The new mobile age has disrupted the way people consume media, as millennials turn to laptops and mobile devices to stream video content and browse posts on platforms like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.　This technological transition has posed new challenges to traditional TV broadcasters while making way for the rise of new players specializing in mobile-friendly content targeting the young, mobile-savvy generation.　And these so-called “mobile broadcasters” are increasingly gaining traction in S

South Korea will host an event to celebrate the global launch of “Starcraft: Remastered” this month, the game’s developer Blizzard Entertainment said Monday.　The event will take place at Gwangalli Beach in the coastal city of Busan on July 30, two weeks before the official release of the new game designed as a high-definition remake of the PC strategy game “Starcraft.” (Blizzard Korea)Some key highlights of the upcoming event include the first-ever live e-sports match of “Starcraft: Remastered”

　The People’s Party’s internal investigation has questioned Ahn Cheol-soo, the party’s founder and former presidential candidate over a fabricated accusation against President Moon Jae-in’s son during the May election, the party said Sunday. 　“The team has interviewed former party chairman Ahn in person for about 50 minutes at a venue in Seoul this afternoon,” Rep. Kim Kwan-young, who leads the party’s investigation team, said.　“We will announce our findings, including the results of Ahn’s inter

SAN DIEGO -- What if we could simply take a protein-control pill to get in sync with our circadian rhythm, curing the dreaded symptoms of jet lag once and for all? How about reversing the natural aging process -- literally becoming younger -- via genetic modification processes?　These are just some scenarios that could one day become a reality through ongoing research at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in San Diego, California, one of the key players underpinning the city’s booming biote

A group of North Korean taekwondo officials and athletes arrived in South Korea on Friday for soon-to-be historic performances at the world championships.Amid much fanfare at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, the International Taekwondo Federation delegation of 36, led by its president Ri Yong-son, arrived south of the tense border via Beijing. Of those 36, 32 are North Koreans. Their flight was delayed by more than an hour due to inclement weather. Officials and athletes of the North Korea-

The lone North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee on Friday kept mum on potential co-hosting of next year's Winter Olympics with South Korea.Chang Ung arrived in South Korea to attend the World Taekwondo Federation World Taekwondo Championships starting Saturday in Muju, 240 kilometers south of Seoul. Chang traveled with officials and athletes from the North-led International Taekwondo Federation. The ITF practitioners will have a performance during the WTF event's opening cere

SAN DIEGO, California -- Virtual reality headsets, a digitized traditional painting and miniature building replicas -- these are not things you would normally expect to see at a biotechnology and pharma industry event.　Yet, they are all offerings available at the Samsung BioLogics booth at the 2017 Bio International Convention in San Diego, where the Samsung-owned contract drug manufacturer is working to appeal to its target clientele of global biopharmaceutical companies.Leveraging its roots in

SAN DIEGO — The recent explosion in data generation combined with fast-improving analytic technologies are beginning to revolutionize the field of medicine and health care, bringing closer the era of precision medicine.　Precision medicine, also referred to as personalized or individualized medicine, is “an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person,” according to the US National Institu

SAN DIEGO -- Samsung BioLogics, the contract drug manufacturing arm of South Korea’s Samsung Group, is planning to provide development support services to small-sized pharmaceutical firms, as it looks to expand the scope of its business.Samsung BioLogics CEO Kim Tae-han said Tuesday local time that the company would “extend its business scope into the field of (drug) development services” to widen its portfolio beyond producing biologic drugs on behalf of clients.“Now that we’ve secured global c

SAN DIEGO — The 2017 Bio International Convention officially kicked off in San Diego, California, on Monday, bringing together thousands of biotech professionals from around the world to exchange knowledge and engage in dialogue over new industry trends and issues.In its 24th year, the four-day conference hosted annually by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization is considered one of the world’s biggest biotech and pharmaceutical industry events. This year’s edition, themed “Breakthrough,” is

