Samsung Group's key technology affiliates -- Samsung Electronics, Samsung Display and Samsung SDS, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electro-Mechanics -- on Wednesday promoted a swath of young executives in their 30s and 40s as part of their ongoing efforts to build a foundation for future growth. Samsung Electronics promoted a total of 143 executives in a year-end reshuffle, a decrease from last year’s 183. The total number of executives promoted this year was the lowest since May 2017 marked

A waste disposal center in Yesan-gun, South Chungcheong Province has come under fire for refusing to hire a woman, local media reported Wednesday. During a meeting of Yesan-gun's Resident Support Council, a 69-year-old female member and resident of the district asked what the qualifications for the post of resident monitor were. But a high-ranking member of the group answered that they cannot hire women. Resident support councils are groups formed by regional governments to aid functions re

Korean American singer Steve Yoo, known here as Yoo Seung-jun, won the final trial that overturned the initial denial of his visa and passport issuance, according to legal professionals on Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the disgraced K-pop singer in his case against the South Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles, which turned down his request for an F-4 visa issuance, upholding an appellate court’s ruling. The Seoul High Court ruled in favor of Yoo in July. The court judg

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit the southeastern city of Gyeongju at 4:55 a.m. on Thursday, the state weather agency said, prompting mobile phones across Korea to blare en masse from the emergency text alert. No damage has been reported as of Thursday afternoon. The second-strongest quake to hit Korea this year struck the historical city of Gyeongju, located 277 kilometers southeast of Seoul in the wee hours of the morning. The quake's depth was measured at a shallow 12 kilometers and it was

Subscription rates for streaming services are rising amid already high inflation, and such price hikes are stoking a boom in Koreans' use of illegal streaming sites. Local streaming service Tving is the latest to jump on the bandwagon, raising its subscription price some 20 percent starting in December. The subscription price for Tving's basic plan -- which allows content viewing at a resolution of 720p and is limited to one viewer at a time -- will rise by 20.3 percent from 7,900 won

The Bank of Korea kept the base rate unchanged at 3.5 percent for the seventh straight time on Thursday, unable to either cut or raise the rate as Korea stands the test of the shaky economy. The six members of the monetary policy board unanimously voted for a rate freeze at the last rate-setting meeting held this year, according to BOK Gov. Rhee Chang-yong. The BOK’s Monetary Policy Decision statement showed the board will “maintain a restrictive policy stance for a sufficiently long

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the early hours of Thursday, 19 kilometers southeast of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. According to the KMA, the initial earthquake occurred at about 4:55 a.m., followed by five tremors ranging up to 1.5 magnitude until 5:50 a.m. The earthquake led to emergency national disaster alert across the country being sent out about 8 seconds after the event was detected. No reports of damages or injuries have been

크래프톤이 중국 게임사 넷이즈를 상대로 낸 저작권 소송에서 미국 법원이 크래프톤의 손을 들어주며 5년간 이어진 법정 공방에 마침표를 찍었다. 30일 캘리포니아주 샌 머테이오 카운티 상급법원의 판결에 따르면 법원은 넷이즈의 모바일 게임 ‘황야행동(Knives Out)’이 크래프톤의 ‘PUBG: 배틀그라운드’와 여러 면에서 유사하다고 판단했다. 재판부는 “넷이즈의 게임은 비행기에서 낙하산을 타고 시작하는 플레이어, 전체적인 모양과 느낌, 게임 전반에 걸쳐 건물을 광범위하게 사용하는 등 배틀그라운드와 유사했다,”며 “이러한 유사성 때문에 넷이즈의 게임이 몇몇 사용자들에게 황야행동이 배틀그라운드의 모바일 버전이라는 혼란을 야기했다”고 말했다. 재판부는 또한 넷이즈가 배틀그라운드를 모방한 게임을 기반으로 모바일 시장을 선점했기 때문에 크래프톤의 모바일 배틀그라운드 게임이 사용자를 확보하기 어려웠다고 판단했다

North Korea will never discuss its "sovereignty" in negotiations with the United States in any circumstances, Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said Thursday in a statement, framing the recent launch of a purported military spy satellite as an assertion of sovereignty. Kim, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, denounced Washington for publicly criticizing Pyongyang’s launch of what it claimed to be a military

RM, Jimin, Jungkook and V of the K-pop sensation BTS are to join the Army next month to fulfill their mandatory military duty. This makes all seven members of the group serve their national defense obligation as Jin, the eldest of the group, began his service in December last year followed by J-Hope in April and Suga in September this year. Jin and J-Hope are currently serving as assistant instructors at a military recruit training center as part of their national service. Suga is fulfilling his