[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Forward-thinking healthcare professionals can maintain competence and expand knowledge of policies and practices related to patients seeking medical tourism opportunities by earning up to 11 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits at the 6th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress, Nov. 3-5, in Las Vegas, through a joint partnership -- the first such offered worldwide -- the Medical Tourism Association® and the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine announced today. “Globalization of healthcare has opened opportunities for patients to trave
[NBC-1TV 박승훈 기자]외교부는 아시아나 항공기(OZ 214)의 샌프란시스코 공항 착륙중 충돌사고와 관련하여 재외국민보호대책본부(본부장 이정관 재외동포영사대사)를 즉시 설치하고, 주샌프란시스코 총영사관에 △피해상황 파악, △샌프란시스코 시당국 및 소방방재기관 등과의 협의, △우리 국민 치료 병원 방문 등을 지시했다. 사건 당시 현장에 나가 있던 한동만 주샌프란시스코 총영사는 사고 현장에서 즉각적으로 대응 조치를 지휘하는 한편, 현장을 방문한 에드윈 리 샌프란시스코 시장 및 현지 경찰·소방 고위 당국자들에게 우리 국민 피해자에 대한 신속한 조치와 각별한 배려를 당부하였다. 아울러 주샌프란시스코 총영사관은 소속 직원들을 우리 국민들이 후송된 인근 병원(서울시간 오전 8시 현재 7개 병원)에 파견하여 구체적인 피해 범위 파악중에 있다. 구체적인 사상자 수 및 피해 규모는 현재 확인중이며 미국 관계 당국에서 최종 확인 후 발표할 예정이다. 외교부 관계자는 "현지 상황에 따라 우리 국민 보호 조치를 적극 취해나갈 것"이라며 "현지 부상자들이 안전하게 치료받고 귀국할 수 있도록 필요한 지원을 계속해나갈 계획"이라고 밝혔다.
[NBC-1TV 김종우 기자]호우성 장맛비가 내린 7일 오후 서울 여의도의 한 행단보도를 지나가던 시민이 빗줄기가 강해지자 급히 이동하고 있다.
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Meru Networks (NASDAQ: MERU) has appointed longtime technology market veteran Jeffery D. Sage as Vice President of Sales for the Asia Pacific region. Sage, who is based in Singapore, previously served in senior sales positions at IBM, Tata Technologies, and General Motors. “I am very enthusiastic about the opportunities that lie ahead for Meru,” said Sage, “and look forward to helping to drive the company's growth in this critical region.” At IBM, Sage was responsible for the Fiat/Chrysler global integrated account, headed the Application Management Services Line of Busin
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) today announced that its CURVED OLED TV has been certified energy efficient and designed with the environment in mind by three separate certification bodies: Intertek, the European Commission and the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). “Today’s definition of innovation is as much about how small a footprint a product leaves on nature as it is about technological advancement,” said Il-geun Kwon, Head of the LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company R&D Center. “Our latest OLED TV is proof of our unwavering commitment to designing a
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Building on the success of its campus LAN and core network upgrade, the Australian Capital Territory‘s Daramalan College has become the first high school in Australia to deploy Brocade’s Ethernet fabric to support its IT operations. The decision to move to the third phase of its network infrastructure upgrade with Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) has seen the college deploy Brocade® VDX® 6720 Switches and VCS® Fabric technology to replace its legacy server access infrastructure. The decision was driven by anticipated traffic growth from current applications, including real-time vid
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Biomedical device specialized company i-SENS(Representative Geun Sig Cha) has been selected as one of the ‘World Class 300’ companies, reported on May 9th. ‘World Class 300’ selects small and medium sized businesses with growth potential capabilities and the goal is to develop 300 worldwide companies by 2020. Starting from 30 companies in 2011 and 37 companies in 2012, additional of 33 companies were selected this year. Those selected companies will be receiving intensive support from various institutions. Through this selection, i-SENS will be receiving maximum of 75 bil
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Citibank Korea Inc.(CEO Yung-Ku Ha, www.citibank.co.kr) announced the launch of ‘Citi One World Avenue’, an exclusive service which gives customers unprecedented access to the latest in high fashion from the best brand names in the world at fantastic prices. ‘Citi One World Avenue’ is a one-of-a-kind partnership between Citi cards, Korea and One World Avenue which is an online shopping destination for fashion and luxury goods. This partnership will revolutionize global shopping by offering the Citi cards customer total price transparency, impeccable customer service and d