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Seoul vows action over Naver's Line, Yahoo dispute
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[KH Explains] Hyundai Motor’s plan for new landmark keeps hitting bumps
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Key S. Korean, USFK special operations officials to hold rare meeting amid NK threats
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Samsung doubles down on Vietnam
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In Beijing, S. Korean top diplomat aims to jumpstart ties with China
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[Grace Kao] American racism against Stray Kids
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Suspect behind murder of Korean tourist in Pattaya arrested
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Prosecutors summon pastor involved in Dior bag scandal
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NewJeans' members' parents complained to Hybe, email shows
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[Graphic News] Over 80% of people filing bankruptcy in Seoul in their 50s and older
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Builders bail out of Brazil bullet train bid
Four Korean companies have pulled out from the nation’s consortium planning to bid for a contract to build and operate a bullet train network in Brazil, company officials said. The four companies, including Hyundai Amco Co. and Kolon Engineering & Construction Co., notified the consortium of some 20 firms last week that they pulled out, citing an uncertainty in financial prospects for the Brazilia
IndustryApril 4, 2011
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Domestic construction orders to edge down
Korean builders’ domestic orders are expected to inch down this year due to a property market slump and economic uncertainties both at home and abroad, a report said Monday. According to the report by the Construction and Economy Search Institute of Korea, builders are likely to win domestic orders worth a combined 102.7 trillion won ($94.5 billion) this year, down 0.5 percent from a year ago. Bui
IndustryApril 4, 2011
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Hynix Semiconductor unveils advanced chip
Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world’s No. 2 maker of computer memory chips, said Monday that it has developed an advanced DDR4 dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip and will start mass production in the second half of 2012. Hynix developed the 2-gigabit DDR4 DRAM device based on 30-nanometer class process technology, it said in a statement. The energy-efficient DDR4 DRAM transfers data twice as
IndustryApril 4, 2011
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Regulator to control credit card spending
Package of measures against surging household debts to be unveiled SundayFinancial authorities plan to induce the public to control their use of credit cards to address rising household debts.Instead, the usage of check cards ― which refer to cards containing functions of both credit and debit cards ― will likely be promoted.The policy, aimed at easing the financial burden of debt-saddled low- and
April 4, 2011
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More Koreans feel the pinch of rising commodity prices
Nine out of 10 Koreans think the prices of everyday necessities have risen compared to three months ago, a survey said. Nielsen Company Korea, a research firm, said the results came from its survey conducted between Feb. 25 and March 4 this year, targeting 1,000 Internet users in major cities including Seoul, Gwangju and Busan. Local consumers thought meat prices had risen the most, followed by ag
April 4, 2011
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More families are adopting HIV-positive children
(MCT)The immediate task might be coaxing a toddler into one more swallow of nasty-tasting medication. Longer term, there are tough choices to be made about telling that child, and the surrounding community, why those daily doses may be needed for the rest of his or her life.While most adoptions present challenges, there is a distinctive set of them facing parents who decide to adopt children livin
TechnologyApril 4, 2011
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SK Engineering bags 140 bln won subway order from Singapore
SK Engineering & Construction Co., a South Korean builder, said Monday that it has clinched a 140 billion won ($128.9 million) contract to build a subway section in downtown Singapore. Under the deal with Singapore's Land Transport Authority, SK Engineering will build a 1.1-kilometer section of the 21-kilometer subway system by late 2016, the company said. The builder said it will start w
IndustryApril 4, 2011
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S. Korea's rice wine output falls amid slowing demand
Models promote Makgeolli, Korean rice wine. (Yonhap News)South Korea's production of makgeolli rice wine fell for the first time in 32 months in February amid slowing demand from strong consumption over past few years, data showed Monday.Makgeolli production came to 24,395 kiloliters in February, down 6.8 percent from the same month a year earlier, according to the data provided by Statistics Kore
April 4, 2011
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Suspected UFO video creates sensation on YouTube
(MCT)A short video clip which contains mysterious lights has sparked debate over whether the lights were from an alien spacecraft or not. Three mysterious red dots appeared in the middle of the night over the sky in Lafayette, Colorado last week and hovered in the air before disappearing. Lafayette residents Leroy Van der Vegt and his son Nick filmed the scene and posted it on YouTube.“It was comp
