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[Newsmaker] Stunning growth of messaging apps

TechnologyFeb 25, 2014

Facebook, the world's largest social network, agreed to acquire mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp Inc. for as much as $19 billion in cash and stock, seeking to expand its reach among users on mobile ...
[Newsmaker] Freed Ukrainian icon coy on next steps

World NewsFeb 24, 2014

Newly freed Ukrainian opposition icon and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko delivers a speech on Kiev's Independance square on February 22, 2014, after her release. (AFP) Thrust to centre stage...
[Newsmaker] Kiev in flames as world warns of sanctions

World NewsFeb 20, 2014

Police take cover behind shields as antigovernment protesters throw flares at them in Kiev’s Independence Square. (ITAR-TASS-Yonhap) Thousands of helmeted protesters steeled themselves Wednesday for...
[Newsmaker] Brainwashing, surveillance, fear in N.K.

World NewsFeb 18, 2014

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits participants of a national agriculture competition in this undated photo released by the North’s Korean Central News Agency on Feb. 10. (Yonhap) Brainwashed fr...
[Newsmaker] Italy’s Renzi enjoys popular support

World NewsFeb 16, 2014

Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi (left) greets couples who have been married for over 50 years during a ceremony on Valentine’s Day in Florence, Italy. (AP-Yonhap) Aged just 39, Italy’s brash center-left...
[Newsmaker] Viktor Ahn calls defection 'right choice'

Olympic GamesFeb 16, 2014

Korean-born Viktor Ahn of Russia holds out the gold medal after winning the 1,000m short track speed skating in Sochi on Saturday. (Yonhap) With his first Olympic gold medal for his adopted Russia a...
[Newsmaker] ‘Happy’ skater closes door on career

World NewsFeb 13, 2014

South Korean speed skater Lee Kyou-hyuk waves to the crowd after completing his 1,000-meter race at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Wednesday. (Yonhap) SOCHI, Russia (Yonhap) ― The man who once shed te...
[Newsmaker] ‘Bolt on ice’ defends title

SportsFeb 12, 2014

Lee Sang-hwa waves the national flag after winning the women’s 500-meter speedskating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Tuesday. (Yonhap) Speed...
[Newsmaker] Champ Kim Yu-na has Russian competition

SportsFeb 11, 2014

Kim Yu-na (left) and Julia Lipnitskaia Tension is building between Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na and the much praised Russian prodigy Julia Lipnitskaia with the individual event just ove...
[Newsmaker] Loan scandal slaps KT in the face

IndustryFeb 10, 2014

The head office of KT ENS in Pangyo Techno Vally in Gyeonggi Province (Yonhap) Incoming president Hwang Chang-gyu of the embattled telecom company KT Corp. faced his first test last week as chief ex...
[Newsmaker] Conservatives push agenda at NHK

World NewsFeb 9, 2014

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walks by public broadcaster NHK President Katsuto Momii during a budget committee question-and-answer session at the lower house of Parliament in Tokyo on Feb. 5. (...
[Newsmaker] Questions hang over Park’s new spokesman

PoliticsFeb 6, 2014

Min Kyung-wook Selecting a talented, problem-free aide is not President Park Geun-hye’s strong suit. Take, for example, her former presidential spokespeople, one of whom she helplessly fired amid em...
[Newsmaker] Cloud computing chief to head Microsoft

World BusinessFeb 5, 2014

Satya Nadella (Bloomberg) LOS ANGELES (AP) ― As longtime Microsoft insider Satya Nadella becomes the company’s CEO, he is declaring a new focus on a “mobile-first, cloud-first world.” So far, he onl...
[Newsmaker] Limbo looms for Thailand after election

World NewsFeb 4, 2014

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives to cast her ballot for the general election at a polling station in Bangkok on Sunday. (AP-Yonhap) BANGKOK (AFP) ― Thailand’s protest-plagued election...
[Newsmaker] LG Uplus rises on LTE leadership

TechnologyFeb 3, 2014

Lee Sang-chul (The Korea Herald) LG Uplus was always the smallest and branded the worst telecommunication service provider that stood in the shadows of SK Telecom and KT. Feature phones carried by ...