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Uzbekistan to host annual International Week of Ziyorat Tourism
Indian novel ‘Tomb of Sand’ wins International Booker Prize
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Political parties remain in conflict over Yoon administration’s extra budget proposal
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Fiscal chief signals drastic deregulations in financial sector
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Roubini says ‘Perfect Storm’ may threaten global economy
Jun 13, 2011
June 13 (Bloomberg) -- A “perfect storm” of fiscal woe in the U.S., a slowdown in China, European debt restructuring and stagnation in Japan may converge on the global economy, New York University professor Nouriel Roubini said. There’s a one-in-three chance the factors will combine to stunt growth from 2013, Roubini said in a June 11 interview in Singapore. Other possible outcomes are “anemic b...
SKT short of savvy in overseas markets
Industry
Jun 12, 2011
Unsuccessful ventures eat into mobile carrier’s value SK Telecom, the nation’s No.1 wireless service provider, has proved to be far from savvy when it comes to overseas ventures. After unsuccessfully knocking on the doors of numerous overseas markets including the U.S. and China for six years, the company was forced to call it a day. The failure was such that former SKT chief executive Chung M...
Hyundai Heavy to build world’s 1st offshore LNG storage unit
Industry
Jun 12, 2011
Hyundai Heavy Industries announced Sunday that it would build the world’s first floating storage and re-gasification unit for liquefied natural gas. A floating storage and re-gasification unit or FSRU is a vessel for storing liquefied natural gas at sea. It is connected to facilities on land by pipelines, through which re-gasified LNG is transferred. According to the company, it was awarded a $...
Hyundai family eyeing Hynix Semiconductor
Industry
Jun 12, 2011
Hyundai powerhouses are reportedly interested in acquiring the 15 percent stake in Hynix Semiconductor that will be put up for sale later this month, financial sources said on Sunday. Among them, Hyundai Heavy Industries is seen as one of the most viable candidates, industry sources said. The biggest motivation for the company is its undying desire to gather all the Hyundai affiliates under one...
Shares likely to be range-bound
Industry
Jun 12, 2011
South Korean stocks are expected to trade in a narrow range this as investors step to the sidelines amid a lack of upward momentum and signs of a slowdown in the U.S. economy, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed last week at 2,046.67, down 3.16 percent from a week earlier. The KOSPI got off to a weak start at the beginning of the weak, as downb...
Korea to pull out all stops against inflation
Industry
Jun 12, 2011
The government plans to make all-out efforts to stem growing inflationary pressure as South Korea faces potential difficulties in taming inflation in the second half, officials said Sunday. Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan presided over a meeting with ministers on Friday to discuss ways to stabilize consumer prices where he suggested 22 policy steps, including the stable management of macroeconomic...
Seoul mulls public funds to rescue savings banks
Industry
Jun 12, 2011
South Korea is mulling injecting public funds to rescue ailing local savings banks in an effort to overhaul the troubled sector in the second half, sources said Sunday. The government is seeking to put seven teetering savings banks up for sale this year, whose operations have been suspended since January due to a pile-up in soured construction loans and weak capital positions. The Financial Ser...
Emirates passengers slam response to delay
Industry
Jun 12, 2011
Emirates Airlines is in hot water over its response to a delayed flight from Incheon to Dubai. While the flight was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, passengers for the flight complained that the company’s response was inefficient and unprofessional. According to one passenger, the company did not make a public announcement explaining the situation, and the explanations provided at the a...
Blue House dragging feet on BOK vacancy
Jun 12, 2011
Seat on rate-setting committee has been empty for over a year The presidential office has failed to address filling a vacant seat at the central bank’s interest rate-setting panel for 14 months despite the growing need to fight mounting inflationary pressure. In tandem, Bank of Korea Governor Kim Choong-soo has been criticized for allegedly glossing over laws on the BOK concerning the bank’s Mo...
Hyundai Mobis wins Mitsubishi, Subaru order
Transport
Jun 12, 2011
Small cars to take up half of import market
Transport
Jun 12, 2011
Small vehicles with low engine displacement are expected to account for 50 percent of the total sales of import vehicles in South Korea as early as the third quarter. The ratio of cars with an engine capacity of less than 2.0 liters to the total number of cars sold came to 45.2 percent in May. They sold 3,969 small-sized cars ― at low and medium priced ― out of the total 8,777 units last month,...
SK Telecom unsavvy operator in overseas markets
Technology
Jun 12, 2011
Unsuccessful ventures eat into No.1 mobile carrier’s value SK Telecom, the nation’s No.1 wireless service provider, has proved to be far from savvy when it comes to overseas ventures. After unsuccessfully knocking on the doors of numerous overseas markets including the U.S. and China for six years, the company was forced to call it a day. The failure was such that former SKT chief executive...
Buffett lunch auction raises record $2.63 million for charity
Jun 12, 2011
Warren Buffett’s annual charity lunch auction raised a record $2.63 million on the final day of the weeklong contest after the bidder who’d already won offered more cash to set the mark. The revised winning bid for a steakhouse meal with the 80-year-old billionaire beat by $100 the record set last year by an unidentified donor. This year’s contest is the 12th benefiting San Francisco’s Glide c...
U.S. urges Korea to press on Iran sanctions
Industry
Jun 10, 2011
The United States urged South Korea to press on Iran sanctions during a meeting of senior financial officials from the two countries Friday, a Seoul official said. Undersecretary David Cohen of the U.S. Treasury Department met Deputy Minister Choi Jong-ku of the South Korean Finance Ministry at the ministry building in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. The United States, along with the International At...
Korea strives to work ‘smarter’
Industry
Jun 10, 2011
Mobile devices, flextime, telecommuting boost workplace efficiency, flexibility “Work smarter, not harder.” This catchphrase has finally caught on in Korean companies as they pursue better ways of working to fit this all-connected world. An increasing number of businesses are embracing the “smart work” policy including flextime, telecommuting, remote work, virtual meetings and freer office envi...
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