TechnologyApril 4, 2011
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Taekwang fined for irregular support for affiliate
The Fair Trade Commission said Sunday it fined nine Taekwang Group companies 4.6 billion won ($4.23 million) for illegally supporting one of its affiliates. The watchdog referred three of them to the prosecution for investigation. It is the first punishment of conglomerates since the FTC pledged last week to toughen its crackdown on irregular inter-affiliate transactions which conglomerates have o
April 3, 2011
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Korea Herald’s iPhone app opens a new chapter
(The Korea Herald launches its iPHone app)Korea’s leading English daily introduces its news app for the iPhone, which integrates English news and education. The news app, now available at Apple’s app store, is designed to differ from previously introduced news apps. With The Korea Herald’s 58-year track record in providing English news and English educational content, The Korea Herald news app for
TechnologyApril 3, 2011
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Korea Herald debuts news app for iPhone
Korea’s leading English daily integrates English news and education for the first time in the nation with its news app for Apple’s iPhone users. The Korea Herald news app is the fastest way to get updated with real-time news and the smartest way to enhance one’s English level. It features useful, substantial English education contents in the e-study section. It provides short video lectures, audio
TechnologyApril 3, 2011
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Herald Media a frontrunner in digital era
Herald Media strives to become the nation’s best and very first provider for a variety of mobile services, including news and lifestyle guides.The Korea Herald, which has the largest circulation in Korea among English language dailies, introduced the country’s first English mobile news alert service, “Herald Topic,” last September. The service sends three text messages a day in the form of an Engl
TechnologyApril 3, 2011
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BOK challenges FSS over probe right
Dispute resurfaces over the central bank’s supervisory authority A fresh dispute is brewing over the mandate of financial supervision as the Bank of Korea is stepping up its demand for the right to inquire into financial institutions independently.The primary authority to investigate banks, securities, insurance and other financial companies currently belongs to the Financial Supervisory Service.
April 3, 2011
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Glam Media launches...Korean service
Global digital media firm Glam Media launched a website in Korean last week.As a network of sites targeting women, the website offers information ranging from beauty, fashion, style, celebrity and lifestyle, enabling its visitors to access a variety of information in a single visit.It also partnered with well-known global magazines such as Marie Claire and Luxury to provide content most frequently
IndustryApril 3, 2011
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KT expands ‘smart working’ environment
KT Corp., the country’s biggest fixed-line service operator, said Sunday that 20,000 of its workforce will take part in the company’s “smart working” program starting this month.The company said it will encourage more people to participate in the flexible working system as it brought positive outcomes such as an increase in productivity in a group that has tested the system since last September.Ea
IndustryApril 3, 2011
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[Meet the CEO] Groupon feels way around Korean market
Groupon Korea, the new kid on the Korean social networking commerce scene, brushes off the worries and sniping about its somewhat subdued entry. “All of our options are open, and we want to try new things and experiment to get the gist of what works and what doesn’t,” said Hwang Hee-seung, Groupon’s chief executive told The Korea Herald in an interview.And the experiments will go on, said the 27-y
CompaniesApril 3, 2011
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Debt woes weigh on Korean economy
Debts owed by the government, individuals and companies in Korea reached a record high last year, data showed on Sunday, raising concerns that the high level of debts could derail the economy off the recovery track.According to data compiled by the Bank of Korea, their interest-bearing debts reached 2,586 trillion won ($2.37 trillion) at the end of last year, up 7.4 percent from 2,408 trillion won
April 3, 2011
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German university opens campus in Busan
The Friedrich Alexander University of Germany has launched its branch campus in Busan offering graduate programs in chemicals and biotechnology. The university, founded in 1743 and located in Erlangen and Nuremberg, Bavaria, is one of the world’s leading institutions for education and research of bio-chemical engineering. Its local campus is located at Busan Techno Park within Busan-Jinhae Free Ec
April 3, 2011
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Listed firms’ net jumps 73 percent in 2010
Korea’s listed companies saw their earnings surge 73 percent on-year in 2010 thanks to a recovery in domestic demand and robust exports, a report showed Sunday.The combined net profit of 573 firms listed on the main bourse came to 55.8 trillion won ($51 billion) last year, up from 32.2 trillion won the previous year, according to the report jointly compiled by the Korea Exchange and the Korea List
April 3, 2011