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IT-Science
Samsung’s mobile messengers struggling
A foray by Samsung Electronics into the mobile messenger market seems unsuccessful despite attempts by the firm to promote its self-developed ChatOn. The electronics giant has been trying to use its superiority in smartphones to boost recognition of its messenger by providing it preinstalled in its handsets. Despite stellar sales…
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7 in 10 multicultural students see themselves as ‘pure Korean’
Seven out of 10 children from multiracial families identify themselves as Korean, the latest study for better understanding of biracial families showed. The survey by the National Youth Policy Institute found that 73.4 percent of 1,502 biracial children responded that they’re a Korean citizen rather than a national of the…
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Business
IBM Korea under probe for software bid rigging
Anti-trust regulators here are investigating the Korean unit of global technology firm, IBM, over suspicions of bid rigging, an industry source said Monday. IBM Korea colluded with resellers to manipulate bid prices to steer a lucrative contract to one of its partners in a Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp. (SMRTC)…
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Business
Horror in Yeouido
Brokerage houses in firing spree as business sours Brokerage houses are dramatically laying-off employees, as the bad economy continues to squeeze finances. Workers are obviously angry and so are customers, who question how the companies can attempt to promote optimism and encourage people to buy shares while corporate management in…
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Column
Why overseas Koreans don’t vote
NEW YORK ― The upcoming Korean presidential election is a big deal ― and an even bigger one for Koreans overseas, or so we’re told. As it will be the first-ever presidential election allowing Korean citizens living abroad to vote, the ballot ― to be held in December ― is…
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Society
China, Great Wall, and Korea
Benedict Anderson, in the important work on nationalism entitled “Imagined Communities,” discusses the use of media and other symbols and technologies to create nationalism in the 19th century. Just as we know the Great Wall’s “new segments” are a particular extension of China’s nationalist project, other nations have used similar…
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East Asia
Ndi Egwuregwu okwu Nke Koria Merili Ndi Egwu okwu Nkem Great Britain
Ndi egwuregwu okwu nke Koria na nke Great Britain ga azo okwa echiechi imara ndi gabaye na uhere nkem izo maka ola edo na olimpiks nkem enwere na London. Ndi Great Britain gbara ndi mbu na mgbakota ha nkem anokpor group A. Ndi Koria gbara ndi abuo na mgbakota ha…
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South East Asia
Indonesia : SMTown’s World Tour ticket sales start this Friday
Major News in <The Jakarta Post> : SMTown’s World Tour ticket sales start this Friday Korean pop (K-pop) lovers would be able to book tickets for the upcoming SMTown Live World Tour III from this Friday in Jakarta, local promoters announced on Monday. The concert will feature major Korean artists,…
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Society
Amb. Oh Joon: Korea Needs to open and connected to world
Oh Joon, Korean Ambassador to Singapore, said that Korea needs to emulate Singapore in opening up and getting connected to the world. In an exclusive interview with The AsiaN, he noted that both Korea and Singapore have come a long way from their penury ridden stature in the sixties (60s) to this…
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Society
Tourists from North America Die in Vietnam
Cathy Huynh was a Canadian teacher who taught in Korea died mysteriously from food poisoning. You can contribute to www.gofundme.com/z81i8 to help send her body back home. Kari Joy Bowerman was an American teacher teaching in Korea. You can contribute to her funeral costs at www.giveforward.com/karisarmy. Both were close friends.…
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