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles highlighting South Korea’s promising startups in the emerging sectors of digital health care and next-generation medical devices. This is the ninth installment. – Ed.For the past 11 years, South Korea has recorded the highest suicide rate among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries, with depression and mental illnesses behind most of the self-inflicted deaths. Despite the growing number of people suffering from chr

Medytox, South Korea’s largest maker of botulinum toxin, said Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit claiming intellectual property theft against domestic rival Daewoong Pharmaceutical and its US partner Alphaeon Corp. 　Botulinum toxin, or BTX, is a biopharmaceutical substance widely used to cosmetically remove facial wrinkles by temporarily paralyzing muscles. The drug is based on a neurotoxin protein produced by BTX-generating bacteria.(123RF)Medytox has continuously claimed that Daewoong stole

“Lineage II: Revolution,” which officially launched in 11 countries across Asia on Wednesday, swept Apple’s App Store rankings in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau a day after its release.South Korea’s Netmarble Games said Thursday that its hit mobile role-playing game had clinched the No. 1 spot in the App Store’s app revenue rankings in Hong Kong and Macau.  (Apple's App Store)The game ranked No. 2 in terms of app revenue in Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines as well as No. 9 in Malaysia, Netma

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that biosimilar developers do not have to wait six months after regulatory approval to bring their products to market, marking a boon for companies developing the new class of cheaper, near-replicas of expensive biologic drugs for the US.　The landmark decision is expected to benefit biosimilar developers around the world, including South Korea’s Celltrion as well as Samsung Bioepis, which are planning to commercialize their products in the US in the future.

DURBAN, South Africa -- For most people around the world, Africa remains an exotic land of natural wonders that one hopes to visit one day. However, given the widespread perception that it can be a dangerous place for tourists, many tend to stay away.　South Africa has been no exception to this view, though to a lesser degree. While regarded as the safest and most favored country to visit in the continent, South Africa still bears the stigma of a high-crime nation with many travel risks.However,

South Korea’s most widely-used online music service platform MelOn has introduced a new music player specialized for Apple’s Mac operating system. 　MelOn on Tuesday officially launched Mac Player in Korea that supports not only music streaming but also music download functions, posing a challenge to Apple’s iTunes and Apple Music players.MelOn’s Mac Player has been optimized for the Mac OS, offering three player modes: “basic,” “mini” and “visual.” It also offers easy access to Melon’s signature

“Onmyoji,” the hit 3-D mobile role-playing game that swept the Chinese and Japanese markets last year, is officially arriving in South Korea this summer through Kakao which hopes to cement the lead in game publishing.Korean mobile messaging giant Kakao on Tuesday announced that its mobile game publishing unit Kakao Games would begin servicing “Onmyoji for Kakao,” the localized version of the hit Chinese 3-D mobile role-playing game, in Korea from early August. Kakao Games CEO Namkoong Whon speak

North Korea on Monday renewed its call on South Korea to implement an inter-Korean summit agreement from 2000, saying it will help improve their relations and lead to peace on the divided peninsula.The state-run Korean Central News Agency called the joint declaration signed on June 15, 2000, following the first inter-Korean summit, “the foundation of national reconciliation and unity and the starting point of solving the issue of the North-South relations.”The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspap

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday suggested forming a regional bloc with communist North Korea and other Northeast Asian countries to jointly host the FIFA World Cup in 2030.Moon‘s proposal came in a meeting with Gianni Infantino, chief of FIFA. The FIFA president arrived here last week to watch the FIFA Under-20 World Cup final between England and Venezuela held Sunday.South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) meets with the visiting head of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, at the presidenti

South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed to work with Japanese and American leaders in completely ridding North Korea of nuclear weapons on Monday, calling it a way to ensure peace in the region and also his country's survival."North Korea's denuclearization is needed to ensure peace in the world and Northeast Asia, but for South Korea, it is a matter of survival," Moon said in a meeting with Toshihiro Nikai, a special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. South Korean President Moon Jae-