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NewJeans has few options after Ador rejects group's request to reinstate Min Hee-jin as CEO
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College is expensive? In S. Korea, English preschools cost much more
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor inches closer to IPO in India
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[Exclusive] Texas development exec shuts down layoff rumors at Samsung chip plant
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Seoul, Tokyo reboot joint maritime resource talks after 40-year freeze
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Panel decision put prosecution in dilemma over Dior bag case
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Host of Miss Korea apologizes for 'inappropriate question' about deepfake
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'Gyeongseong Creature Season 2': faster and ready to confront past
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2025 Trend Forecast: Small details, new happiness trend amid sluggish economy
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Global drama stars gather for 2024 Seoul International Drama Awards
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Samsung Display tops global AMOLED sales: IHS
[THE INVESTOR]Samsung Display has topped global sales of small and midsized active mode organic-light emitting diode display in the first quarter, a market research firm said on June 16. The display-making unit of Samsung Electronics dominated with 30.6 percent market share in terms of sales, followed by Japan Display with 17.1 percent and LG Display with 12.9 percent in the first three months of the year, according to the IHS.In terms of shipments, Samsung’s AMOLED displays made up about 14.4 p
TechnologyJune 16, 2016
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Shinhan Bank pushes for ‘Asian financial belt’
Shinhan Bank, the flagship bank of Korea’s leading banking unit Shinhan Financial Group, is pushing to establish an Asian financial belt by expanding its presence in Southeast Asia. It has been setting up branch locations in countries in the financial belt that connects countries including Japan, China, Vietnam, and India, and recently launched Shinhan Bank Indonesia in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 16. The bank was renamed from Indonesia Bank Metro Express that was acquired by Shinhan last year. S
June 16, 2016
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Hyundai Motor may partner with Uber
[THE INVESTOR] U.S.-based ride-hailing service provider Uber Technology’s employees attended Hyundai Motor’s autonomous technology seminar Wednesday, the automaker confirmed, raising speculation of the two firms’ possible tie-up in the self-driving sector. “It is true that Uber’s working-level employees have joined a two-day autonomous technology seminar held in Hyundai’s research center,” a Hyundai Motor spokesperson told The Korea Herald by phone. The closed-door seminar was held together with
BusinessJune 16, 2016
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[팟캐스트](149) 美 클럽 총격 외 1건
진행자: 윤민식, Kevin Lee Selzer1. 美플로리다 나이트클럽 총격 사건 범인 이슬람 단체와 연계 여부 수사기사요약: 지난 12일 미국 플로리다의 한 게이 나이트클럽에서 29세 남성이 무차별 총격을 가해 범인을 포함해 50명이 사망했다. 이에 FBI는 범인이 과거 IS에 충성을 맹세하겠다고 밝힌 점과 과거 자살폭탄테러범과 관련해 수사를 받은 점 등을 감안해 이슬람 극단주의 단체와의 연계 여부를 조사하고 있다.아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638FBI probes jihadist link to Florida attack[1] U.S. agents were investigating the alleged Islamist links of a slain gunman Sunday
PodcastJune 16, 2016
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Hyundai Motor to release EV Ioniq soon
[THE INVESTOR] The nation’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor will soon roll out its electric vehicle Ioniq Electric, local news reported June 16. Ioniq Electric, the automaker’s first electric vehicle in the lineup of its eco-friendly car brand Ioniq, will soon be delivered to customers who preordered in cities across the country, including Jejudo Island, among others. Ioniq ElectricThe latest EV boasts an official driving range certification of 191 kilometers on a single charge, the longest mile
BusinessJune 16, 2016
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SK Planet named e-commerce company of the year
SK Planet has been named the Telecom eCommerce Service Provider of the Year for its mobile marketing brand Syrup, the company said Thursday.The award was presented to the firm at the 2016 Asia Pacific ICT Awards in Singapore on Wednesday. It was hosted by the consulting firm Frost & Sullivan and this was the 13th year of the awards.SK Planet vice president Park Jung-min (right) receives the Telecom eCommerce Service Provider of the Year award at the 2016 Asia Pacific ICT Awards in Singapore on W
IndustryJune 16, 2016
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LG launches ‘Mosquito Away TV’ in India
[THE INVESTOR] LG Electronics on June 16 announced the launch of a new brand of television, called “Mosquito Away TV,” in India where concerns about mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, Zika and dengue fever are high. The new TV set generates ultrasonic waves so that mosquitos are repelled and won’t flock to the TV screen. The ultrasonic waves, however, do not bother viewers, the company said. LG also said it plans to launch the brand in other Southeast Asian markets.The Korean tech giant said
TechnologyJune 16, 2016
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Saenuri Party accepts seven independent lawmakers
Saenuri Party on Thursday decided to accept seven independent lawmakers who quit the party earlier this year after failing to clinch nominations for the April 13 elections, a move that can bolsters its legislative influence.The decision, which will bring the total number of the Saenuri lawmakers to 129 and make it the single largest party in the 300-seat National Assembly, was reached after senior party officials voted on the issue. The independent lawmakers in point are Kang Ghil-boo, Yoo Seong
PoliticsJune 16, 2016
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N. Korea's food rations remain at 60% of U.N. recommendation: report
North Korea has been providing just 360 grams of daily food rations to each of its citizens in the second quarter of this year, far below the United Nations' recommendation, a media report said Thursday.Citing the report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, the U.S.-based media Voice of America said the daily ration is 12 percent less than last year during the same period which was 410 grams, and 10 grams less than the previous quarter’s 370 grams.This is far less than the U.N.'s recom
