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Technical inspection of Nuri space rocket under way after postponed launch

Korea's space rocket Nuri is erected at the launch pad at Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, on May 23. YonhapKorean aerospace engineers have been inspecting the country's homegrown space rocket Nuri on Thursday following the last-minute cancellation of the scheduled launch over a computer glitch.The launch management committee, which oversees the entire process, called off the launch of Nuri on Wednesday after the engineers detected a communications problem between a launch control computer and a launch pad facility control computer about three hours before liftoff.The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said they will try to launch Nuri again after a thorough inspection as the problem has little to do with the rocket itself."The examination will be held through noon, and we will try again if the problem is solved," a ministry official said. "Otherwise, we will ask researchers and engineers how much time they need and decide future schedules."So the rocket will remain erected on the launch pad at Naro Space Center in the so

May 25, 2023
Technical inspection of Nuri space rocket under way after postponed launch

3rd Nuri rocket launch delayed by network failure

Vice Minister of Science and ICT Oh Tae-seog, left, announces cancellation of the Nuri space rocket's launch due to network failure at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Wednesday. Courtesy of Ministry of Science and ICTBy Baek Byung-yeulGOHEUNG ― The third launch of a Nuri space launch vehicle, scheduled for Wednesday evening, was postponed because of network failures that occurred during the launch preparation process, the science ministry said only hours before the planned launch.The ministry said engineers are trying to identify the exact cause of the network failure and fix the issue, and if the problem can be resolved by Thursday morning, it will hold a launch management committee meeting to decide whether the launch will take place Thursday.“During preparations for the third Nuri launch today, a network error occurred between the launch control computer and the launch pad facility control computer while controlling the low-temperature helium supply valve,” Vice Minister of Science and ICT Oh Tae-seog said during a press briefing at the Naro Sp

May 24, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
3rd Nuri rocket launch delayed by network failure

Nuri space rocket ready for third launch

The Nuri space rocket is set up at a launch pad at Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province, Tuesday. Courtesy of Korea Aerospace Research InstituteLocally-developed launch vehicle aims to carry satellites into spaceBy Baek Byung-yeulThe Nuri space rocket was placed on a launch pad at Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province on Tuesday, a day ahead of its third launch, which will carry actual satellites into space, according to the science ministry and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).After leaving the assembly building in the morning, Nuri, also known as the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II and the first locally-developed rocket, was transported by an unmanned vehicle and the process of placing it on the launch pad was completed.Preparatory work for the launch was carried out in the afternoon, including the attachment of umbilical connectors, cables for fuel supply, propellants and air tightness checks.On Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Science and ICT and KARI will hold a meeting to review technical preparations, weather conditions and the possibi

May 23, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Nuri space rocket ready for third launch

Samsung aims to expand sleep care with health app, watch

Hon Pak, vice president and head of Digital Health Team at Samsung Electronics, speaks at the company's office in Seoul, Tuesday. Courtesy of Samsung ElectronicsBy Baek Byung-yeulSamsung Electronics' health care mobile app Samsung Health has reached 64 million monthly active users worldwide. The number of users of the Galaxy Watch's sleep feature has also doubled in 2023 compared to last year, according to the leader of its digital health team, Tuesday.As more people are having trouble sleeping due to the manifold complexities of technology and lifestyle, Samsung aims to continue providing better sleep care features with its mobile health app and smartwatch, the company said. “Samsung Health, which was launched in 2012, is being used by 64 million people worldwide every month. Samsung Health users have shown a strong interest in the sleep feature and the number of users of the sleep feature on the Galaxy Watch has nearly doubled compared to last year,” said Hon Pak, vice president and head of the Digital Health Team at Samsung.Since Samsung first launched Samsung Health a

May 23, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Samsung aims to expand sleep care with health app, watch

ASM to hire 200 more workers after building new plant in Korea

ASM CEO Benjamin Loh speaks during a press conference at Josun Palace hotel in southern Seoul, Tuesday. Courtesy of ASMBy Park Jae-hyukASM will hire around 200 additional employees in Korea over the next three to five years, following its plan announced earlier this year to invest $100 million to build a second manufacturing and R&D facility next to an existing one in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, the Dutch semiconductor equipment supplier said Tuesday.The company, which has around 460 employees in Korea, unveiled the hiring plan at its first press conference here held a day before the groundbreaking ceremony for the new facility.This also came three months after ASM signed a memorandum of understanding with the Korean government to expand its operation here. According to ASM, the second plant will be built by 2025 and will be 50 percent larger in size than the first one, in order to double the space for R&D and triple the space for manufacturing.Emphasizing that Korea is one of the three most important markets for the Dutch firm along with the U.S. and Singapore, ASM CEO Benj

May 23, 2023By Park Jae-hyuk
ASM to hire 200 more workers after building new plant in Korea

Will China's ban on Micron benefit Samsung, SK hynix?

