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Striving for an encore with Encored Technologies

An application that runs a smart energy meter EnerTalk. / Courtesy of Encored TechnologiesSmart energy platform informs consumers, encourages lifestyle changeBy Kim Ji-sooChoe Jong-woong, CEO and founder of Encored Technologies, speaks in an interview with The Korea Times in Seoul last month. / Courtesy ofSeoul Climate-Energy Conference 2016 by KAISTWritten on the glass door of the office of Choe Jong-woong, CEO of Encored Technologies, is “Synergy! Fun! Passion!”Inside his office in southern Seoul, one wall is lined with books and a hoodie-wearing Choe was working as briskly as the cold wind outside. He had just returned from a trip to Japan and was deep into planning for his business for next year.Encored Technologies is a big data company that aggregates energy demand data and provides information platforms and related services. The average Korean may be more familiar with EnerTalk, a small cloud-based big data device developed by the company and installed on a customer’s fuse box to measure electricity usage. The so-called “smart energy meter” i

Dec 21, 2016
Striving for an encore with Encored Technologies

'Design doesn't have to be pretty to be lovely'

Kim Bong-jin, CEO of Woowa Brothers, speaks during a design seminar held as part of the Seoul Design Festival Dec. 8-11. / Courtesy of PrainBy Yun Suh-young"Does design have to be pretty?" Kim Bong-jin, CEO of Woowa Brothers, asked a crowd of designers and design students during a lecture at the Seoul Design Festival that ended last week."No, but it can still be lovely," he said, referring to his own brand, "Delivery Nation," which is representative of Woowa Brothers. Delivery Nation was revolutionary when it first came out in 2012, completely changing the dynamics of the delivery applications industry with just a simple click on an app. Not only was the service sensational, but also its brand image was far from pretty. In fact, it positioned itself as an "unpretty" weird brand that comes up with wacky ideas and marketing that make people smile. Its unique font also gained many fans.Kim said being Baemin (the short form of what people call the Delivery Nation), was equivalent to being oneself."When you start becoming aware of the people around you, you start designing

Dec 20, 2016
'Design doesn't have to be pretty to be lovely'

Jeonbuk celebrate Asian Champions League title

CEO of Hyundai Motors Lee Won-hee,  center, is flanked by Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors football club coach Choi Kang-hee, right, and forward Lee Dong-gook during the K-League football team’s Asian Championship League title-winning celebration at Lawry’s The Prime Rib restaurant in Seoul, Monday. Jeonbuk claimed the champion’s title after defeating Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates last month. / Courtesy of Lawry’s The Prime Rib

Dec 19, 2016

Tenacious physicist develops new quantum dot technology

Prof. Kyhm Kwang-seukBy Yoon Sung-wonKyhm Kwang-seuk, a physicist at Pusan National University, has developed new technology that can control two nano-scale quantum dots with light instead of electrical circuits, after tenaciously looking into a scientific observation made more than a decade ago, according to the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Monday.Expectations are that the new technology is expected to be applied not only to cutting-edge scientific areas such as quantum communication and quantum computing but also to general industries such as quantum-dot display technologies.“Now we can easily control electron bonding in quantum dots simply by shifting the direction of polarization of light,” Kyhm said. “As the technology enables effective overlap of more signals, it is expected to be one of the core technologies that can advance quantum communication and quantum computing technologies.”For the research project, the physicist said he has closely cooperated with Prof. Kim Jong-su at Yeungnam University and Song Jin-dong, a researcher at the Kor

Dec 19, 2016
Tenacious physicist develops new quantum dot technology

2 envoys exude African vitality

Rwandan Ambassador Emma-Francoise Isumbingabo, left, and South African Ambassador Nozuko Gloria Bam talk about the progress made by their countries on female empowerment during a recent interview at a Seoul hotel. / Korea Times photo by Oh Young-jinBy Oh Young-jinAt one table at an open restaurant in the foyer of a downtown hotel, a discussion was underway about women’s empowerment.The din coming from the busy environment ― passersby, employees and paging noises ― couldn’t dampen two passionate ambassadors from Africa.The subject of women’s rights is often about the lack of progress and the resulting inequality.But the two ― Rwandan Ambassador Emma-Francoise Isumbingabo and South African Ambassador Nozuko Gloria Bam ― talked about the results ― remarkable ones in such a short period of time.For one who participated in that conversation and often played the role of the listener, what was most striking was the conviviality with which the two ambassadors sometimes finished a sentence the other started and the infectious sense of camar

