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S. Korea, Singapore seal supply chain agreement
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North Korean troops killed, wounded in Ukraine war: Seoul defense minister
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Korean language teaching expert says demand has outstripped supply
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[KH Explains] Samsung chief says he is still ‘hungry’ for foundry growth
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Conscripting women to lead to 'more babies,' claims military think tank
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Who is pollster roiling politics with claims of government string-pulling?
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Taking away phones during school hours not a human rights violation: watchdog
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Kim Jong-un vows to thwart S. Korea-US 'nuclear alliance'
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Korea launches antidumping probe into Chinese steel
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Korea added to key bond index
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Announcements by NTSB spark flood of speculation on cause of jet crash
Frequent and fractured updates by the U.S. National Transportation and Safety Board on what happened in the cockpit of the doomed Asiana jet that crash-landed at San Francisco Airport have triggered a flood of speculations over the exact cause of the incident. News reports on the accident have flooded the media based on varied information attained from the Washington-based NTSB’s press briefings. In the four days since the accident, the chief investigator hosted two media conferences, releasing
July 11, 2013
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HHI in hot water over bribery scandal, labor dispute
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s largest shipbuilder, is suffering from double trouble this week, with the nuclear power plant scandal on one side and an escalating labor dispute on the other.The Busan prosecution on Thursday arrested three incumbent and former executives of HHI over bribery allegations related to nuclear facility corruption, adding to two others who had been arrested on the previous day.The arrested employees allegedly delivered cash bribes to a manager-level official at t
July 11, 2013
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Dongbu HiTek to supply more image sensors to China
Dongbu HiTek, a Seoul-based semiconductor maker, said Thursday that it started mass production of 2-megapixel CMOS image sensors for Chinese smartphone manufacturer BYD Microelectronics.As the demand for smartphone components has increased recently with more mobile phones being equipped with the 2-megapixel image sensor on the front, it is expected that shipments of the sensors will likely double this year compared to last year, the Korean firm said in a press release. The smartphone sensor is u
July 11, 2013
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Automatic throttle faulty in crash: pilot
A pilot’s latest testimony indicated that a mechanical problem could be to blame for the Boeing 777 passenger jet’s crash landing in San Francisco over the weekend that killed two passengers and injured 180 others on board. According to a briefing by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday (Washington time), the captain of the Asiana Airlines flight told NTSB investigators that the automatic throttle system was not maintaining the speed at which he had thought it was programmed.
July 10, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Sohn leaves KCCI to rescue CJ Group
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairman Sohn Kyung-shik, who is also co-chairman of CJ Group, officially resigned from his KCCI post on Tuesday, explaining that he could no longer carry on have chairmanship duties due to his extensive involvement in CJ Group’s crisis-management committee. Since CJ Group chairman Lee Jay-hyun’s arrest on July 1 for allegations of embezzlement and tax evasion, Sohn ― who is Lee’s uncle on his mother’s side ― has led Korea’s largest food and entertainment c
July 10, 2013
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Asiana may be kept in dark: sources
Asiana Airlines, hit hard by the deadly crash landing of its Boeing 777 airliner at a San Francisco airport on Saturday, may be at risk of being blacked out of the joint investigation altogether, those close to the matter said Wednesday.They said that while the (U.S.) National Transportation Safety Board cannot physically keep Asiana out of this, the airline may soon be put in the dark about significant matters if the friction between the board and the Korean airline continues. Asiana recently
July 10, 2013
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Facebook, Samsung discussing collaboration
Facebook and Samsung Electronics are reportedly in official talks on strengthening their cooperation in mobile content to explore new mutual marketing opportunities, according to local news reports Wednesday. The discussions were a part of follow up talks initiated by Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg who was recently in Korea. Among the ideas she is said to have exchanged with Samsung officials were ways to get more people to use Facebook on Samsung's smartphones, such as by pr
July 10, 2013
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Samsung ready to release mid-range Galaxy phones
Now that the fiercely competitive high-end smartphone market is well saturated, Samsung Electronics is pushing into the mid-range mobile phone market with plans to roll out stripped-down smartphone models.According to the IT Testing and Certification Laboratory, the state-run testing and certification agency for electronic devices, Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Mini (SHV-370D) has acquired certification for it to be sold unlocked, meaning that the phone will not be tied to a certain mobile network so that
July 10, 2013
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Growth in demand for high-end smartphones slows: report
Shipments of high-end smartphones are likely to suffer a slowdown in the coming years, denting the world's two biggest smartphone makers -- Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc., a report showed on Wednesday.According to the report by Hi Investment & Securities, shipments of high-end smartphones are expected to reach 380 million this year, growing 12 percent from a year earlier.But this year's growth marked a sharp slowdown from last year's 26-percent on-year expansion, the 59-percent rise in 2
