SKT T1 bagged its eighth LoL Championship Korea finals win on Saturday at the LCK Summer 2019 playoff at Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium, beating Griffin 3-1 and setting record as the team with the most number of LCK champion title.Griffin became three-times consecutive runner-up, also a record, but with a bitter taste in mouth as it was the top ranking team in summer season's regular league. SKT T1, on the other hand, had been fourth ranking team but shot up to the finals through

An estimated 1.7 million expatriates reside in Korea, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Justice. More among the foreign population shop for groceries online via locally operated platforms, where there are options to shop vegetarian, omnivorously or halal. Reflecting the growing demand from foreign consumers, local online marketplace Gmarket, operated by eBay Korea, said Wednesday that it has launched the Hansoowe Gift Set, with curated and discounted gift items exclusive to th

League of Legends teams Griffin and SKT T1 will fight for the crown in the final match of summer season of LoL Champions Korea 2019 on Saturday at 5 p.m. at Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium. All 3,500 seats sold out minutes after ticket sales opened Monday, but those wishing to watch the game from home or via mobile devices can do so through SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus’s multiview livestreaming of the match.The winning team for LCK Summer 2019 will take home 100 million won ($82,00

Hanmi Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday said its work to develop novel drug pipelines was continuing at a steady pace as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to enter the world stage. Hanmi currently has about 30 innovative novel drug pipelines, including potential treatments for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, better known as fatty liver disease, as well as some rare incurable diseases. Hanmi shares had recently tumbled upon news of successive decisions by big global pharmas to return licensing r

Shares of Kolon Group affiliates took a dip Tuesday, following the Korea Exchange’s announcement that it has tentatively to delist Kolon TissueGene.　Kolon TissueGene, which had traded at 75,000 won ($62) at its peak, stands at 8,010 won per share, with trading halted and not taking place Tuesday. Kolon LifeScience, the umbrella company of TissueGene, closed at 21.82 percent lower than the previous day at 17,200 won. Kolon fell 5.41 percent.　The Korea Exchange (KRX) made the decision the pr

British American Tobacco’s latest music video-like YouTube commercial has prompted Korean health authorities to discuss new legislature to restrict advertisements of e-cigarette devices. The ad “Glo Sens X Loopy&nafla” features popular musicians and has amassed close to 105,000 views as of Friday 11:30 a.m., 11 days after its release.Korean health authorities strictly restrict direct advertisements of tobacco products. However, Glo Sens is not classified as tobacco but as a

Korea’s SK Telecom said Thursday that it became the first in the world to have over 1 million 5G subscribers for a single network service, vying against 28 other such telecommunication network services in the world.Yoo Young-sang, SKT’s executive vice president and head of the Mobile Edge Computing department, said, “Korea is a unique country that has all the facets that enable a 5G ecosystem such as the technology, the infrastructure, the service and the subscribers. “We

Soldiers in Korea will be given virtual reality games to destress and unwind.Smilegate Stove, a Smilegate Group affiliate, said Wednesday it has begun providing VR games to soldiers at Camp 72 in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province, in collaboration with telecom service KT, army-targeted leisure content provider K-Friends and VR content distributor Shilgam.  Some 80 VR games are provided at each of the two VR game booths installed at the Culture Complex at Camp 72. This is the biggest scale of availa

Medical device developer GE Healthcare on Wednesday introduced an artificial intelligence based hospital operation platform called “Clinical Command Center,”for the first time in Korea. Clinical Command Center streamlines the use of real-time data for more efficient patient care such as predicting forecasted demand, managing transfers between facilities, supporting efficient care progression, and discharge planning.   The machine-learning AI is being displayed at the K-Hosp

10년 넘게 강남권 지하철역 광고판을 도배해온 ‘물방울 가슴 성형’이 희귀암을 발생시킬 가능성이 있는 것으로 알려지며 소비자들의 불안감이 증폭되고 있다. 최초 국내 확진 환자가 발표된 14일 이후 강남의 한 성형외과병원에서 만난 A(24)씨는 적절한 정보와 안내를 받을 창구가 없음에 답답함을 토로했다. 관련 영문기사: Are ‘water drop’ breast implants a ticking time bomb in the chest?A씨는 3년전 가슴 성형 수술을 받았는데, “당시 원장도 엘러간이 전세계적으로 유명한 회사고 본인 가족 같아도 이 보형물을 추천하겠다며 확신을 줬다”고 말했다.A씨가 시술받은 엘러간사의 ‘바이오셀 텍스쳐드(거친표면)’ 보형물은 현재 미국 식품의약국 FDA의 권고로 전세계적 리콜을 진행중이다.  “수술했던 병원에 전화해보니까 나를 방

