Four Grit announced Wednesday that it has began conducting an open beta of Beusable, a service that conducts quantitative analyses on the UX (user experience) of internet users. Four Grit, a startup headed by Park Tae-joon, developed and operates a service that provides UX-related big data to internet and mobile device users in the form of visual quantitative data. With staff made up largely of former Naver user interface developers, Four Grit currently receives support for marketing and other a

The United States said Thursday it will continue to be a "steadfast ally" of South Korea and expressed hope for "a productive relationship" with the country's next president after former President Park Geun-hye was ousted from office."We will continue to work with Prime Minister Hwang (Kyo-ahn) for the remainder of his tenure as acting President, and we look forward to a productive relationship with whomever the people of South Korea elect to be their next president," State Department acting spo

Former President Park Geun-hye's Liberty Korea Party on Friday delivered an apology after the Constitutional Court decided to remove her from office.The party said it respects the verdict and accepts the result."The Liberty Korea Party gave birth to the Park Geun-hye government. It was a ruling party and the partner of state affairs," said In Myung-jin, the party's interim head."But we failed to fulfill our duty as the ruling party, and failed to protect the dignity and pride of South Korea, whi

The Constitutional Court's ruling to unseat President Park Geun-hye on Friday renders the country rudderless at a time it wrestles with growing security threats from North Korea, diplomatic feuds with China and Japan and a tough policy coordination with the new US administration under Donald Trump.In an unprecedented ruling, the court approved the parliamentary impeachment of Park in December over her alleged involvement in a massive influence-peddling scandal also embroiling her longtime friend

 진행자: 임정요, Kevin Lee Selzer1. 특검 박대통령 혐의 수사발표기사요약: 지난달 28일 수사를 모두 종료한 특검은 6일 최종 수사발표를 통해 박근혜 대통령에 뇌물수수와 문화계 블랙리스트에 작성에 관여한 혐의가 있다 말했다.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638Counsel finds Park colluded in bribery, artists blacklist[1] The independent counsel Monday said that President Park Geun-hye received bribes from Samsung Group in a scheme involving nonprofit foundations set up by her longtime fri

South Korea will learn the fate of the Park Geun-hye presidency on Friday morning.The Constitutional Court announced Wednesday the verdict hearing on the president’s impeachment trial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the court building in central Seoul. It will be broadcast live on TV, court spokesperson Bae Bo-yoon said.Bae Bo-yoon (Yonhap)Friday is the last working day before acting Chief Justice Lee Jung-mi retires, creating another vacancy in the originally nine-member justice bench. The co

Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to report a 30-percent jump in its first-quarter operating profit as strong sales of semiconductors continue to drive earnings, market data showed Wednesday.According to a survey of earnings forecasts by market tracker FnGuide, Samsung is likely to post an operating profit of 8.7 trillion won ($7.5 billion) for the January-March quarter, up 30.6 percent from the same quarter last year. January-March sales are likely to fall 0.3 percent on year to 49.6 trillion

The Herald Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a concert titled “The Sound of Spring” on Friday in Donghae, Gangwon Province, marking the 22nd anniversary of the establishment of the Donghae Culture and Art Center. The concert will be a family-friendly event that seeks to transcend generational gaps, according to Lee Kang Play, the event organizer. “This will be a great opportunity for families to get together for a live performance of classical opera and songs from popular TV shows,” said Choi

North Korea on Monday fired four ballistic missiles into the East Sea, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, in an apparent reaction to the ongoing joint military drills between South Korea and the United States.The four projectiles were launched from an area near the North's Dongchang-ri long-range missile site at 7:36 a.m. and flew about 1,000 kilometers before splashing into the East Sea, JCS said in a text message."We estimate the North fired four ballistic missiles. We are conducting an analy

The southern city of Gwangju will launch South Korea's first hydrogen car sharing program, the government said Sunday.The environment ministry said the city 329 kilometers south of Seoul has been tapped as a testbed for the car-sharing endeavor, aimed at improving public awareness of the eco-friendly vehicles. The car sharing industry -- short-term, automated car rental services -- has grown quickly in South Korea on the back of the widespread usage of smartphones. (Yonhap file photo)An official

