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S. Korea to raise W31.5b fund to foster agricultural startups
Feb 11, 2020
SEJONG -- South Korea said Tuesday it plans to raise funds worth 31.5 billion won ($26.5 million) this year to foster startups in the agriculture and fisheries segment as part of its broader efforts to enhance the vitality of rural areas. The fund -- which will be raised jointly by the state and the private sector -- will center on supporting people seeking new business opportunities in farms and fishing towns, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The ministry sai
[Monitor] Overcrowded restaurant business still attracting new players
Feb 11, 2020
The already crowded restaurant business has continued to expand over the past several years, with restaurateurs accounting for 10 percent of all self-employed businesspeople, data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government showed. This means around 12,000 to 16,000 restaurants open each year. Of them, the greatest number, or 57,797 sell Korean dishes. Next most popular are fried chicken restaurants (5,413), Korean-Chinese restaurants (4,770) and Japanese restaurants (4,087). The number of restau
[Photo News] Coex launches 'mask united' campaign
Feb 11, 2020
Lee Dong-won (third from right, front row), CEO of the Convention and Exhibition Center, launches a “mask united” campaign with staff and executives amid the coronavirus outbreak, to contribute to the recovery of the Korean economy and ensure the safety of visitors at Coex in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on Tuesday. (Yonhap) (khnews@heraldcorp.com)
LG CNS ditches ID card for facial recognition system
Feb 11, 2020
LG CNS, the information and communication technology solutions affiliate of LG Group, has adopted artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology to boost its security. The company said Tuesday that it has rolled out facial recognition devices on its 26 points of entry at its headquarters within LG Science Park in Magok, Seoul. LC CNS collaborated with AI startup SenseTime to develop the biometric entry service. The service can verify captured faces with images in its databas
Online shopping more popular amid coronavirus scare: analysts
Feb 11, 2020
South Koreans are increasingly favoring shopping online for daily necessities due to safety concerns over the spread of a new strain of coronavirus, analysts said Tuesday. "Shopper sentiment has grown more against offline shopping," said SK Securities Co. analyst Lee So-joong, after people later diagnosed with the new coronavirus recently visited a hypermarket chain and duty-free shops. Online shopping has grown in recent weeks after the South Korean authorities announced the first
Korea's PC market grows 7% in 2019 on Windows 10 transition: data
Feb 11, 2020
South Korea's PC market grew 7 percent last year from the previous year on the back of the Windows 10 transition in the commercial market, industry data showed Tuesday. Domestic PC shipments totaled 4.55 million units in 2019, up 7.2 percent from 2018, according to the data by market researcher IDC Korea. Of the total, desktop shipments accounted for 2.19 million units, up from 1.93 million units in 2018, while laptop shipments increased slightly from 2.31 million units to 2.35 million units
Q1 smartphone output may drop to 5-year low due to coronavirus: report
Feb 10, 2020
Global smartphone production in the first quarter of the year may drop to a five-year low due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, a market researcher said Monday. TrendForce said it expects global smartphone production in the first quarter to decline 12 percent on-year to 275 million units following the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 900 people in China. "Delayed resumption work and uncertainties in employees' returns will cause the monthly delivery of key components to
[Monitor] Will global economy survive coronavirus epidemic?
Feb 10, 2020
The global economy is facing its first major test this year as the on-going outbreak of the novel coronavirus (2019n-CoV) is taking a devastating toll on China, the world’s second-largest economy. With the death toll from the outbreak soaring to more than 800 in China as of Sunday and still rising, the global economy is suffering collateral damage as the country accounts for 16.3 percent of global GDP. “Due to the spread of the novel virus, the global economy is likely to shrink
CJ Group shares credit for Parasite’s historic Oscar win
Feb 10, 2020
Capping off the historic moment at the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday was a relatively unfamiliar face, thanking everyone from her brother to the Academy and general moviegoers for the best film win. That was Lee Mi-kyung, vice chairman of South Korea’s retail and entertainment mogul CJ Group, who -- without the need for a translator -- shared her joy with director Bong Joon-ho and the cast and crew of the first non-English-language film to win the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scien
Travel, transport sectors suffer most from novel coronavirus outbreak
Feb 10, 2020
Rising virus infections will affect credit ratings of Korean firms: Moody’s
Samsung airs ad for Z Flip at Oscars ceremony
Feb 10, 2020
Samsung Electronics aired a surprise teaser commercial for its new foldable cell phone Z Flip, during the live Academy Awards 2020 on Sunday. Z Flip is the second foldable phone from Samsung Electronics, after the Galaxy Fold that launched in 2019. The Galaxy Fold horizontally folds, while the Z Flip shuts vertically. In the teaser, the clamshell type Z Flip could display an incoming call while shut closed in a square shape, allowing users to choose to accept or decline the call. The hinge
Korean EV battery companies carve out bigger market share in 2019
Feb 10, 2020
LG Chem moves up to third spot
Hyundai, Kia beat Volkswagen in EV sales last year
Feb 10, 2020
Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Monday their combined electric vehicle sales exceeded Volkswagen's EV sales in global markets last year. Hyundai and Kia, which together form the world's fifth-biggest carmaker by sales, sold a total of 126,406 electric vehicles in 2019, higher than the German carmaker's 84,199 units, according to data from global EVs data-focused provider InsideEVs. The two ranked sixth in the global EV sales rankings for 2019, following Tesla, Inc.,
LG Uplus set to provide 5G roaming service in Japan
Feb 10, 2020
LG Uplus Corp., South Korea's No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it has moved one step closer to providing its 5G roaming service in Japan ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. LG Uplus said it has recently completed the testing of its 5G roaming service in Japan, becoming the first South Korean firm to do so, after partnering with Japanese telecommunication firm KDDI Corp. Japan is expected to commercialize its 5G service in late March, so that it can offer better telecommunication services ahe
Korean tech firms to resume production in China
Feb 9, 2020
South Korean tech firms plan to resume operations at their facilities in China on Monday -- after an extended 17-day holiday for Lunar New Year -- despite the ceaseless spread of the novel coronavirus across the world. However, it is expected to take quite some time for them to fully recover their operation rates due to possible workforce shortages stemming from the rising number of virus infections in China, with fewer number of returning workers from the holiday in healthy conditions.
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