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Pope: Vatican will shelter 2 families fleeing war, hungerWorld NewsSept 6, 2015VATICAN CITY (AP) _ The Vatican will shelter two families of refugees who are ``fleeing death'' from war or hunger, Pope Francis announced Sunday as he called on Catholic parishes, convents and monasteries across Europe to do the same. Francis cited Mother Teresa, the European-born nun who cared for the poorest in India, in making his appeal in remarks to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Squ...
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S. Korea, Jordan to hold summit meeting to expand economic cooperationForeign affairsSept 6, 2015The leaders of South Korea and Jordan will meet this week to discuss ways to expand bilateral economic ties and other issues facing the global community, the presidential office said Sunday. Cheong Wa Dae said President Park Geun-hye will meet King Abdullah II of Jordan on Friday in Seoul, with the two leaders to touch on trade, investment, and the construction and energy sectors as well as expa...
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Auto NewsTransportSept 6, 2015TUCSON FOR CHINA -- Beijing Hyundai, the joint venture between China’s Beijing Automotive Group and Hyundai Motor Company, Sunday released the All New Tucson SUV. It is installed with a 1.6 turbo GDI engine and a seven-speed double-clutch transmission, and can be synched with the driver’s smartphone through CarLife, a media platform by Baidu. Also tailored for the Chinese market where road and ai... -
Korean carmakers to project visions at Frankfurt motor showTransportSept 6, 2015Domestic carmakers are gearing up to introduce their latest and cutting-edge technologies at the 66th International Motor Show scheduled for later this month in Germany, which is widely regarded as one of the most important events in the global automotive industry. Seeking for overseas expansion, especially in the European market, automobile manufacturers will project their latest commercial mod... -
Hyundai Motor to hire 36,000 in 3 yearsIndustryAug 28, 2015Hyundai Motor Group on Thursday announced that it will hire about 36,000 young people over the next three years and support an additional 12,000 people’s start-ups. The plans come after the company proclaimed a three-year 81 trillion won ($68.9 billion) investment plan early this year along with the adoption of the wage peak system early this month to make way for youth employment. According to...
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Lotte seeks shopping malls in IndiaIndustryAug 28, 2015Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin (second from left) poses with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) in New Delhi on Thursday. Lotte Group Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin on Thursday requested Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s support in Lotte’s culture-shopping complex development in the New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai regions. “Thanks to the Modi government’s economic stimulus p... -
Gyeongju radioactive waste treatment facilityAug 28, 2015Gyeongju radioactive waste treatment facility -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn (fourth from left) and other high-ranking government officials mark the completion of the construction of the Gyeongju Radioactive Waste Treatment Facility in North Gyeongsang Province on Friday. Finalized after three decades of discussion and debates, Korea’s first facility of its kind is expected to treat a total of ... -
Cafe24, Rakuten to work together to help Korean vendors enter JapanIndustryAug 27, 2015Takahashi Masato (left), managing executive officer at Rakuten Ichiba, and SimpleX CEO Lee Jae-suk speak at a press conference on Wednesday in Yeouido, Seoul. Cafe24 Online merchants in Korea will be allowed to sell their products on Japan’s Rakuten Inchiba without registering as local corporations. They will also be given access to the use of local delivery system and payment tools. The arran... -
Daelim honorary chairman donates entire wealth for charityIndustryAug 25, 2015Daelim honorary chairman Lee Joon-yong (Yonhap) Just when the Korean public was feeling sick of superrich people squabbling over astronomical wealth, Daelim Group honorary chairman Lee Joon-yong showed that some of them can share what they have unconditionally. Last week, Lee announced through his company that he would donate all his assets to the “Tongilnanum Fund,” dedicated to the unificatio... -
Court rules Lotte copied rival’s snack designIndustryAug 23, 2015Pepero Premier/Mega Mart website Glico`s Barton d`or/Rakuten A Seoul court ruled Friday that Lotte Confectionery, the snack-making arm of Lotte Group, stole a Japanese competitor’s packaging design for its upscale Pepero Premier biscuits. The ruling is expected to force Lotte to halt its rollout of the product and dispose of the existing stock. The verdict came from the Seoul Central District... -
Peugeot rental service takes Jeju by stormTransportAug 23, 2015The New Peugeot 2008 Hanbul Motors, the official Korean importer of Peugeot and Citroen cars, on Sunday announced that it would offer three-day package tours of Jejudo Island to all people who buy Peugeot cars by the end of month, as part of the French carmaker’s celebration of the successful launch of a rent-a-car service on the island. Those who buy a Peugeot, Citroen C4 Picasso or Grand C4 P... -
Sonata's Car2Car collisonTransportAug 23, 2015Two Sonatas collided head-on at the Hyundai Motor Street Circuit in the Songdo International Business District of Incheon on Saturday, as part of Hyundai Motor’s efforts to demonstrate the safety and security of the company’s flagship sedan. Both cars -– one manufactured in Korea and the other in the U.S. — bore minimum damage after clashing at a speed of 56 kilometers per hour. Hyundai said the ... -
More firms adopt wage peak systemIndustryAug 20, 2015More and more business groups are adopting the wage peak system in South Korea, as sought by the government in a bid to create new jobs by slicing existing payrolls. Doosan Group, the country’s 13th-largest business conglomerate, Thursday announced that all its 22 units will implement the new wage peak system next year. It has become the first conglomerate to introduce the program in all affilia...
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현대차 라이벌, 스코다 이르면 연내 한국 진출할 듯Aug 19, 2015현대차의 유럽시장 라이벌 “스코다”가 이르면 연내에 한국에 상륙한다. 스코다는 한때 “서민의 포르쉐”로 불리며 유럽에서 선풍적인 인기를 끌던 체코의 국민차 브랜드로, 1991년 폭스바겐 사에 인수된 후에도 독일 등 유럽 여러나라에서 수입차 브랜드로 분류되어 꾸준한 인기를 누리고 있다. 국내 다수 소식통에 의하면 폭스바겐의 한국 지사는 최근 몇몇 고위직들만 알고 있었던 스코다 도입을 전사직원들에게 공식화했고, 이에 대비하라는 지시를 내렸다고 한다. 또한, 헤드헌팅사 등을 통해 마케팅 등 스코다를 위한 직원 모집을 시작한 것으로 알려졌다. “수입차 시장이 무섭게 성장하고 있어 폭스바겐도 향후 좀 더 다양한 사양과 가격의 차를 통해 시장의 우위를 굳히는 전략을 구사할 예정이다,”라고 폭스바겐 관계자가 말했다... -
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[SUPER RICH] Lee Maeng-hee’s death brings Samsung family togetherIndustryAug 18, 2015The “pan-Samsung founding family” gathered at the memorial altar of the late honorary chairman of CJ Group, Lee Maeng-hee, who died last week of lung cancer in China. It was a rare scene of public togetherness for the media-reclusive Lee clan, who have been reported to be rather distant from each other. Some business insiders suggest that the funeral of the eldest of Samsung founder Lee Byung-ch...
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