Liberal presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in called for an investigation on Sunday into allegations that the National Intelligence Service has spied on the Constitutional Court in the runup to its ruling on President Park Geun-hye's impeachment.   Citing a former high-rank NIS official, SBS reported a day earlier that the spy agency has been gathering information on the Constitutional Court as justices move to deliver a ruling on the impeachment.   The Constitutional Court is widely expected to

Worldwide sales of autonomous cars are forecast to reach 20 million units by the year of 2035 on the back of rapid development of related technologies, a report said Sunday."The smart car market will expand to a large extent as self-driving cars are expected to hit the road around 2020," said the report released by the state-funded Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade. Google’s self-driving vehicle. (Yonhap)It said the autonomous car industry will expand sharply in the coming years

North Korea on Sunday attacked the South Korean foreign minister's recent international speech calling on the United Nations to severely penalize North Korea over its use of VX nerve agent.North Korea's propaganda website Uriminzokkiri called Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se's speech in Geneva last week "psychotic slander" in its posting earlier in the day.In the Conference of Disarmament in Geneva last week, Yun said North Korea's chemical weapons threats became a reality following the country's u

The Seoul city government said Sunday that it will inject 10 billion won ($8.6 million) this year to support the meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition industry in 2017.The metropolitan city said in its new five-point plan that it will be sponsoring the See you in SEOUL Special event to make Seoul more attractive as the destination for MICE. Korea MICE Expo 2016 that was held by the Korea Tourism Organization last year. (Yonhap)The industry refers to a kind of package service that bundles

South Korea is unlikely to reach its long-held target of $30,000 in gross national income per capita this year, as its economy is losing steam at a faster pace, local experts said Sunday.The GNI per capita refers to the total domestic and foreign output by residents of a country, reflecting the income level of the economy.South Korea's GNI per capita was $27,340 in 2015, ranking 46th in the world, with 43 countries over the $30,000 level, regarded as "advanced economies."For last year, South Kor

The Constitutional Court is set to rule as early as this week on whether to oust or reinstate President Park Geun-hye who has been impeached by the National Assembly on charges of corruption and other wrongdoing.The general consensus is that the court will likely deliver its ruling on Friday or on March 13 before one of its justices retires and creates another vacancy on the bench.Park's ouster requires the approval of at least six of the court's nine justices. There are currently eight after Ch

A recent series of retaliatory economic actions taken by China against South Korea may be in violation of international trade law as well as their bilateral trade pact, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Sunday, alluding to Seoul's possible move to bring the cases to an international court. "(They could) likely be in breach of the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the bilateral free trade agreement between South Korea and China," the top diplomat said in his appearance in a news pr

The Malaysian foreign ministry has cited North Korean Ambassador Kang Chol's refusal to accept formal summons as the reason for its decision to expel him, official sources said Sunday.On Saturday, Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its decision to kick out North Korea's ambassador, ordering him to leave the country by Monday 6 p.m.The decision was the latest in a series of punitive actions Malaysia has taken in response to North Korea's assassination of leader Kim Jong-un's estrang

South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae on Saturday officially bid farewell to her 17-year-long career in the sport. Son called time on her performing days following her decision last month to not enter the national team selection trials. The 22-year-old said she now wants to live an ordinary life.  "Rhythmic gymnastics has been almost everything in my life," Son said at a press conference at Taeneung National Training Center in Seoul. "I left school for about a year for the Olympics, but now

North Korea's state radio station resumed broadcasting mysterious numbers Sunday that could be some kind of coded message to its agents operating in South Korea.The message began just after midnight (Seoul time), at 12:15 a.m., by the North's propaganda station Radio Pyongyang. It lasted a few minutes with the message being repeated twice. The last encrypted message sent by the North was detected on Feb. 19 with this being the seventh of its kind this year. (사진=연합뉴스)The announcer addressed the "