The Ministry of Science and ICT on Tuesday unveiled a guideline on a revised law requiring Netflix and other tech giants to improve their online service quality. Last December, South Korea passed a law revision holding online content service providers accountable if they fail to maintain stable services amid growing complaints against streaming giants Netflix and Google after their services expe...

KOCCA Music Studio will use cutting-edge technology such as extended reality and 3D modeling to create a more immersive and spectacular experience for online concerts and content productions. It can add in sounds of the audience cheering, sing-alongs and other high-quality sounds during the production process. The venue will also feature online streaming systems, post-production devices and have ...

South Korea will be able to import around 120,000 tons of urea per year from Indonesia over the next three years, a move expected to help prevent a supply crunch of the key industry material here, Seoul's industry ministry said Tuesday. The agreement was made as Seoul's Industry Minister Moon Sung-wook and Indonesia's State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir signed a memorandum of understan...

Some 2.63 million jobs have disappeared in the last year, while only 710,000 new jobs have been added, government data showed Tuesday. According to Statistics Korea, over 2 million jobs have been destroyed due to companies downsizing their workforce or shutting down businesses due to the pandemic. In the same period, some 710,000 jobs were created. More than half, or 53.5 percent, of them were ...

The primary storyline of the show’s first part revolves around Park Jeong-ja -- played by Kim Shin-rok-- a single mother who is subject to a public demonstration of condemnation, during which the “sinner” is brutally beaten and dragged to hell by three hulking supernatural beings. Although Park’s lawyers insist that information about her and her children be hidden, an Arrowhead member on YouTube...

Choi Yoon-ho, the chief financial officer of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics widely known to be close to its de facto leader Lee Jae-yong, was named Tuesday as the new chief executive officer of Samsung SDI, a Samsung affiliate dedicated to manufacturing batteries and display panel parts. The 58-year-old currently heads Samsung Electronics’ corporate management office, which encompas...

But in late October, they allowed Korean nationals vaccinated abroad to submit foreign vaccination certificates and be recognized as vaccinated just like those who received their shots at home. Foreign nationals vaccinated abroad have not been allowed access to the same process. “We’ll continue to seek a satisfactory response on this question. Disappointing and frustrating that none has so far b...

South Korean information technology service firm LG CNS said Tuesday that it had launched a virtual office service by teaming up with Japanese firm oVice, a move to capitalize on metaverse technology to address demand for pandemic-friendly remote work environments. LG CNS will play a role in migrating corporate clients’ work environment online, allowing the clients’ employees to do everyday task...

Moody's Investors Service will closely monitor the asset soundness of non-banking financial institutions in South Korea amid worries that they could face risks from snowballing corporate and household debt and rising interest rates, an analyst of the global credit appraiser said Tuesday. In a virtual media briefing, Ok Tae-jong, a senior analyst at Moodys' Investors also said that a continued in...

Yoon’s eatery has also been selected as a Bib Gourmand restaurant, a Michelin recognition for good value and good quality, for five consecutive years starting from 2018. But despite the accolades, Yoon wants new customers to know that it is still a humble restaurant. The restaurant is open from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., seven days a week. By Kim Hae-yeon ( hykim@heraldcorp.com )

Titles of the four sections have been inspired by Si Mok’s poem ”Gogungdanyeong,” printed in Donggwang magazine in 1927. The poem depicts the sorrowful mood of Gyeongbokgung after it was damaged during Japan’s colonial occupation. The exhibition runs through Feb. 27. It is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, with the last admission at 5 p.m. By Kim Hae-yeon ( hykim@heraldcorp.com )

Samsung Biologics earns ISO9001 for Quality Management System, proving its capabilities to ensure high-quality service offerings throughout a product life-cycle The company is fully certified with the recognition across all of its CDO, CMO and all other core business units in Plant 1,2, and 3 INCHEON, South Korea , Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung Biologics (KRX: 207940.KS), the world's...

South Korean biotechnology firm Hyundai Bioscience Co. said Tuesday that the combination of its oral antiviral candidate and dexamethasone showed high efficacy in treating COVID-19 during animal testings. The company is currently re-purposing niclosamide-based CP-COV03 as a potential treatment for the COVID-19 virus. The investigative drug's indication also includes influenza. Citing the result...