July 10, 2013
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Chrysler recalls over 2,000 Jeeps in S. Korea for faulty airbag
Chrysler Korea, the local importer and distributor of U.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC., is voluntarily recalling Jeep Compass vehicles for problems with the vehicle's seat belts and airbags, Seoul's transportation ministry said Wednesday.According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the car's seat belt pretensioner may not work properly in the case the vehicle is overturned.Also, the vehicle's side airbags may not deploy properly under the same condition, it added.The recall
July 10, 2013
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Investigators focus on pilot role
Korean and U.S. investigators on Monday began interviewing the four pilots aboard the Asiana Airlines jetliner that crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport over the weekend. “I’m looking forward to having the crew interviews done,” said U.S. National Transportation Safety Board chairman Debbie Hersman. “It’s going very slowly. We want to make sure the crew members aren’t confused, that the information that’s being exchanged is clear, that we’re getting out of it all the information t
July 9, 2013
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Korea launches new East Sea FEZ
The East Sea (or Donghae) Free Economic Zone Authority, which will be responsible for the development of a newly designated FEZ, opened in Donghae City, Gangwon Province, on Wednesday.The FEZ Authority set a bold vision to build four globally competitive districts, including an industrial cluster for material businesses, on the east coast by 2024. Trade, Industry and Energy Vice Minister Kim Jae-hong, who joined the opening ceremony with officials from Gangwon Province, said, “I expect the East
July 9, 2013
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Photographer calls Korean Air ‘disturbing, disappointing’
A celebrated photographer has expressed his shock and disappointment toward Korean Air for using a derivative image of one of his most famed works for commercial purposes without his knowledge.“It is most disturbing to me and profoundly disappointing,” Michael Kenna told The Korea Herald. “A company of the stature of Korean Airlines should set a standard for others and support originality.” He also said “it greatly surprises me that instead of using my original art work, somebody from Korean Air
July 9, 2013
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KCC permits multilingual programs for English FM
The Korea Communications Commission decided to allow the use of multiple languages on English FM radio channels, the commission said Tuesday.Major English FM broadcasters currently in operation in Seoul metropolitan area, Busan and Gwangju are now allowed to schedule non-English programs based on each region’s ratio of foreign residents.English FM was established to provide various information to the increasing number of foreigners visiting and residing in Korea.However, as the number of foreign
July 9, 2013
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Korea helps forestation in Indonesia
Relaxing in a rich forest is a popular getaway these days for people living in a busy city, so they can escape from their hectic lives. While seeing this growing trend in its own land, the state agency Korea Forest Service pledged to help its Southeast Asian neighbors recover their rich greenery and create educational and recreational forests in the region where deforestation is occurring rapidly due to industrialization. As the first move in such efforts, Korea and Indonesia had a ministerial m
July 9, 2013
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Crew tried to abort landing before San Francisco crash
The doomed Asiana Airlines jetliner that smashed into a seawall bordering a San Francisco International Airport runway Saturday had been flying so slowly that it nearly stalled, U.S. investigators said Sunday, San Francisco time. The crew made a failed attempt to abort the landing but it was too late, according to a preliminary review of flight data and cockpit communications by the National Transportation Safety Board.Two Chinese teenage girls were killed and more than 180 people were injured i
July 8, 2013
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Pilot error or mechanical problem?
The investigation into the cause of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday (San Francisco time) is making progress just one day after the accident that killed two passengers and injured about 180 others.The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Korean inspection team dispatched to the crash site revealed some of the facts of the moments just before the landing and the investigation of the pilots.The focus of the joint investiga
July 8, 2013
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Cumulative sales of Hyundai Sonata in U.S. top 2m units
Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, said Monday that it has sold more than 2 million units of its midsize Sonata sedan in the United States in more than two decades.The move represents the steady popularity of the Sonata in the world’s second-largest automotive market.The carmaker said sold 2.01 million units of various Sonata models since 1989 when it introduced the Sonata in the U.S., accounting for one-fourth of Hyundai cars sold in the country. “The strong Sonata sales in the U.S
July 8, 2013
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GM’s Rocha seeks halt to strikes
GM Korea’s chief executive Sergio Rocha recently asked employees to refrain from further labor activity for the sake of productivity and the company’s future.“Further labor conflict and productivity loss would have an irreversible effect on our future,” Rocha said in an email addressed to all 17,000 GM workers on July 3.He also said the automaker understood their frustration, as the reality that GM faces was a cause for concern. “I realize that sharing my knowledge of our company’s reality is o
July 8, 2013
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Foreign firms want Gaeseong to reopen
Almost 7 out of 10 foreign companies here say they want to see the normalization of the Gaeseong industrial park, the Korean Chamber of Commerce said Monday. The park, in the aftermath of worsening inter-Korean ties, has been closed for three months.Companies with manufacturing plants in Gaeseong have been hit hard by the closure.The survey was conducted by the chamber on 300 foreign companies. Up to 66.2 percent said the park should be “normalized.”Overall, they seemed to perceive the industria
July 8, 2013