Articles by Shin Ji-hye
Shin Ji-hye
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Rodman in NKorea to prep for game on leader's Bday
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Thursday to meet leader Kim Jong Un and put the finishing touches on plans to bring 12 ex-NBA players to Pyongyang for a Jan. 8 exhibition game marking the leader's birthday. Rodman said the game is on track despite the recent execution of Kim's uncle in a dramatic political purge.Rodman's visit comes less than a week after North Korea announced the execution of Jang Song Thaek, an unprecedented fall from grace for one of the most powerful
North Korea Dec. 19, 2013
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Samsung, Apple, Coca-Cola, Boundless: Intellectual Property
Samsung Electronics Co., Apple Inc.’s rival in the smartphone market, is seeking U.S. patent protection for a mobile device with dual screens. Application 20130314338, published in the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Nov. 18, covers a dual display apparatus and the method of its operation. According to the application, the technology would make it possible for a user to see a second display, either through the first, or on a surface opposite to the first. This would enable a
Technology Dec. 19, 2013
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Facebook's Zuckerberg to sell 41.35 million 'B' shares
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will sell 41.35 million 'B' shares in the company for tax purposes, US stock market regulators said on Thursday.These shares will allow Zuckerberg to retain power over Facebook because each has 10 voting rights. Proceeds from the sale will allow the young billionaire to pax taxes due on the exercise of an option enabling him to obtain 60 million additional 'B' Facebook shares.(AFP)
World Business Dec. 19, 2013
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Suicide bomber hits Shiites as Iraq unrest kills 22
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt among Shiite pilgrims in Iraq on Thursday, killing at least 17 people, while militants shot dead a family of five, officials said.The attack on the pilgrims in the Dura area of south Baghdad took place at a tent where they are served food and drinks on their way to the shrine city of Karbala, and also wounded at least 35 people, security and medical officials said.Hundreds of thousands of people make pilgrimages to Karbala, many of them on foot, duri
World News Dec. 19, 2013
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Construction accident kills 4 in Busan
A steel structure at a road construction site in Busan collapsed Thursday killing four workers. Three buried workers were unearthed and taken to hospital but died about an hour after the accident, the police said. The other worker was found dead later. According to witnesses, the structure buckled during the process of pouring concrete onto the road under construction. The police suspect that the structure failed due to the weight of the concrete. The authorities plan to question those in charg
Social Affairs Dec. 19, 2013
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S. Korea urges Japan to remove Dokdo video clips
South Korea Wednesday called on Japan to remove from the Internet a video clip challenging the country's sovereignty over a pair of islets in waters between the two countries.Park Joon-yong, director of the Northeast Asian department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called in Takashi Kurai, deputy chief of the Japanese embassy in Seoul, to protest the video footage and demand its removal from a number of Japanese government websites and Youtube. The 87-second video claims that Japan has had
National Dec. 11, 2013
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Google opens first data centers in Asia
US search engine giant Google Wednesday opened its first data centers in Asia to cater for soaring demand, and said it would double its planned investment in the Taiwan facility to $600 million.Google inaugurated one of the new centers at an industrial park at Changhua in central Taiwan, and said a similar facility in Singapore was also up and running as of Wednesday.The company last year announced plans to set up three data centers in Asia -- in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.But it later scra
World Dec. 11, 2013
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N. Korean envoy to China attends public event in Beijing
North Korean ambassador to China, Ji Jae-ryong, considered one of the closest aides to the purged uncle of the North's leader, Kim Jong-un, attended a diplomatic event on Wednesday hosted by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a diplomatic source said.The appearance of Ji at an annual New Year gathering of ambassadors, held at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse, suggests he is conducting business as usual despite the dramatic downfall of Jang Song-thaek, who had long been considered the North's second
National Dec. 11, 2013
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