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Samsung, LG lead global TV marketIndustryFeb 21, 2011Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. led the world’s flat-screen TV market last year, but they lagged behind Japanese companies in emerging 3-D TV markets, an industry report showed Monday...
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Korea secures 60,000-ton Japanese fishing quotaIndustryFeb 21, 2011Korea has secured the right to catch 60,000 tons of fish in Japanese waters in 2011, unchanged from the year before, the government said Monday. The agreement, reached with Japan late last week, ref...
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Samsung develops faster mobile DRAMIndustryFeb 21, 2011Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 2 semiconductor maker, said Monday that it has developed a new memory chip for mobile gadgets that can transfer data at a speed eight times faster than previo...
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BOK bolsters foreign currency teamFeb 21, 2011The Bank of Korea plans to strengthen its foreign exchange department to more efficiently manage its ever-growing currency reserves and better cope with market volatility. The central bank announced...
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KT pledges better customer satisfactionIndustryFeb 21, 2011Company designates 2011 as the year for improved customer service Top executives of KT Corp., the country’s biggest fixed-line service operator, on Monday offered a rare gesture showing their commit... -
Household credit grows fastest in 8 years: BOKFeb 21, 2011Korea’s household credit grew at the fastest pace in more than eight years in the fourth quarter as economic recovery and eased lending rules spurred demand for bank mortgage loans, the central bank ...
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IBK has highest labor productivity among banksIndustryFeb 21, 2011The state-run Industrial Bank of Korea led Korean lenders in terms of labor productivity last year, government data showed Monday. According to the Financial Supervision Service, the IBK recorded 18...
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POSCO foundation names prize winnersIndustryFeb 21, 2011POSCO TJ Park Foundation announced Monday that this year’s TJ Park Prize will be awarded to a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology scientist, educator and two philanthropists. The foun... -
Lotte Mart to launch cheap TVIndustryFeb 21, 2011Lotte Mart, one of the country’s biggest discount store chains, said Monday that it is putting a 24-inch television on sale at most of their branches for less than 300,000 won ($268). The company st...
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Korea Express shareholders set March 4 deadlineIndustryFeb 21, 2011Korea Express Co.’s controlling shareholders have set a March 4 deadline for initial bids as they sell about 40 percent of Korea’s biggest logistics company, according to a person familiar with the s...
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Korea’s top housing fair kicks offIndustryFeb 21, 2011The Kyunghyang Housing Fair and Housing Brand Fair 2011, the country’s largest building materials and construction exhibition, is to kick off Wednesday, its steering committee said Monday. The two t...
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KT&G to release new DavidoffIndustryFeb 21, 2011KT&G Corp., Korea’s tobacco giant, said it plans to launch a new version of Davidoff cigarettes in the local market on Wednesday. Davidoff Rich Blue is the second edition of the global premium cigar... -
Hyundai Motor to lower builder acquisition priceIndustryFeb 21, 2011Hyundai Motor Group and the creditors of Hyundai Engineering and Construction have begun final negotiations over the price of stakes in the builder, with the carmaker expected to push for a reduction...
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Samsung develops new faster mobile DRAMIndustryFeb 21, 2011Samsung Electronics Co., the world's No. 2 semiconductor maker, said Monday that it has developed a new memory chip for mobile gadgets that can transfer data at a speed eight times faster than previo... -
Fears of run on savings banks loomingFeb 21, 2011FSC suspends 4 more second-tier banks 2 days after promising no new suspensions in H1 Financial regulators’ ongoing crackdown on savings banks is increasing the chances of a bank run under which a g...
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