The number of patents registered by South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. in the United States last year jumped nearly two-fold from six years ago, a company official said Thursday, as the tech player battles for an upper hand in the ongoing global patent wars.The world's No. 1 maker of smartphones and memory chips said it registered a total 5,072 patents in the U.S. last year, up 1.7 times from 2009, which is the second-greatest number of patent filings in the U.S. after multinational technolog

Employees at South Korea's top 30 percent of companies in terms of sales are getting paid more than double the salaries of their counterparts in the bottom 30 percent, according to an analysis released on Thursday.Data provided by a research team of local daily Energy Economic News said the average annual salary last year at the country's top 2,000 companies, sorted by their annual sales, was 47.3 million won ($39,983), an increase of 4.9 percent.  Petrochemical firms had the highest average of

South Korea's consumer sentiment fell in May from a month earlier with more people expecting worsening conditions for their livelihoods down the road in the wake of revamps in the corporate sector, central bank data showed Thursday.The composite consumer sentiment index came to 99 for May, moving down from 101 the previous month, according to data from the Bank of Korea. The figure marks the lowest since February.A reading above 100 means optimists outnumber pessimists, while a reading below the

South Korean insurance companies posted a 6.3 percent gain in combined first-quarter net profit helped by an increase in insurance premium income, government data showed Thursday. For the three months ending March 31, the country's 25 life insurers and 32 non-life insurers posted 2.235 trillion won ($1.89 billion) in combined net profit from 2.103 trillion won a year earlier, the Financial Supervisory Service said in a statement."In the first quarter, the insurers' insurance premium income excee

진행자: 원호정, Paul Kerry1. '강남역 사건’ 추모객 사이에 나타난 핑크 코끼리기사요약: ‘묻지마’ 혹은 ‘여성혐오’ 살인사건으로 불리는 ‘강남역 사건’ 이후 강남역 10번출구를 찾는 사람들 사이에 크고 작은 충돌이 일어나기 시작했다. 그 중 화제가 된 사건은 소위 ‘핑크코끼리 사건.’ 분홍색 코끼리옷을 입은 남성이 디즈니 영화 ‘주토피아’에 영감을 받은 피켓을 들고 있었는데, 주변 다른 사람들에게 여성혐오자라며 폭행을 당한 것이다. 아이튠즈(아이폰):https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 　팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638Pink elephant's 'Zootopia' protest aggravates Gangnam murder[1] A ruckus broke out Sunday at the makeshift memoria

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for a six-day visit that has spurred speculation of a possible bid for the presidency in his native country.Ban, who flew in to the southern resort island of Jeju from a humanitarian summit in Istanbul, will attend the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity, which brings together thousands of political and business leaders from around the world to discuss issues of peace and security. (Yonhap)Drawing more attention, however, is

A study conducted by the Ministry of Education has shown that date rape is prevalent among college students. One in 25 individuals have committed or attempted to commit date rape, according to the ministry’s study, which surveyed 1,441 university students -- 652 males and 789 females -- from 150 universities in the country in November 2015. This is a stock image. (123RF)Out of the participants, 58 admitted to having committed date rape.One in three individuals had also committed verbal sexual ha

A 26-year-old rape victim, whose years of suffering sexual violence at the hands of her brother-in-law only recently came to light after she killed her 3-year-old son, claimed she had been raped on more counts than prosecutors had determined in official case records. According to the Incheon Bucheon district court on May 19, the woman told her lawyer that “she had repeatedly had unwanted sexual relations with her older sister’s husband,” stressing the damage of the crimes she suffered was graver

Creditor banks said they have begun discussing whether to put Korea’s midsized shipbuilder STX Offshore & Shipbuilding under court receivership, as their years of financial aid have failed to improve the shipyard’s business prospects.Leading creditor Korea Development Bank said Wednesday the creditors agreed to put an end to the shipyard’s self-rescue plan and to decide on whether to put the company into the hands of a court by the end of this month.“Creditors have concluded that the company goi