-disbanded South Korean girl group 2NE1, on Tuesday released a song for the soundtrack of MBC TV series "Rebel: A Thief Who Stole The People," signaling the start of her solo music career. (Yonhap)The song, "I Wanted To Love," was released on major music streaming services at noon, according to Snow Entertainment, which produced the "Rebel" soundtrack.The love ballad is accompanied by a music video that combines footage from the show, centered on the relations

South Korean banks' capital adequacy ratio edged up last year, helped by the government's new rule on the key measure of their financial soundness, the nation's watchdog said Tuesday.The average capital adequacy ratio of 17 major commercial and policy lenders in South Korea came to 14.92 percent at the end of 2016, up 1.01 percentage points from the previous year, according to the Financial Supervisory Service.Nation's major bank holding firms (Yonhap)Especially, the ratio rose 0.11 percentage p