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Is there really such thing as a free lunch in automation? Parascript's Accelerator Program is as close as it gets.

PR NewswireMar 23, 2022

LONGMONT, Colo. , March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Let's get to the punchline: We're not interested in selling you our software. We're only interested in delivering results. In a day when most vendors focus on booked sales, leaving their customers to manage the incredible costs and risks associated with achieving a successful technology adoption project, there has to be a better way. When is th...
[Graphic News] 7 in 10 S. Koreans suffered income reduction amid pandemic: survey

BusinessMar 23, 2022

Nearly 7 in 10 South Koreans saw their income fall in the wake of COVID-19, a survey showed. In an online survey of 2,016 people aged 18 or above by the Korea Institute of Public Administration from Nov. 15-22, 68 percent said their average monthly income was lower in 2021 than in 2019 before the pandemic struck. Only 30 percent said their income rose, while the remaining 2 percent said it r...
[영어답게 표현하기] 시사적인 내용을 말할 때 도움이 될 영어다운 표현들

English EyeMar 23, 2022

이번 주에도 시사적인 내용을 말할 때 도움이 될 영어다운 표현들을 보겠습니다. 저희 책 『나는 더 영어답게 말하고 싶다 시사이슈 편』에서 뽑은 표현들입니다. 1 A: The age-old practice of companies receiving special treatment, in a quid pro quo , for giving funds to politicians still exists. B: Those old practices really seem to die hard. A: 기업이 정치권에 돈을 제공하고 대가로 특혜를 받는 악습이 아직도 남아 있어. B: 오랜 악습은 정말 사라지기 힘든 것 같아. SITUATION 대가로 어떤 것을 주거나 받는다고 할 때 평범하게 He receiv...
S. Korea's daily coronavirus cases spike to near 500,000; total caseload surpasses 10m

Social affairsMar 23, 2022

South Korea's new COVID-19 cases spiked to near 500,000 on Wednesday, adding to concerns that infections continue to spike again as the accumulated caseload surpassed 10 million. The country had reported 490,881 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, raising the total caseload to 10,427,247, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Wednesday's tally is the second-highest, a...
Former US envoy for N. Korea tapped to lead Pacific Island talks

North KoreaMar 23, 2022

Joseph Yun, a former US point man on North Korea, has been appointed to lead the Joe Biden administration's negotiations with three small Pacific Island countries, according to the Department of State on Tuesday. Biden picked the former Korean-American career diplomat as Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations, it said in a press release. "Ambassador Yun has more than 33 years of di...
S. Korea's overseas direct investment hits all-time high in 2021

EconomyMar 23, 2022

South Korea's overseas direct investment hit a record high last year as the global economy recovered from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday. The value of investments made by South Korean companies reached $75.87 billion last year, up 32.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the data by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It marked the highest since the governmen...
Seoul stocks open higher on US gains

MarketsMar 23, 2022

South Korean shares got off to a strong start Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, led by institutional investors' purchase of big-cap shares. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) rose 26.48 points, or 0.98 percent, to reach 2,736.48 as of 9:15 a.m. Overnight, the US stock market finished higher, as investors digested recent hawkish comments by Federal Reserve ...
Blue Jays' Ryu Hyun-jin to make spring training debut on 35th birthday

BaseballMar 23, 2022

Toronto Blue Jays' South Korean starter Ryu Hyun-jin will make his first spring training appearance on his 35th birthday in Florida this week. The Blue Jays have announced Ryu as their starter against the Detroit Tigers at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, at 1:07 p.m. Friday (local time), or 2:07 a.m. Saturday (Seoul time). The left-hander will turn 35 that day. Ryu will be the last among five ...
S. Korea to ease property-related tax burdens of owners of one home

EconomyMar 23, 2022

South Korea said Wednesday it plans to ease tax burdens on owners of a single home amid growing public discontent about the government's housing policy amid skyrocketing home prices in recent years. The measures -- which are set to be announced at 11 a.m. -- are meant to prevent the owners of one home from additionally shouldering the burden of paying real estate-related taxes. The government p...
N. Korea works with all kinds of cyber criminals, including Russians: Sullivan

North KoreaMar 23, 2022

North Korea possesses significant cyber capabilities and works with all kinds of cyber criminals including those from Russia, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Tuesday. The remarks came after President Joe Biden warned of Russian cyber attacks. "All I can say generally is that North Korea cyber capabilities have been manifest in the world and they work with all kinds of cyber crim...
Producer prices up for 2nd month in Feb on high energy costs

EconomyMar 23, 2022

South Korea's producer prices grew for the second straight month in February, as high energy costs drove up the prices of factory-produced goods, central bank data showed Wednesday. The producer price index, a major barometer of consumer inflation, stood at 114.82 in February, up 0.4 from a month earlier, according to the preliminary data from the Bank of Korea (BOK). It marked the second strai...
XCMG Builds World's Largest Rear-Wheel Drive Rigid Mining Truck XDE440

PR NewswireMar 23, 2022

Self-developed by XCMG with 60+ patents for invention, the XDE440 has rolled off the assembly line in China's largest intelligent manufacturing base for mining equipment SHANGHAI , March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XCMG (SHE: 000425) has successfully designed, developed and manufactured the world's largest rear-wheel drive rigid mining truck, the XDE440, customized for China Minmetals Corporatio...
[Lee In-hyun] Discovering musicians from the war in Ukraine

ViewpointsMar 23, 2022

When I wake up, the first thing I do is check the news. For the past few weeks, the headlines have been about the war between Ukraine and Russia, and we seemed to have moved on from the pandemic news. I thought the war would end quickly since Russia has a much more powerful military than Ukraine. However, I was wrong. The patriotism of the Ukrainians was amazing; they stayed behind and protected ...
[Kim Seong-kon] Why ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ now?

ViewpointsMar 23, 2022

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which was originally published in 1839, begins as the protagonist receives a letter from his close friend, Roderick Usher, who urges him to come to his house to help him as he suffers from a strange illness. Responding to his old friend’s distress call, the protagonist travels to a distant part of the country where his friend lives. Metaphorical...
[Martin Schram] Military mind-reading and Putin’s presidency

ViewpointsMar 23, 2022

Wars leave us with iconic images that somehow capture for eternity the reality that made each war hell. So our minds’ eyes see forever the hell that was Vietnam when we recall just two photographs: that little girl running down the road toward us, crying, stripped naked by napalm dropped from America’s planes; and that South Vietnamese military officer shooting his pistol into his prisoner’s hea...