A sign stands at the entrance of Micron Technology's automotive chip manufacturing plant in Manassas, Va, Feb. 11, 2022. Escalating its feud with Washington over technology and security, China's government told users of computer equipment to stop buying products from the U.S. memory chipmaker, Sunday. AP-YonhapExperts warn of rising market shares of Chinese competitors By Baek Byung-yeulKorean memory chipmakers ― Samsung Electronics and SK hynix ― could benefit from Micron Technology's absence in the Chinese market over the short term as China's sanctions on the U.S. chipmaker went into effect, Sunday. But the latest development is not expected to be favorable for them in the long run as Beijing's action will also benefit Chinese chipmakers, according to industry experts, Monday.On Sunday, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a statement titled, “Micron's products sold in China fail cybersecurity review.” The cyberspace regulator said it decided that products made by the U.S. chipmaker had failed its network security review and that it will ban operators

May 22, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Will China's ban on Micron benefit Samsung, SK hynix?

LG Display to showcase large OLED, stretchable display in LA

An LG Display employee shows the company's stretchable display, Sunday. The company showcases its large-sized OLED and stretchable displays at SDI Display Week 2023 in Los Angeles from Sunday to Friday. Courtesy of LG Display By Baek Byung-yeulLG Display's research papers on ultra-large organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays and stretchable displays have been recognized as outstanding works at a world-renowned conference of the display industry, the display maker said Sunday. The company said its research papers on new technologies applied to ultra-large OLED and stretchable displays each won Distinguished Paper awards at the Society for Information Display (SID). The achievements will be announced at the SID Display Week, which will be held from Sunday to Friday in Los Angeles.A team, led by researcher Shin Hong-jae, introduced technologies applied to the development of ultra-large OLED screens over 80 inches in a paper titled “A Novel Ultra Large Size OLED D

May 21, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
LG Display to showcase large OLED, stretchable display in LA

Lawmaker's cryptocurrency scandal sparks war in local gaming industry

Wemade CEO Chang Hyun-guk speaks to lawmakers of the ruling People Power Party at the company's headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. Joint Press CorpsBy Park Jae-hyukIndependent lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk / YonhapControversy over suspicious cryptocurrency trading by independent lawmaker Kim Nam-kuk, who left the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea after the scandal, has developed into a conflict between local gaming companies and professors specializing in the field, according to industry officials, Friday.Their dispute erupted after the Korea Game Society published a statement on May 10, asking lawmakers to probe whether Wemade and other gaming firms have bribed politicians to legalize play-to-earn (P2E) games.P2E games refer to those offering cryptocurrencies or non-fungible tokens to players in rewards for their plays. Wemade is the issuer of WeMix, one of various virtual assets in which Kim has invested.Rep. Ha Tae-keung of the ruling People Power Party (PPP) also wrote on Facebook on May 12 that he had rejected requests from the gaming industry to legalize P2E ga

May 19, 2023By Park Jae-hyuk
Lawmaker's cryptocurrency scandal sparks war in local gaming industry

Korea University graduate wins gold medal at global AI tech contest

By Jun Ji-hyeSohn Ho-yeol, a graduate of Korea University, won the gold medal in a recent Kaggle contest, in which some 1,400 artificial intelligence (AI) developers and teams from around the world competed for three months. Sohn Ho-yeol / Courtesy of Korea UniversityKaggle, hosted by Google, is the world's largest data science community, where global developers engage in open competition to suggest solutions to tasks assigned by global companies. It is sometimes dubbed as the world's AI Olympics or AI UFC, according to Korea University, Thursday. Sohn, who graduated from the university last February, took the first place with his development of an education model that would enable hearing-impaired children to learn sign language through a game. Sohn received $50,000 in prize money and earned the accumulated ranking of No. 20 among 200,000 participants who have participated in Kaggle contests so far. Among Koreans, he is ranked at the top. Sohn became interested in AI and in participating in Kaggle while taking deep learning and AI classes at the university in 2021. So far, he has re

May 18, 2023By Jun Ji-hye
Korea University graduate wins gold medal at global AI tech contest

Samsung SDS to expand global Cello Square logistics platform

O Koo-il, executive vice president and head of Logistics Business Division at Samsung SDS, speaks during a press conference held at the company's headquarters in Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of Samsung SDSBy Baek Byung-yeulSamsung SDS will increase the availability of its digital logistics platform Cello Square to 30 countries by 2024 and will expand the scope of its service to make it easier for customers to use digital technology to quote, transport, track and pay for logistics services, the company said Thursday. “Logistics is all about how well a company runs its operations. When the Suez Canal congestion occurred in 2022, companies didn't wait for the problem to be solved there ― they went around the African continent. This is because the risk of holding logistics for a longer time is more expensive than the cost of avoiding risk,” O Koo-il, executive vice president and head of the Logistics Business Division at Samsung SDS, said during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul.“In that sense, we have advanced the features of Cello Square to suppor

May 18, 2023By Baek Byung-yeul
Samsung SDS to expand global Cello Square logistics platform
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