South Koreans with Allergan’s textured breast implants are expressing fear and complaining about a lack of direction from authorities, a week into the latest developments surrounding the first Korean patient being diagnosed with breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma, or BIA-ALCL, a rare cancer of the immune system.The first BIA-ALCL diagnosis in Korea was publicly announced Wednesday last week by the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. It was the fourth such case in

 진행자: 임정요, Kevin Lee Selzer1. Donggubat CEO strives for social well-being along with revenue growth기사요약: 사회적 기업 동구밭의 대표 노순호씨는 프리미엄 비누 회사를 운영하며 월 매출이 4백만원 증가할 때마다 발달장애인 정규직 직원을 한 명씩 추가채용하고 있다. 현재 32인으로 구성된 그의 회사엔 20명의 장애인 정규직 직원이 근무 중이다.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638[1] Donggubat CEO Noh Soon-ho, is a millennial business leader who is confident and ambitious about his aspirations to kill t

Global fashion houses Gucci and Louis Vuitton have incorporated 8-bit retro games into their mobile apps and online websites to attract more millennial attention. Gucci, the first from high fashion house to pivot to games for marketing, has launched the Gucci Arcade corner in its smartphone application since July. The Gucci Arcade currently has two titles Gucci Bee and Gucci Ace, whose names take after the iconic fashion lines of the Italian brand. Users can play the game for free after download

ULikeKorea is a livestock health care startup that has introduced a first-of-its-kind bio capsule designed to lodge inside a cow’s first stomach and stay there to monitor the animal’s food and drug intake, real-time core body temperature and breeding cycle for quality meat production.The company became one of the eight winning candidates in the third SoftBank Innovation Program that took place in June, 2018, as a promising agritech firm in the “disrupt” category.There hav

Korean telecom company KT said Sunday it has launched a mobile application to help prevent epidemics in Ghana, Africa. Called the Global Epidemic Prevention Platform, the app allows users to access information on epidemic diseases. It supports three functions: GEPP Public, GEPP Clinic and GEPP Gov. GEPP Public alerts people who enter an epidemic region of the potential dangers. GEPP Clinic receives real-time notifications from people who have experienced an epidemic breakout and displays locatio

Global smartphone makers are anticipated to go head-on in September, with some strategically unveiling their latest models at the annual trade show, the Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) 2019, from Sept. 6 to 11 in Berlin, Germany.LG Electronics announced that it will introduce its new dual-screen smartphone V50S at the annual consumer electronics show, while industry watchers predict Samsung Electronics is likely to display its foldable phone Galaxy Fold for consumers to experience it firsth

As South Korea continues to be focused on the escalating trade conflict with Japan that is threatening the tech companies, a different kind of conflict is haunting the game industry here.From early 2017, not a single license has been issued for new games from Korea in China -- whose gaming market is estimated to be worth around 37 billion won ($30 billion).NCSoft has been waiting for Chinese approval of Lineage Red Knights since January 2017. Netmarble’s mobile games Lineage 2 Revolution a

LG Electronics said Tuesday it has launched a 100 kilowatt all-in-one energy storage system that operates on solar power. According to the company, the new system can store electricity that 30 households can use in a day. It has a capacity of 313 kWh, 14 percent larger than the previous model. A series of fires at 23 ESS facilities had prompted the Ministry of Energy to issue inspection guidelines in December 2018 and June this year.  LG said it has added incombustible materials in the all-

Samsung BioLogics said Monday that a new cell-culturing technology called N-1 Perfusion -- adopted for its third plant in Songdo, Incheon, from July -- has proven to increase cell density up to 10 times and cut down on production time by 30 percent.“With this, we have opened up scaled-up commercialization for our clients,” said John Lim, vice president at Samsung BioLogics, who is in charge of Plant No. 3. The South Korean contract manufacturing organization will customize its c

Telecom service provider KT has taken over Surfyy Beach, a rising surfers’ beach party area in Yangyang, Gangwon Province, with various activities related to 5G services for 10 days from Friday to Aug. 18.The first thing visitors can see is a banner “KT 5G 5WAG,” written so that the number 5 in the last word looks like the alphabet “S.” The words are emblazoned across a giant screen installed at the entrance to the beach, which livestreams footage of jet surfer ridi