US tech giant Google Inc.'s smartphone app store, Google Play, posted 4.5 trillion won ($3.92 billion) in sales here last year, data showed Wednesday.The figure accounts for 58.2 percent of the country's overall mobile app market in 2016, which is estimated at 7.6 trillion won, the Korea Mobile Internet Business Association said.(Yonhap)As Google takes 30 percent of the sales as commission from app developers, industry watchers said the US giant is estimated to have raked in 1.3 trillion won fro

Gen. Lee Sun-jin, chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Wednesday inspected a combined logistics training with US forces under way on the southeastern coast of the peninsula, the JCS said.Lee visited the exercise site in Pohang, North Geyongsang Province, along with Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, the commander of US Forces Korea.Gen. Lee Sun-jin (2nd from L), chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, the commander of US Forces Korea, at Osa

North Korea's threat of impending nuclear and missile tests and the US escalation of saber-rattling in response have raised tensions around the Korean Peninsula. But most experts here agree that chances are low that Washington will deliver on its threat of a pre-emptive attack, which would lead to a catastrophic war. The recent US missile strikes on Syria carried a clear warning for North Korea, but the dangerous regime armed with nuclear bombs and various missiles is a different case from Syria

ANYANG, South Korea -- South Korean club Anyang Halla captured their second straight Asian hockey title with an overtime victory at home on Tuesday.Kim Ki-sung scored the championship-clinching goal on a power play to lift Anyang past Sakhalin 3-2 for the Asia League Ice Hockey championship, as the home team completed a three-game sweep of the best-of-five final at Anyang Ice Arena in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. Anyang also beat Sakhalin for the championship last year. Anyang forward Kim Sang-woo

FC Seoul hung on to defeat Western Sydney Wanderers 3-2 on Tuesday to stay alive in the Asian Football Confederation Champions League.Montenegrin striker Dejan Damjanovic grabbed a brace for FC Seoul at Campbelltown Stadium in Sydney, giving the K League Classic club their first victory in Group F after three straight losses. Western Sydney scored two second-half goals but couldn't cut the deficit any further. Lee Seok-hyun of FC Seoul (second from R) is congratulated by teammates after scoring

The South Korea women's national football team on Tuesday clinched a place in next year's top Asian competition after beating Uzbekistan 4-0 in North Korea.South Korea scored three goals in the first half against Uzbekistan at Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang to win the Asian Football Confederation Women's Asian Cup Group B qualifying tournament, which also featured North Korea, Hong Kong and India.The South Korea women's national football team celebrates after winning the Women's Asian Cup Grou

Graduates of prominent universities still dominate the C-suites at South Korea's leading conglomerates, although the latest analysis shows a slight drop in their proportion, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. (Yonhap)CEO Score surveyed the alma maters of 480 CEOs at 347 companies that rank in the country's top 500. Results showed that 48.9 percent of them, or 218 executives, were graduates of the three highest rated universities -- Seoul National, Yonsei and Korea. The ratio is 2.6 percent lowe

North Korea revived a parliamentary foreign affairs commission on Tuesday, its official media reported, a move seen aimed at beefing up its diplomacy amid toughening international sanctions.The 13th Supreme People's Assembly convened the fifth plenary session, attended by leader Kim Jong-un, clad in a Mao-style suit, according to the Korean Central News Agency.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attending the fifth session of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump has put North Korea "clearly on notice," and if he decides to take action, it will be "decisive and proportional" as seen in the US airstrikes on Syria, the White House warned Tuesday.White House press secretary Sean Spicer made the remark, referring to Trump's tweet earlier in the day that the US will solve the problem of North Korea on its own unless China helps with it. Trump also said the North is "looking for trouble." White House press secretary Sean

WASHINGTON -- The US dispatch of an aircraft carrier strike group to waters off the Korean Peninsula is a warning to North Korea that the US takes seriously threats from the communist nation, a US congressman said Tuesday.The US Pacific Command has redirected the strike group led by aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to head toward the Korean Peninsula, rather than executing previously planned port visits to Australia, amid heightened concern the North could undertake additional provocations. (Yon

SEJONG -- The years-long operation to raise the 6,800-ton Sewol that sank in waters off South Korea's southwestern coast and bring it ashore was completed nearly three years after the country's worst maritime disaster took place, the government said Tuesday."We finished moving the Sewol into a dry dock at the port of Mokpo as of 3:58 p.m.," Lee Cheol-jo, the chief of the salvage operation, told reporters at a press conference. "We will first check the exterior condition of the hull tomorrow and

South Korea's leading presidential candidate Moon Jae-in said Tuesday that he doesn't think the United States will preemptively strike North Korea, insisting Washington must first consult with Seoul before taking any such action."The United States is talking about a preemptive strike as one of the available options, but I do not believe it will actually happen," Moon said in a press conference in Ulsan, 410 kilometers southeast of Seoul.Moon Jae-in, presidential candidate of the liberal Democrat

South Korea is set to release a set of support measures, including nurturing talented manpower, to help local pharmaceutical companies make further inroads into the global market, the country's health minister said Tuesday.The remarks were made during a meeting attended by Health Minister Chung Chin-yeob, and executives of major drug and medical companies. The meeting was held at the opening ceremony of biopharmaceutical firm Celltrion Inc.'s new plant.(Yonhap)"The government will strengthen coo

Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that preorders for its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, has surpassed a whopping 600,000 units in just five days, heralding a big hit for the company.The Galaxy S8 smartphones feature high resolution displays that bend on both ends, and come with various innovative technologies such as iris and face recognition scanners and a smart voice assistance program dubbed Bixby.(Yonhap)After showcasing the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus late last month, Samsu

영화 '이태원 살인사건'의 작가 이정희(예명 이맹유·53) 씨가 11일 오후 2시 세종문화회관 세종홀에서 무소속 대통령 선거 후보 출마를 선언했다. 이 씨는 "자유왕래 통일을 위해 대선에 출마하기로 했다"며 개성공단과 금강산 관광 재개, 이산가족 서신교환 및 상시 만남, 평창 동계올림픽 남북 공동개최, 남북 철도 연결 등을 대선 공약으로 내세웠다. 고려대학교 국어국문과를 졸업하고 극단 배우, 시나리오 작가 등으로 활동했던 이 씨는 평양과 개성 등을 오가며 남북 교류협력 사업에도 참여했다. (연합뉴스) 영화 `이태원 살인사건` 포스터