TAIPEI , April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mushrooming data centers, intelligent vehicles and the infusion of IoT in all things electronic are piling enormous pressure on the storage sector to keep pace. As prices tumble per gigabyte of storage, many industry players are starting to look to UFS chips to replace current eMMC memory chips for the storage needs of electronic gadgets. Industry norms...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia , April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a part of the mission to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet, Microsoft is excited to announce PC Game Pass is now available in Indonesia , Malaysia , Philippines , Thailand , and Vietnam . All PC players can get started for three months for $1 (USD).   PC Game Pass availab...

Winners in Ninth Annual Competition to Be Celebrated During Virtual Ceremony on 29 June FAIRFAX, Va. , April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Winners in the ninth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards, the only awards program to recognize innovation in business throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region, have been announced. The list of Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners is available at http...

With the landmark Seoul Jazz Festival resuming in-person this year after a three-year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the lineup of stars for this year’s festival has been unveiled. The 14th Seoul Jazz festival will be held over three days outdoors, starting May 27 at the Olympic Park’s 88 Jandi Madang in southern Seoul, according to the festival’s organizer Private Curve. It is set to featu...

The Hungarian Supermodel Stars in Brand's New Campaign, Inspiring Travelers to Search for New Adventures and Savour the Good Life HONG KONG , April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts , part of Marriott Bonvoy's portfolio of 30 extraordinary brands, is encouraging creative travellers to awaken new adventures, senses and experiences with the brand's new campaign, "Nouveaux...

Oscar-winning actress Youn Yuh-jung has emerged as a key contender for an Emmy Award for her role in the drama "Pachinko," raising hopes she could be the first South Korean to win both an Oscar and an Emmy. At the Academy Awards last year, Youn was named Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the livewire grandmother role in the American immigration film "Minari" (2020), becoming the first South ...

President Moon Jae-in formally appointed a former veteran International Monetary Fund official, Rhee Chang-yong, as new head of the Bank of Korea (BOK) on Thursday after the National Assembly adopted a report on his confirmation hearing. Rhee, former director of the Asia and Pacific department at the IMF, was nominated last month to succeed former BOK Gov. Lee Ju-yeol, whose term ended on March ...

For some people, full recovery from COVID-19 is frustratingly elusive. Many suffer with lingering symptoms, ranging from dry cough, muscle weakness to depression, weeks or even months after the infection. Dubbed as Long COVID, or post-COVID-19 syndrome, this is a growing concern as South Korea breathes a sigh of relief, past the omicron surge. According to a survey conducted between March 21 an...

SINGAPORE , April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GESS – International School in Singapore has officially announced the launch of its "BeyondClassrooms Programme" and has partnered with many prominent companies leading in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. GESS Students at the Signing Ceremony with Evonik Global Industry Leaders as Partners The current partners o...

South Korea's exports rose 16.9 percent in the first 20 days of April from a year earlier on the back of demand for chips and petroleum products, customs data showed Thursday. The country's outbound shipments stood at $36.3 billion in the April 1-20 period, compared with $31 billion a year earlier, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. Imports increased 25.5 percent on-year to $...

North Korean propaganda organs on Thursday slammed the annual combined military training between South Korea and the United States, labeling it as preparation for war, while the Kim Jong-un regime has made no formal response yet. Earlier this week, South Korea and the United States kicked off their combined springtime military training that does not include any field troop maneuvers. It is to ru...

The number of male victims of digital sex crimes compiled by a state support agency doubled last year from the previous year, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said. The Digital Sexual Crime Victim Support Center extended assistance to 1,843 male victims in 2021, marking a near twofold increase from 926 in the previous year, the ministry said. The spike in the number of male victims...

Naver Corp., South Korea's top internet portal operator, said Thursday its net profit plummeted 99 percent on-year in the first quarter due to a low base effect. Net profit reached 151.4 billion won ($122.5 million) during the January-March period, compared with 15.31 trillion won in the previous year, the company said in a regulatory filing. The record high net profits for last year's first qu...

South Korea reported fewer than 100,000 coronavirus cases Thursday as the omicron curve has turned downward since mid-March. The country added 90,867 new COVID-19 infections, including 31 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 16,674,045, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The new tally is down 57,558 cases, or 38.7 percent, from a week ago and marks the l...