Dec 19, 2016
2 envoys exude African vitality

Ryan at Walk of Fame

Actor Ryan Reynolds poses for photographers during an unveiling ceremony honoring Reynolds with the 2,596th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, Thursday. / UPI-Yonhap

Dec 16, 2016

Making Asia's global MMA organization

Jung bets on China to take Road FC to next levelBy Jung Min-hoJung Mun-hongThe past year has been a time of great success for Jung Mun-hong, chief of the largest mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion organization in Korea.His company, Road FC, held its first major event in China, Dec. 26 last year, which turned out to be a massive hit with 35 million TV viewers. The local fans’ enthusiasm earned the organization a three-year broadcasting contract with CCTV. Three more successful events have since been held in the country.“The contract was an amazing opportunity, and we have made the most of it,” Jung said in an interview. “Meanwhile, we have taken big steps forward to make Road FC the best and biggest MMA brand in Asia.”As part of the ambitious goal, he also plans to open Road FC Park in northern Beijing early next year. “This will be the place where MMA fans can work out in a gym, buy T-shirts with the face of their favorite fighters and enjoy other entertainment facilities,” he said.He believes Road FC will make greater achievements in the yea

Dec 16, 2016
Making Asia's global MMA organization

Relearning the symbolism, artisanship in royal costume

Inside the wedding ceremonial robe, women used to wear total three jackets. The innermost is the pink jacket, on top of it goes the yellow Sam-Hui-Jang jacket and finally, the most outer jacket is the green full ceremonial jacket. / Courtesy of Korea Furniture MuseumBy Kim Ji-sooThe Korea Furniture Museum, a lovely traditional Korean edifice, is located in Seongbuk-dong, northern Seoul. It is a posh part of the city that retains a certain element of old Seoul.Here the museum holds exhibitions that allow visitors to travel back in time to learn traditional Korean culture. Currently it is holding an exhibition of traditional royal garments for women, which they recreated.“These clothes here on display, they are remade based on historical records, and mostly reflect the King Yeongjo (1694-1776)  and the King Jeongjo (1752-1800) years of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) when the kingdom flourished in many aspects,” said Kim Kyung-sil, deputy head of Korean Royal Costume Research Institute and adjunct professor at Sungkyunkwan University. “Here you can see elements or

Dec 16, 2016
Relearning the symbolism, artisanship in royal costume

'Balancing physical, mental training key for taekwondo'

Lee Soon-ho, the grand master emeritus of the American Taekwondo Association (ATA), speaks about the fundamental basics of the Korean martial art, in an interview in Seoul, Wednesday./ Korea Times photo by Lee Min-hyungBy Lee Min-hyungLee Soon-ho, the Grand Master Emeritus of the American Taekwondo Association (ATA), hopes to raise awareness of the spiritual side of the Korean martial art in more countries.The 77-year-old Korean-American taekwondo instructor has dedicated more than four decades to introducing the martial arts in the United States, since he moved to the country in 1970.Even after retiring from the top post at the largest taekwondo organization there in 2011, he remains passionate over his plan to spend the rest of his life promoting the way forward for taekwondo.“The fundamental basis for taekwondo comes from balancing physical and mental training,” he said in an interview, Wednesday. “To create a great balance between them is the core value behind taekwondo. We do not want to build people into bullies.”The ATA was founded by his olde

Dec 15, 2016
'Balancing physical, mental training key for taekwondo'

Grammy-awarded star to sing for two Koreas' reunification

Peabo Bryson, an American R&B singer, speaks to The Korea Times in an interview at Marriott Executive Apartments on Yeouido, Monday. / Courtesy of One-K Global Campaign Organizing CommitteeBy Kim Hyo-jinPeabo Bryson’s tender and sultry voice awakens people’s childhood memories in Disney’s “A Whole New World” from the Aladdin soundtrack and “Beauty and the Beast” from the film of the same title.The famed American R&B singer is set to bring his voice into a song promoting unification of the two Koreas.In an effort to seek global support for unification, the One-K Global Campaign Organizing Committee, consisting of over 800 domestic NGOs including Action for Korea United (AKU), started the civic-led unification movement One-K Global Campaign in 2015. It announced a plan to release a unification song in collaboration with world-famous music producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis by early next year.Bryson came to join the project at Jam and Lewis’s suggestion. The music producers said they will make a song that has an “impact beyo

Dec 14, 2016
Grammy-awarded star to sing for two Koreas' reunification
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