S Korea tops in 10 most automated countries


According to the data of the International Federation of Robotics, within four years the units of installed industrial robots have been jumped to 113 from 74 as the pace of industrial automation is accelerating across much of the developed world. 

It has been reported that there was a total of 74 installed industrial robots per 10,000 employees globally in 2016 while that increased to 113 across the manufacturing sector by 2020. 

Asia now has a robot density of 118 units per 10,000 workers with pushing the Europe and Americas back for carrying the figures of 114 and 103 respectively. 

South Korea leads the way in the use of robots, with 855 installed per 10,000 employees, followed by Japan (364) and Germany (346), however, China is one of the countries recording the highest growth levels in industrial automation. 

Let's have a look at the 10 countries with the highest density of robot workers.

No 1 South Korea (855)
No 2 Japan (364) 
No 3 Germany (346)
No 4 Sweden (277)
No 5 United States (228) 
No 6 Italy (212)
No 7 Belgium/Luxembourg(tie) (211)
No 8 Spain (191)
No 9 China (187)
No 10 France (177)

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Kim’s sister appears in public for 1st time since July


This undated picture released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 2, 2020, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and sister Kim Yo Jong visiting fields in Kimhwa County, Kangwon province; Photo: AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong made her first appearance in state media since July, an absence that speculated her power was “clipped” after she led a contentious pressure campaign against South Korea.

Kim Yo Jong joined her brother and a handful of top cadres on a tour to inspect reconstruction work to repair damage caused by massive flooding in recent weeks, the state’s Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.

The political analysts predicted that Kim Yo Jong is likely to be the successor to her brother Kim Jong Un during his prolonged absence in April raised questions about his health conditions.

She was last mentioned in state media when she joined her brother on an inspection tour of a chicken farm, which included a glimpse of her picking up a cigarette butt from her brother.

“The listing of the accompanying officials in today’s report indicates that she has not been demoted,” said Rachel Minyoung Lee, an independent political analyst who used to work for the US government in areas related to North Korea.

According to Bloomberg, Kim Yo Jong’s political status rose at the beginning of the year where she was a key player on policies toward the country’s two biggest adversaries, the US and South Korea. 

A leading South Korean newspaper, the Chosun, reported in recent days that “she might even visit President Donald Trump before the presidential election in a show of support”.

Kim Yo Jong led a series of threats and provocations against South Korea that culminated with Pyongyang in June blowing up a joint liaison office north of the border built-in 2018 as a symbol of reconciliation between the two countries still “technically” at war. 

Just as soon as it looked like more was on the way, her brother reversed course in late June and halted plans to step up provocations.

In July, she issued a message saying that North Korea had no intention of holding a meeting with Trump, calling on him to change his policy of applying sanctions against the state.

After that, she was seen absent from two key meetings in August of the ruling Workers’ Party which raised speculation that “she had fallen out of favor”. – Bloomberg. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com
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Korea punishes TikTok for data mishandling

In this file photo illustration, the logo of social media application TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone, in Arlington, Virginia. TikTok has been caught up in the escalating dispute between the United States and China, with the Chinese-owned firm accused of acting as a surveillance tool for Beijing, an allegation it denies. AFP-Yonhap
In this file photo illustration, the logo of social media application TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone, in Arlington, Virginia. TikTok has been caught up in the escalating dispute between the United States and China, with the Chinese-owned firm accused of acting as a surveillance tool for Beijing, an allegation it denies. AFP-Yonhap

By Kim Yoo-chul: The country's top telecom regulator fined Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok 186 million won ($155,000) over the app operator's mismanagement of user data, with the regulator chief Han Sang-hyuck calling it a "problematic company."

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said Wednesday the regulator's decision to impose the fine was based on its thorough internal investigation that uncovered TikTok's violation of local telecommunication laws.

"The KCC can confirm TikTok didn't get parental consent when collecting personal data for users younger than 14. Plus, TikTok didn't notify its users of its overseas transfer of personal data. While TikTok had promised children under the age of 14 wouldn't be able to use its service, it didn't operate a proper online age verification process," the KCC said in a statement, adding the telecom regulator also found TikTok collected data on at least 6,007 children under the age of 14 registered to the service between May 31, 2017, and Dec. 6 last year.

TikTok also transferred Korean user data to servers in the United States and Singapore without prior notice, the regulator said. With regard to the KCC's request for the latest updates on its data privacy policies, TikTok said personal information of its Korean users is being managed by cloud-computing service operators in the U.S. and Singapore.

The KCC notified TikTok of the decision Wednesday. The regulator also requested TikTok correct "all problems found" within 30 days. "The KCC ordered TikTok to immediately stop its practice of violating local telecommunication laws."

A few hours after the KCC announcement, one TikTok user in China claimed Korean K-pop stars' TikTok accounts had been deleted. TikTok accounts of some K-pop stars are still active, but some officials didn't rule out the possibility that more K-pop stars' TikTok accounts will be deleted.

Amid intense scrutiny over TikTok as a potential national security risk in the United States, top Washington officials said the United States is considering banning the use of TikTok and other Chinese social media apps such as WeChat.

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro recently claimed TikTok is one of the biggest forms of censorship in mainland China. He further alleged that "all of the data that goes into those mobile apps that kids have so much fun with and seem so convenient, it goes right to servers in China, right to the Chinese military, the Chinese Communist Party and the agencies which want to steal our intellectual property."

Launched by Chinese internet upstart ByteDance, TikTok has been working to distance itself from its Chinese association through efforts such as storing data in the United States and Singapore as well as overhauling its corporate structure, industry officials said. It remains to be seen whether or not Korean companies will join hands with Washington's calls to boycott TikTok, after Wells Fargo and Amazon asked employees to remove TikTok from their mobile phones.

As of last year, TikTok had 3.4 million users here, according to industry tracker WiseApp. Source https://www.koreatimes.co.kr
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