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Audi Korea launches app for iPad

TransportMay 22, 2011

Audi Korea, the local importer of luxury German car brand Audi, said it launched an iPad application for customers to view Audi magazine. The free application allows iPad users to keep up with the l...
Toyota starts gearing up U.S. production

TransportMay 22, 2011

Toyota released a bit of good news Wednesday as its U.S. operation announced it would return to 70 percent production capacity by June. As Japan’s infrastructure recovers from the mammoth March eart...
BMW offers discount on repairs

TransportMay 22, 2011

The local unit of German carmaker BMW Group said it will offer a 20 percent discount on repairs for its older sedans and convertibles, including the M3, X3, Z3 and Z4. The “refresh” campaign will be...
Jaguar Land Rover offers wedding cars

TransportMay 22, 2011

Jaguar Land Rover said it is offering wedding cars for couples who have their marriage ceremony at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul. An all new XJ, the British carmaker’s flagship model, will be offered to ...
Renault targets 100,000 car sales in return to India

TransportMay 22, 2011

Renault SA aims to sell 100,000 cars a year in India by the end of 2013, as the French automaker introduces its first model in the Asian country since exiting a joint venture with Mahindra & Mahindra...
Two-wheelers gain amid soaring gas prices

TransportMay 22, 2011

Rising gas prices may be inconvenient but they make scooters and motorbikes better options, especially with summer just around the corner. Compact motorbikes have been gaining popularity among rider...
IMF approves $36.8b loan to Portugal

IndustryMay 22, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a 26-billion-euro ($36.8 billion) three-year loan to Portugal as part of a European Union bailout of the struggling eurozone coun...
Germany backs Lagarde for IMF job

IndustryMay 22, 2011

BERLIN (AP) ― Germany’s finance minister on Saturday added to a chorus of calls for France’s Christine Lagarde to become a new leader of the International Monetary Fund. Lagarde has emerged as a fro...
Choi joins with SKT to help underprivileged youth

IndustryMay 22, 2011

Players champion donates W100m to build youth center in North Jeolla Choi Kyoung-ju, the first Asian to win the Players Championship earlier this month, offered to donate 100 million won ($92,353) t...
HTC ups commitment to woo Korean consumers

IndustryMay 20, 2011

Jack Tong, president of HTC’s North Asia markets, on Friday pledged to beef up commitment on the observation that Korea is a “difficult place” for a foreign brand to succeed mainly due to the competi...
SKT Wi-Fi zone would be exclusive

IndustryMay 20, 2011

SK Telecom plans to shut down its free wireless Internet services to subscribers of other mobile carriers starting from July, stoking discontent among smartphone users. The country’s largest mobile ...
Neowiz COO picked as game group head

IndustryMay 20, 2011

The Korea Association of Game Industry announced Friday that it seated Choi Kwan-ho, chief operating officer of Neowiz Games, as its chairman, filling in the position which was left vacant for three ...
No. of elderly weddings doubles in 10 years

May 20, 2011

Getting married is becoming increasingly popular among the elderly. Over 18,791 couples aged 50 years old or more got married last year alone, the highest figure on record. According to Statistics K...
Hana says will agree KEB deadline delay with Lone Star

May 20, 2011

Hana Fnancial Group chairman Kim Seung-yu said Friday that his company would be able to agree with the U.S. Lone Star Funds to extend the deadline for the takeover of Korea Exchange Bank. “We can dr...
Taiwan's HTC to debut new smartphone in S. Korea

TechnologyMay 20, 2011

HTC's new smartphone unveiled in Seoul on Friday (Yonhap News) HTC Corp. said Friday it will release its new flagship smartphone in South Korea next week, hoping that the phone's movie streaming fea...