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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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Korea’s homegrown nanosatellite successfully launches into space
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Aging population to drive down Korea's housing prices from 2040: experts
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Shares down following rally
South Korean stocks closed 0.47 percent lower on Thursday as investors took a breather following a six-session rally, analysts said. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index slid 9.42 points to 2,015.22. Trading volume was moderate at 385.9 million shares worth 4 trillion won ($3.7 billion), with decliners outnumbering gainers 527 to 279.Foreigners extended their net buying to a fourth straight session, while institutions shifted to selling.
Feb. 21, 2013
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Beneficiaries of Chung foundation reach 15,000
Hyundai Motor’s Chung Mong-koo Foundation offered a new round of scholarships to some 1,400 talented underprivileged students on Thursday. The recipients included students who showed promise in basic science or cultural arts, those who lost their parents in car accidents and defector college students from North Korea. Since its creation in 2009, the scholarship program has provided 15 billion won to about 15,000 students as of 2012, the foundation said. The foundation was established in 2011 whe
IndustryFeb. 21, 2013
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5,000-plus ministers, CEOs, experts likely to attend Daegu energy congress
More than 5,000 energy-related ministers, CEOs and experts from about 100 countries are expected to attend the 22nd World Energy Congress slated for October in Daegu, organizers in Seoul said on Thursday.The organizing committee also unveiled the first speaker lineup, including names and titles of 100 speakers, in a bid to attract more global attention to the event. “South Africa’s Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has recently confirmed his participation in the event as the 100th speaker,” the commi
IndustryFeb. 21, 2013
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Extended network key benefit of Korea-Colombia FTA
Korea’s free trade agreement with Colombia builds on a nexus of FTAs for the Andean nation and will facilitate a trading platform for Korean companies to export to other economies in the region, according to Colombia’s trade minister.“We have an important internal market with a population of 50 million people, but we also have an important nexus of FTAs with many of the surrounding economies giving Korean companies a platform for exports into those other markets,” said Sergio Diaz-Granados, mini
Feb. 21, 2013
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Hycore offers alternative motor for electric cars
Hycore Co., founded by Hanyang University Holdings, has developed a new dual compound motor system that reduces the energy consumption of existing electric motors. In the envisaged era of electric vehicles, electric motors and batteries would replace traditional engines in automobiles. Existing electric motors that are widely used in electric cars and bikes consume excessive energy when used for long periods. It also takes a lot of financial investment in order to improve their performance. Inst
IndustryFeb. 21, 2013
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Russian energy giant eyes more cooperation projects with Korea
The inauguration of Korea’s new government may rev up cooperation between Korea and Russia, particularly in the energy field. President-elect Park Geun-hye, who is to take office on Monday, earlier pledged to stabilize domestic energy supplies and to achieve a logistics network covering Eurasia.Eying such potential, En+ Group, a Russia-based diversified mining, metals and energy group, is poised to seek more energy-related cooperation with Korea, including a cross-border electricity supply proje
Feb. 21, 2013
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Seoul shares down 0.47 pct following rally
South Korean stocks closed 0.47 percent lower on Thursday as investors took a breather following a six-session rally, analysts said. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) slid 9.42 points to 2,015.22. Trading volume was moderate at 385.9 million shares worth 4 trillion won (US$3.7 billion), with decliners outnumbering gainers 527 to 279.Foreigners extended their net buying to a fourth straight session, while institutions shifted
Feb. 21, 2013
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Scarred for life
Children who are victimized by playground bullying are more likely to develop anxiety disorders, depression and suicidal thoughts when they become adults than those who are not, according to new research by U.S. psychiatrists.A group of researchers from Duke University looked at 20 years of data from over 1,000 participants and found that bullying victims can sustain profound damage later in life unless the problem is addressed immediately.“This psychological damage doesn’t just go away because
TechnologyFeb. 21, 2013
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National Pension Service chief to resign
National Pension Service chairman Jun Kwang-woo said he would tender his resignation Friday.“Chairman Jun’s decision to step down from his post comes in line with the upcoming expiration of President Lee Myung-bak’s tenure (on Feb. 24),” a senior official at the NPS told The Korea Herald.Though Jun’s term was recently extended by one more year until December 2013, he has decided to resign before the Park Geun-hye administration takes office on Feb. 25, said the official.Jun, who worked as the na
Feb. 21, 2013
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NASA instrument sees giant sunspot forming
NASA says it Solar Dynamics Observatory has detected a giant sunspot that has grown to over six times the diameter of Earth in the last two days.Sunspots form on the sun‘s surface as magnetic fields rearrange and realign.Beginning Tuesday, instruments on the solar observatory detected a sunspot that grew to giant proportions in just under 48 hours, the space agency said Wednesday.The spot has quickly grown into what astronomers call a delta region, in which the lighter areas around the sunspot,
TechnologyFeb. 21, 2013
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[Photo News] All New Range Rover
MobilityFeb. 21, 2013
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More people sit at work, more disease risk
The more people sit the more they are at risk for chronic diseases even if they had a similar body mass index with those who sat less, U.S. researchers say.Richard Rosenkranz, assistant professor of human nutrition, at Kansas State University and colleagues examined the associations of sitting time and chronic diseases in middle-aged Australian males. Rosenkranz, and Emma George and Gregory Kolt, both at the University of Western Sydney, said the study involved 63,048 men ages 45-65 from the Aus
TechnologyFeb. 21, 2013
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Seoul shares down 0.46 pct in late-morning trade
South Korean stocks traded 0.46 percent lower late Thursday morning due to losses in brokerage houses and logistics firms, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) decreased 9.26 points to 2,015.38 as of 11:20 a.m.Brokerage houses traded lower, with Samsung Securities falling 1.05 percent and KDB Daewoo Securities losing 1.21 percent. Woori Investment & Securities moved down 1.17 percent.Logistics shares also lost ground, with Hanjin Shipping declining 2.19 percent a
Feb. 21, 2013
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Sales at discount outlets, department stores plunge in Jan.
