INCHEON – A text message is sent from a boat floating about 800 meters off from another one carrying a group of journalists in the waters about 10 kilometers west of the Port of Incheon on Tuesday. “I am hungry!” The message was successfully received by a hydrophone installed 25 meters underwater by a research team led by Ko Hak-lim, professor of oceanic marine IT convergence technology at Hoseo University. It took about 20 seconds to transfer the message through the long term evolution network

Fintech startup Paycock announced Monday that it would begin supplying Seoul City with a mobile payment service based on optical character recognition technology starting in June. The service allows stores to accept credit card payments through the company’s mobile application, Paygood, making it possible for payments to be made and accepted no matter the time or location of the payment participants. Seoul City will be providing the mobile application to merchants in the Namdaemun and Dongdaemun

Whatever the US and the international community have said or done, they have done little to dissuade North Korean leader Kim Jong-un from pursuing deadly weapons of mass destruction, in particular missiles. Since taking power upon the death of his father Kim Jong-il in 2011, the third-generation tyrant has fired a total of 53 missiles, with nine of them this year. The latest launch was Monday involving a Scud-class ballistic missile capable of striking land- and sea-based targets, according to a

Breakout American singer-songwriter and rapper Gnash will perform in Korea for the first time in August. Known for his viral hit “I Hate U, I Love U,” the artist will participate in a two-day hip-hop and EDM music festival, Sounce Parade 2017, which takes place at Nanji Hangang Park in Seoul from Aug. 5 to 6, according to the festival organizer Flukers.  Promo poster for Gnash‘s first performance in Korea (Flukers)The 23-year-old, whose real name is Garrett Charles Nash, debuted with his first E

US President Lyndon B. Johnson once said, “The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was.” But Donald Trump is testing that maxim. In Trump, who is somehow managing to reduce the position to his size, America’s presidency may have met its match.The president of the United States -- the position, not the person occupying it -- is a pillar of the international order. The US presidency gives direction and guidance to the entire system, a kind of rudder t

In Seoul, how a person goes about his business in a given day is now easily reconstructed. CCTVs are everywhere; payment terminals at buses, subways and convenience stores record all transactions; and black boxes in vehicles scan streets and alleys 24 hours a day. Pedestrians are ready to pull out their smartphones to take pictures or start video-recording upon unexpected encounters.Ironically, such reconstruction becomes a serious challenge when it comes to a government decision making process

Sony Korea is to release its flagship smartphone Xperia XZ Premium and interactive projector Xperia Touch in the Korean market, said the company Tuesday.The Xperia XZ Premium has improved its processor, display and camera to differentiate the model from other premium smartphones, said Sony Korea mobile marketing chief Cho Seong-taek. Sony’s flagship smartphone Xperia XZ Premium (Sony)Not only is it the first time in Korea that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor has been adopted, but the Xperia

President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday called for a probe into four additional THAAD launchers being brought into the country, calling the development “shocking.” Until now only the presence of two THAAD launchers, deployed at the site provided by the previous administration in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, was known.“The president was briefed on the fact that four THAAD launchers, in addition to the two deployed in Seongju, have been brought into the country,” Yoon Young-chan, chief presidentia

The ruling party leader on Tuesday called on President Moon Jae-in's top security advisor to rev up diplomacy to promote peace on the peninsula amid North Korea's unrelenting saber-rattling.During a courtesy call by Chung Eui-yong, the chief of the National Security Office, Choo Mi-ae, the chairwoman of the Democratic Party, also underscored the need to pursue a "comprehensive and balanced" approach toward security issues. Choo Mi-ae (left), the chairwoman of the ruling Democratic Party, speaks

While the number of women professionals increased significantly in the past seven years, their average wage compared to men remained low, a report by the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade showed.The KIET surveyed the number and structure of the female professional workforce aged 20-59 between 2008 and 2015.Out of all female workers, 26.6 percent were those with professional jobs in 2015, up from 22.0 percent in 2008.Comparatively, out of all male workers, 22.8 percent were in

Booyoung Group Chairman Lee Joong-keun has published his fifth history book titled “385 Years of the Chosun Dynasty’s Establishment Written the Woojung Way” (provisional translation). Woojung is Lee’s pen name. Lee, as well as 300 guests, including former Speaker of the National Assembly Park Kwan-yong, former Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik and President of Seoul National University Sung Nak-in participated in a publication event held at Sejong Center for the P