President Yoon Suk-yeol and some 100 lawmakers from the ruling People Power Party (PPP) traveled to the southwestern city of Gwangju on Wednesday for a ceremony marking the 1980 pro-democracy uprising in an unprecedented outreach to the home turf of the main opposition party. The civil revolt, in which Gwangju citizens rose up against the then military junta led by late former President Chun Doo...

The number of gun deaths in the United States underwent a “historic” increase in 2020, possibly due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty, according to a report by health authorities published. The US racked up 19,350 firearm homicides in 2020, up nearly 35 percent as compared to 2019, and 24,245 gun suicides (up 1.5 percent), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said i...

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases stayed above 30,000 for the second straight day Wednesday on a continued omicron slowdown as officials weigh a further easing of virus curbs toward returning to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 31,352 new COVID-19 infections, including 35 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,861,744, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) sa...

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it will launch the upgraded Palisade SUV in the domestic market this week amid the prolonged global chip shortage. The face-lifted Palisade comes with a 3.8-liter gasoline engine or a 2.2-liter diesel engine, and is priced at 39 million won-52 million won ($30,700-$41,000), the company said in a statement. Hyundai plans to ship the flagshi...

Global tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. was ranked as the best-managed company among South Korea's top 500 businesses in 2021 to retain the top spot for three years running, a corporate tracker said Wednesday. Samsung, the world's top memory chip and smartphone maker, obtained 766.9 out of 800 points in an assessment of high growth, investment, global competitiveness, job creation and four ...

South Korean shares opened higher Wednesday, tracking overnight rallies on Wall Street amid lingering uncertainty over higher inflation and combative monetary tightening in major economies. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 23.55 points, or 0.90 percent, to 2,643.99 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Overnight, US stocks closed higher, boosted by a rally in tech stocks, in the...

Setting a new standard to support users in the NFT space SINGAPORE , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MonsterX , a non-fungible token (NFT) commerce platform, announces its upcoming launch on the Solana network in August 2022 . Targeted at investors of physical assets and commodities, the platform is equipped to overcome the issues of counterfeit goods, as well as the use of non-fungible toke...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un rebuked officials for failing to respond properly to the COVID-19 outbreak in its early stages as he presided over a ruling Workers' Party meeting, state media said Wednesday. His message came as the country reported more than 232,880 people with fever symptoms nationwide and six additional deaths, raising total fatalities to 62, as of 6 p.m. the previous day. At...

SINGAPORE , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Integral Ad Science (Nasdaq: IAS), a global leader in digital media quality, announced today its Control Panel , a suite of reporting and planning tools that Context Control customers can use as an added value. The new capabilities will enable customers to more clearly understand the value and return on investment (ROI) that IAS's contextual targeting...

The United States is deeply concerned about the COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea and supports providing humanitarian assistance, including COVID-19 vaccines, to the impoverished country, a state department spokesperson said Tuesday. Ned Price, however, noted Pyongyang may still go ahead with its widely anticipated nuclear test. "Unfortunately, to date the DPRK has refused all vaccine donations ...

Within a few days, US President Joseph Biden is coming to Seoul to have a bilateral meeting with South Korea’s new leader, President Yoon Suk-yeol. It will be a great opportunity for the two presidents to strengthen the ties between the two countries. Indeed, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki announced, “This trip will advance the Biden-Harris administration’s rock-solid commitment to a free and...

There’s a Twitter game that routinely starts whenever a new, frightening revelation about the Trump administration becomes public: Clips of Hillary Clinton predicting that specific horror are resurrected. It’s really quite remarkable. From President Donald Trump’s affinity for Russia’s Vladimir Putin to his refusal to accept the election results. (“Every time Donald thinks things are not going in...

IRVINE, Calif. , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel (SeAH CSS) and Everguard.ai announced today they are partnering to bring Everguard's Sentri360 ® platform and ecosystem to the SeAH CSS plant located in Changwon, South Korea , to continue increasing the company's safety measures. Sentri360 ® , a proprietary Worker-Centric AI™ technology platform, uses a...

SAN JOSE, Calif. , May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arasan Chip Systems, the leading provider of Total IP TM solutions for today's Systems on Chip (SoC) market announces the immediate availability of its silicon proven high performance and low power consumption MIPI RFFE 3.0 SM Host IP and Device core IP for the mobile industry. Arasan's MIPI RFFE 3.0 SM Total IP TM Solution operates at r...