South Korea's trade commission said Thursday that it has decided to extend anti-dumping duties on Chinese float glass products, citing unfair price cuts.   The Korea Trade Commission said punitive duties of 12.04-36.01 percent will be maintained on Chinese imports for the next three years.   The decision follows investigations carried out following formal complaints raised by KCC Corp. and Han

March 24, 2011

South Koreans now spend more time online and on mobile phones than five years ago, a survey said Wednesday, the latest sign that the Internet has become a daily necessity for many people in one of the world's most wired countries.   South Koreans surf the Internet for an average of 37 minutes during weekdays, up 25 minutes from 2005, according to the findings of a research institute of KBS, a majo

Technology March 23, 2011

Apple Inc. said Wednesday that it will roll out the iPad 2 tablet computer in South Korea next month amid worries that high U.S. demand and component shortage may delay overseas shipments.Apple will release the iPad 2 in 25 countries, including France and Germany, this Friday and in Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore next month, the company said in a press release. "We're experiencing amazing demand for iPad 2 in the U.S., and customers around the world have told us they can't wait to get thei

Technology March 23, 2011

   TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's top government spokesman says the country's tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant must eventually be scrapped.   Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano's comment Sunday was the first word from the government that the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex will have to be closed once its overheating reactors are brought under control.   Closing the plant is inevitable, since the seawater

World News March 20, 2011

   QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) - At least three miners were killed and 45 others trapped underground when explosions triggered a collapse in a coal mine in Pakistan's Baluchistan province on Sunday, officials said.   A total of 48 miners were working around 1,200 metres (1,300 yards) underground in the mine and the officials said hopes for the survival of the missing were slim.   The mine in the far-fl

World News March 20, 2011

   BUSAN (Yonhap) -- A KTX bullet train abruptly stopped for an unknown reason inside a tunnel shortly after departing from Busan for Seoul on Sunday, paralyzing Seoul-bound railway traffic for about an hour, railway officials said.   The train came to an unscheduled halt at 12:13 p.m. inside the 20.3 kilometer-long Geumjeong tunnel on the outskirts of Busan, the longest in the country.   The stop

Social Affairs March 20, 2011

  The Supreme Court will hold its sentencing council meeting on Monday to finalize a new set of sentencing guidelines that call for increasing the maximum prison sentence for brutal murderers to 50 years, officials said Sunday.   Under the new guidelines prepared following last year's revision of the criminal law, those convicted of killing more than two people in a premeditated or cruel manner wi

Social Affairs March 20, 2011

   U.S. investor Warren Buffett will arrive in South Korea Sunday on a trip that includes a meeting with President Lee Myung-bak.   The chairman and CEO of U.S. conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway will arrive in Daegu, a city located some 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to attend the groundbreaking ceremony on Monday of a company owned and directed by Berkshire Hathaway.   Daegu-Tech, a metal-cutte

Industry March 20, 2011

  Ninety-seven of the 102 Korean nationals who were reported missing in Japan's Iwate prefecture have been confirmed alive, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday.   However, the fate of the remaining five Koreans in Iwate and 90 others in Sendai has yet to be confirmed, a ministry official said.   Meanwhile, South Korea has sent 100 tons of bottled water and six thousand blankets in emergency aid

Social Affairs March 20, 2011