Sales at the country's major discount outlet chains plunged from a year earlier last month with sales of department stores also dropping significantly, the government said Thursday, pointing to worsening consumer sentiments here.The combined sales of the country's three major discount outlet chains fell 24.6 percent from the same period last year in January, according to the Ministry of Knowledge Economy. The three outlet chains are Lotte Mart, E-Mart and Homeplus.The ministry attributed such a
Feb. 21, 2013
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Sony bills coming PS4 console as future of gaming
Sony unveiled a new-generation PlayStation 4 system on Wednesday and laid out its vision for the "future of gaming" in a world rich with mobile gadgets and play streamed from the Internet cloud.At a press event in New York, computer entertainment unit chief Andrew House said PS4 "represents a significant shift from thinking of PlayStation as a box or console to thinking of the PlayStation 4 as a leading place for play."PS4 was designed to get to know players, ideally to the point of being able t
TechnologyFeb. 21, 2013
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Seoul shares open lower on U.S. losses
South Korean stocks got off to a weak start on Thursday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 6.82 points, or 0.34 percent, to 2,017.82 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Large caps mostly retreated, with market bellwether Samsung Electronics slipping 0.19 percent and the country's top steelmaker POSCO slumping 1.35 percent.The local currency was trading at 1,081.85 won to the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m., down 3.35 w
Feb. 21, 2013
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Green energy industry prospects dimming
The nation’s clean energy businesses are going downhill, squeezed by a slump in domestic demand and exports, according to a report.The report released by the Renewable Energy Center under Korea Export-Import Bank forecast that sales of the local renewable energy industry were expected to post minus growth this year over 2012, mainly due to slow local demand. Sales in the clean energy industry have shown a downward trend for two consecutive years in 2011 and 2012, after peaking in 2010 at 8.1 tri
IndustryFeb. 20, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Nominee for science ministry in tight spot
Controversy over the appointment of Kim Jeong-hoon as the minister of future creation and science is growing as opposition lawmakers are increasingly questioning his nationality and patriotism.Kim’s strong track record as an entrepreneur and engineer with a rich education background, was not enough for the opposition Democratic United Party, which argued that it was against the law to appoint someone who has foreign citizenship.It also raised concerns about Kim’s loyalties, pointing out that he
TechnologyFeb. 20, 2013
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[Graphic News] One in three North Americans uses a Korean smartphone
More than 1 in 3 North American smartphone owners use a made-in-Korea device, according to Strategy Analytics, a U.S. market research firm.The company said Apple became the biggest seller of smartphones in North America with a 37.6 percent market share last year. But Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics continued to increase their sales in U.S. and Canada with market shares of 26.6 percent and 7.1 percent, respectively.Market analysts said the two Korean companies’ combined sales are expected
TechnologyFeb. 20, 2013
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Shinhan Financial may face rating downgrade
Investigations into Shinhan Financial Group by the prosecution and the financial regulators over a series of alleged wrongdoings may damage the lender’s credit rating this year, market insiders said Wednesday. They said Shinhan Financial would have to be wary of another downgrade in its credit rating this year, following a case from its embezzlement scandal in 2010.Their negative outlook on Shinhan Financial ― though it posted the highest earnings among Korea’s financial firms last year ― is bas
Feb. 20, 2013