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Stressed white collars seek room salons for lunch break nap

Growing numbers of white collar workers are seeking room salons, popular night cultural venues for business men, to take afternoon nap during lunch time.By Ko Dong-hwan Room salons, the nation’s popular night cultural venues mostly sought by white collars, are attracting customers during daytime as well by selling their rooms as a place to nap.The businesses slate signs like “Coffee for Sale 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.” And they offer customers who visit to use drinking rooms where they can take a nap. According to a report by Munhwa Ilbo Tuesday, customers mostly come in groups of four to five and share the room.The report cited a salon owner as saying the daytime business has been a huge success, with all 15 rooms being occupied by office workers in need of extra comfortable sleep away from their bosses.An official from Yeongdeungpo-gu office said the business isn’t illegal because salons are allowed to sell tea or coffee aside from liquors.The same consumer groups also increasingly visit local hospitals, where they can get a chance to lie down on beds by requestin

Apr 16, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Stressed white collars seek room salons for lunch break nap

Coolest occupation for men with lovers

A survey found most women in their early 20s want their boyfriends to have career in the financial field.By Ko Dong-hwan A survey showed most women in their early 20s would love to see their boyfriends work in no other than financial sector, Kyunghyang Shinmun said Tuesday.Of 487 female university students, 30.4 percent selected the occupation.Other career sectors favored by the participants included public work and education (18.9 percent), information communication technology (17.9), media, broadcasting and advertisement (10.1), service (9.9), distribution (6.4), and manufacture, construction and machinery (5.7).The survey also asked on working conditions they wish their boyfriends had.High salary topped the list with 24.8 percent, ahead of work safety (19.5), welfare and services (18.1), potential for self-improvement (12.5), suitability (12.1), dignity (5.1), sharing same career fields (3.7), and geographical proximity (4.1).The survey was conducted March 31 by an online employment portal Career. The result was announced Tuesday.

Apr 16, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Coolest occupation for men with lovers

White babies just 15 months old show racial bias

 Toddlers show racial bias when picking playmates, a study reveals, as reported by the Daily Mail.Researchers tested the reaction of white 15 month olds as toys were distributed.The babies are more likely to help those who share the same ethnicity, which is known as in-group bias when people favor those with the same characteristics as oneself.The University of Washington team first noticed the phenomenon when the infants began playing favorites with the researchers during a previous experiment.Prof. Jessica Sommerville said, “At the time, about half of the research assistants in my lab were Asian-American and the other half were Caucasian, and most of the babies in our experiments are Caucasian.”“It's surprising to see these pro-social traits, but at the same time, we're also seeing that babies have self-motivated concerns too.”The study revealed when it came to picking a playmate, the babies seemed more tolerant of unfairness.  

Apr 16, 2014
White babies just 15 months old show racial bias

Samsung digs deeper trench for job applicants with harsher exam

The latest Samsung Aptitude Test (SSAT) held Sunday across the nation was distinguished with a higher level of difficulty than the past exams. By Ko Dong-hwanThe recent Samsung Aptitude Test (SSAT) held Sunday raised sighs from applicants it has cranked up a difficulty level to another fresh notch, Maeil Business Newspaper said Tuesday.A change that stood out the most in the latest exam was more diversity in questions. To the original four categories ― linguistic, deduction, math and general knowledge ― it added a new “space perception skill” category.It also removed four Chinese character idiom problems, which could be mastered in a relatively short term, and instead expanded problems in sociology and national, and world history.The report said applicants had hard times with increased numbers of problems in the history section. They were especially flustered by the new space perception skill category, which challenged them to come up with right geometrical shapes using folded, perforated papers. A Samsung official said the exam has been overhauled so that those with

Apr 15, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Samsung digs deeper trench for job applicants with harsher exam

Korean game industry exports 11 times K-pop

Korean game industry recorded 2.74 trillion won exports as of 2012, which is 11times that of musical contents exports including K-pop.By Ko Dong-hwanStatistics revealed the nation’s game industry accrued export sales nearly 11 times that with musical contents, including K-pop, DongA Ilbo said Tuesday.According to a report Monday by Korea Finance Corporation about the game industry’s present and future, game exports as of 2012 reached 2.74 trillion won. It accounted for 57 percent of the nation’s total cultural contents exports of about 4.8 trillion won. Musical contents exports stood at 245 billion won.The report said Korea’s domestic game industry generated about 9.75 trillion won this year so far, a 10.8 percent increase from the last year. It added that while arcade games are declining in market shares, online and mobile games are recording steady growth. The blue ocean products are expected to increase their market value up to 11.9 trillion won by 2015.In the global game industry, the U.S. tops the chart with 18.6 percent of market share. Japan (18.5 perce

Apr 15, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Korean game industry exports 11 times K-pop

Protest against cull

Unionized government employees in chicken masks hold a rally in front of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in Sejong City, Tuesday, calling for the government to stop the culling of poultry during avian influenza outbreaks./ Yonhap

Apr 15, 2014

Affordable SSD engine turns used laptops faster, more capacious

By Ko Dong-hwanSolid state drive (SSD) is becoming a popular tool to boost used laptops' speeds instead of purchasing new ones.Old laptops cursed with sluggish operating speeds often call for purchasing new ones, but a cheaper and more effective upgrading tool called “SSD” is becoming increasingly attractive among Korea’s laptop users.Digital Times reported on Monday the advantages of the solid state drive (SSD), an upgraded version of hard disk drive (HDD) conventionally installed in laptop computers.The report cited CEO Ahn Hyun-cheol of an SSD-specializing firm Revu Ahn Tech, who compared HDD and SSD to a cassette player and an mp3 player, respectively. It means while HDD functions are based on “fast forward” or “rewind,” SSD simply “selects” working tracks, saving much time and increasing laptop’s speed.Ahn said sluggishness of computers or laptops is caused not by their CPUs or other components but HDDs.SSD’s effectiveness was verified in a comparative test performed by Digital Times using two laptops, one with an

Apr 15, 2014By Ko Dong-hwan
Affordable SSD engine turns used laptops faster, more capacious

Gate crasher

A truck stands crashed into the gate of the Ministry of Environment in Sejong City, Tuesday. According to police, the driver, a deer farmer living outside the city, drove his truck into the gate calling for compensation for the death of a deer which he argued was caused by the heavy truck noise in front of the farm. The farm is located between Gongju and Sejong cities, where construction is underway to expand a connecting road. Police are questioning the farm owner./ Yonhap

Apr 15, 2014

Michelle with stickers

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama has stickers placed on her face by 20-month-old Lily Oppelt during her visit with wounded soldiers being cared for at the Fisher House at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Monday. The first lady is participating in a pre-Easter celebration with military families and their children. The Fisher House provides an extended-stay housing program for family members while their loved ones are receiving specialized medical care at Walter Reed./ AP-Yonhap

Apr 15, 2014

Running for re-election

Governor Hong Joon-pyo of South Gyeongsang Province acknowledges applause from participants after winning the ruling Saenuri Party’s primary held at the Masan Stadium, Monday. He will run for re-election in the June 4 local elections. / Yonhap

Apr 14, 2014
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