Samsung Electronics is set to launch its first robot product in August -- a wearable medical robot called Gait Enhancing & Motivating System. Its name will be Fitsam, according to the patent that Samsung has registered with the Korean Intellectual Property Office. The Samsung wearable robot can be attached to the ankle, knee or hips to enhance the muscle strength of users with walking difficultie...

Housing-related expenditures such as rent, water, electricity and gas accounted for the largest part of a single-person households’ spending in South Korea, government data showed Wednesday. For the first three months of this year, single-person households spent a monthly average of 300,000 won ($241.74) on housing-related expenditures, accounting for 20.5 percent of their total average monthly ...

SHANGHAI , June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Electric has announced the release of its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report 2022, highlighting the Company's performance and achievements in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) in the fiscal year 2021. This is Shanghai Electric's 13th CSR report as the Company continues to advance its pledge to improve its transparency...

The US warned on Tuesday that it will seek to introduce tougher sanctions if North Korea conducts a nuclear test despite the continued stonewalling from China and Russia. US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield clarified that the Biden administration will continue to push ahead with its initiative to hold North Korea accountable for conducting weapons tests in violation of mu...

The 2022 local elections in Korea were held Wednesday, marking the eighth edition of the event since the right to elect local government leaders and assembly members. The history of local elections in Korea began in 1952 in the midst of the Korean War, with two more such elections held in 1956 and 1960. However, local elections were put on hold for nearly three decades after an authoritarian reg...

As the summer season is approaching and music charts are ready to revel in new summer anthems, boy band Victon is hopping on the summer music craze with its seventh EP, “Chaos.” This marks a return from the septet just five months since its previous work, “Chronograph,” released in January. In a press conference Tuesday, Seung-sik said that “confusion” and “chaos” are the two terms that best de...

Former President Moon Jae-in has sued four people, including members of conservative groups, for protesting in front of his residence on charges of defamation and death threats. Moon’s legal representative visited the Yangsan Police Station on Tuesday and filed a complaint on behalf of Moon and his spouse Kim Jung-sook against the four people from three protest groups. The accusations include a...

Key highlights: David Hill assumes Deloitte's Asia Pacific CEO role, succeeding Cindy Hook in overseeing 68,000 professionals in 19 geographies. As Asia Pacific CEO, David will focus on the firm's goal to provide a seamless experience for clients and unrivalled opportunities for its people across the region. HONG KONG , June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, David Hill assumes the role of...

Although they are based on traditional designs, the modern touches and usage of the items make them cool and chic for the MZ generation to use,” she said, referring to millennials and Generation Z. In the early days of her business, Kim often visited the Japanese city of Kanazawa, which is well known for regional handicrafts. “Craftsmen-led classes and crafts shops that sell modern items filled ...

Voter turnout for South Korea's local elections stood at 50 percent as of 6 p.m. Wednesday, as polls closed nationwide for ordinary voters, according to the country's election authorities. This is 10.2 percent points lower than the level recorded at the same time in the previous local elections in 2018. Voting by COVID-19 positive voters and those in quarantine commenced at 6:30 p.m. and will l...

South Koreans across the country headed to the polls Wednesday morning in nationwide local elections, results of which could determine how much momentum the newly launched Yoon Suk-yeol administration will have in pushing its agendas. The voting booths opened at 6 a.m. across the country, with 17 leadership positions at metropolitan or provincial levels, 226 heads of lower-level administrative l...

The winners of Wednesday’s local elections will likely emerge around midnight, some four hours after the polls close, according to the National Election Commission. The vote count begins at around 8 p.m. after ballot boxes are moved to the local election commissions’ ballot counting stations across the country. One hour later, the vote count is expected to start being revealed to the public in ...