North KoreaJune 16, 2016
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Cheong Wa Dae says it will respect result of feasibility study over new airport site
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday that it would "respect" the results of a feasibility study that a French firm has been conducting to select a site for a new airport in the country's southeastern region.Its remarks came as the issue of choosing the site has taken on political overtones with politicians scurrying to protect the interests of their voters in the two candidate sites -- Milyang, South Gyeongsang Province and Gadeok Island in the southern port city of Busan."Of cour
PoliticsJune 16, 2016
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National Assembly Speaker redoubles call for constitutional revision
National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun on Thursday redoubled his call for constitutional revision, claiming that it is no longer a subject for debate, but a "matter of will."During his inaugural press conference, Chung also stressed that political circles should break out of the "parochial" view based on political calculations and work together to create a basic law that embraces various social changes that have taken place since the Constitution was last amended nearly three decades ago."Curr
PoliticsJune 16, 2016
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Korean firms' Q1 sales dip, but profitability improves
South Korean companies suffered a setback in their sales amid sluggish demand at home and abroad in the first three months of the year, but their profitability continued to improve, central bank data showed Thursday.In a survey conducted by the Bank of Korea, local firms with over 12 billion won ($10.27 million) in assets said their sales dropped 2 percent in the first three months of the year from the same period last year.The survey was conducted on 3,065 select companies between May 2 and Jun
June 16, 2016
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Korea's online shopping sales surge 16-fold over past 15 yrs
Sales in the online shopping business in South Korea have expanded more than 16-fold over the past 15 years on the back of the rapid development of e-commerce transactions, government data showed Thursday.A total of 53.9 trillion won ($46.1 billion) worth of purchases were made online last year, compared with 3.3 trillion won tallied in 2001, with an average 22 percent on-year growth every year, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.Mobile shopping totaled 24.5 trillion won in 2015,
IndustryJune 16, 2016
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Korea seeks new technology to fight fine dust
South Korea will soon craft a concrete plan for the development of technology to tackle fine dust particles that have emerged as a major health threat, according to a related ministry on Thursday.The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said it will mobilize "all national R&D capability" on resolving the problem in a "fundamental and innovative" manner.In the first step, the government plans to map out a concrete action plan by September to develop technology that will curb fine dust.A d
Social AffairsJune 16, 2016
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Neutral waters between Koreas clear of Chinese fishing boats: defense ministry
All Chinese boats illegally fishing in the neutral waters near the Han River's estuary between the two Koreas have left the area after the South Korean military kicked off a crackdown operation late last week, the defense ministry said Thursday."Currently, there are no Chinese boats in the neutral waters in the estuary area," Moon Sang-gyun, the Ministry of National Defense's spokesman, said in a regular briefing. "But our military is ready to resume its crackdown because the illegal fishing cou
Diplomatic CircuitJune 16, 2016
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Samsung’s new Galaxy Note to feature curved screen
[THE INVESTOR] Samsung Electronics is expected to adopt a curved screen for its new Galaxy Note to replicate the sales momentum of its hot-selling Galaxy S7 Edge. According to news reports on June 16, the Korean tech giant plans to start rolling out the upcoming Note Phablet from July with the initial production estimated to stand at about 2.5 million units per month. A leaked snap of an invite graphic shared by SamMobile.Samsung declined to confirm the reports. The company is scheduled to hold
TechnologyJune 16, 2016
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POSCO Engineering wins $140 million contract in Indonesia
[THE INVESTOR] POSCO Engineering Co. announced on June 16 that it has been awarded an LPG plant construction project from Indonesia’s state-run oil company. The subsidiary of Korea’s largest steelmaker POSCO specializes in building industrial plant and infrastructure facilities. The $140 million project, awarded to POSCO Engineering-Wijaya Karya (WIKA) consortium, will see the construction of LPG-related facilities including two storage tanks. POSCO Engineering holds 50 percent stake in the con
June 16, 2016
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Kuraray to add PVB film production facility to Ulsan plant
Japanese chemical company Kuraray held a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday to build a production facility for polyvinyl butyral film at a plant of its South Korean unit in the southeastern city of Ulsan.PVB is a glass interlayer used in creating safety glass in the automotive and architectural industries. The company plans to complete the construction of the PVB production facility by the end of next year with an investment of $50 million.Kuraray's expansion of the local plant is part of its e
CompaniesJune 16, 2016
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20 public firms earn highest grade in government's management test
Twenty public companies and state-run agencies were listed at the top of the government-led annual management assessment for their efforts to improve balance sheets, the finance ministry said Thursday.Out of the 116 institutions subject to the test, the number of A-grade institutions rose from 15 tallied a year earlier, followed by 53 B-grade companies and 30 C-grade, according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance.The 20 best companies include the Incheon International Airport Corp., Korea El
IndustryJune 16, 2016