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Hanjin Heavy wins 200 bln-won order for patrol boats
Hanjin Heavy Industries Co., a mid-sized shipbuilder here, said Wednesday that it has received a 200 billion won ($178 million) deal to build three high-speed patrol boats for the South Korean Navy.Under the deal with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Hanjin Heavy will deliver the vessels by 2019, the company said.The newly ordered vessels weigh 200 tons each, and will be loaded with guided rockets and remote-controlled guns, it said.The new patrol boats are expected to be deployed

Industry Oct. 12, 2016
[팟캐스트](165) 부산국제영화제 개막, 삼성 갤노트7 단종
진행자: 두루미, Kevin Lee Selzer1. 부산국제영화제, 갖은 악재 속 개막기사 요약: 오랫동안 지속되어 온 보이콧 논란, 그리고 태풍 피해까지 겹친 가운데 개막한 제 21회 부산국제영화제. 지난해에 비해 규모가 작아졌고 참석하는 스타 배우들, 관객들의 숫자도 눈에 띄게 줄었다. 예정된 스케줄은 원활히 진행되고 있으며 300여 개의 국가에서 온 다양한 영화들을 상영 중이다. 아이튠즈(아이폰): https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638Busan Film Fest kicks off amid foreseen, unforeseen complications[1] The 21st edition of the Busan International Film Festival, Asia’s largest, kic

Podcast Oct. 12, 2016
Seoul clubs to renew rivalry in postseason baseball
Two Seoul clubs -- the Nexen Heroes and the LG Twins -- will renew their Korea Baseball Organization rivalry when they meet in the first round playoff series starting Thursday.The Heroes finished third in the regular season and will have the home field advantage in the best-of-five set. Game 1 is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Gocheok Sky Dome.The Twins finished fourth in the standings and dispatched the fifth-seed Kia Tigers in the wild-card game.This is their first meeting in the playoffs since

Baseball Oct. 12, 2016
THAAD not helpful to inter-Korean relations: Russian envoy
Moscow's top envoy to Seoul said Wednesday the deployment of an advanced US missile defense system in South Korea will not help improve inter-Korean relationships, reiterating the country's negative stance on the move.During the meeting with Lee Jung-hyun, the head of the ruling Saenuri Party, Ambassador Alexander Timonin said the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system is a part of the United States' broader missile defense system, adding Moscow is against the decision.Timonin, however, adde

North Korea Oct. 12, 2016
‘서른즈음에’ 요괴 고양이 ‘이렇게 오래 살 수 있나’
국매체 더 미러 (The Mirror)가 소개한 31살 고양이가 화제다. 　　‘너트메그’라는 이름의 이 수고양이의 연령을 인간 나이로 환산해보면 무려 141살이 된다. 　 (사진=온라인 커뮤니티)　너트메그는 떠돌이 고양이로 1990년 한 가정집의 뒷마당에 나타나 살기 시작했다. 　　그를 수의사에게 보인 가족은 당시 고양이가 최소 5살이라는 진단을 받았었다. 　 (사진=온라인 커뮤니티)　올해로 31번째 생일을 맞은 너트메그는 세계 최고령 고양이 자리에 도전하고 있다.　　한편, 미국 오레건 주 고양이 코듀로이는 26살로 최고연령을 기록한 바 있다.　　(khnews@heraldcorp.com)　　

한국어판 Oct. 12, 2016
Samsung's senior executives silent on Galaxy Note 7 debacle
CEO-level executives of Samsung Group companies, including Samsung Electronics Co., held their weekly meeting in Seoul on Wednesday, but they refused to comment on the permanent halt of production of the Galaxy Note 7. The meeting came a day after Samsung announced that it scrapped the flagship Note 7 smartphone after some of the devices caught fire. Top Samsung executives who are responsible for the Note 7, including Shin Jong-kyun and Koh Dong-jin, appeared to be absent from the meeting.Chang

Technology Oct. 12, 2016
Korea's money supply up 7.2% in August: BOK
The money supply in South Korea grew more than 7 percent on-year in August due to increased deposits by households and companies, the central bank said Wednesday.The nation's "M2" totaled 2,377 trillion won ($2.1 trillion) in August, up 7.2 percent from a year earlier, according to the Bank of Korea. It marks a 1.2 percent rise from July.The BOK attributed the increase in money supply to a rise in deposits, short-term money in trusts and money market funds.As of the end of August, the amount in

Oct. 12, 2016
Household loans up 11.8% in September
Household loans extended by local banks rose 11.8 percent in September from a year earlier due to an increase in collective loans, central bank data showed Wednesday.Outstanding household loans from local lenders came to 688.4 trillion won ($613 billion) as of end-September, compared with 615.7 trillion won from a year earlier, according to the data from the Bank of Korea.Compared with August this year, the amount rose by 6.1 trillion won. The on-month increase marked a decline from an 8.6 trill

Oct. 12, 2016
Samsung shares become more volatile this year
Shares of tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. have become more volatile this year due to a string of negatives including the recent furor over its latest flagship smartphone, data showed Wednesday.Samsung, the top cap and crown jewel of the local bourse, has seen its share price jump or drop more than 4 percent from the previous session seven times this year, four of them involving the Galaxy Note 7 episode, according to the data by the Korea Exchange. Samsung recorded a daily volatility of mo

Oct. 12, 2016
Expert calls for next US president to target N. Korea's regime survival
The next US president should put unprecedented pressure on North Korea to force it to choose between regime survival and nuclear weapons, a US expert said."US policy should focus on demonstrating that America is prepared to put at risk the one thing that the DPRK holds more dearly than its nuclear weapons -- the preservation of its regime -- in order to convince Pyongyang to end its pursuit of nuclear weapons," Evans Revere, a Korea expert who served as a principal deputy secretary of state, sai

North Korea Oct. 12, 2016
NK spy agency official defected to S. Korea last year: source
A senior official at North Korea's spy agency defected to South Korea last year, a source said Wednesday, pointing to a rise in defections by North Korean elites disillusioned with the repressive regime.An unidentified official who worked for the Ministry of State Security escaped to the South last year, the source familiar with Pyongyang's affairs said, in an unusual defection by a North Korean in charge of gathering intelligence and cracking down on ordinary people.The source said that North K

North Korea Oct. 12, 2016
One in 3 chaebol family members take shares as collateral
One in three family members of South Korea's major conglomerate owners have put up shares as collateral for loans from financial institutions, with the percentage of share collateral soaring for financially troubled business groups, a market tracker said Wednesday.In a report on collateral provided by 363 owner family members of the country's top 30 conglomerates, known here as chaebol, CEO Score said that 30.3 percent, or 110 people, have offered their shares as collateral for loans as of end-S

Oct. 12, 2016
삼성전자, 노트 버리고 S7에 올인...협력업체들에 증산 요구
[코리아헤럴드(더인베스터)=김영원기자] 갤럭시 노트 7의 판매 및 생산의 중단 결정으로 사면초가에 직면한 삼성전자. 이 위기를 타개하기 위해 삼성전자는 올해 2월 출시한 갤럭시 S7 카드를 다시 꺼내들 예정이다. 업계 관계자에 따르면 삼성은 노트 7의 판매 및 생산 중단에 따른 손실을 만회하기 위해 “갤럭시 S7의 생산 물량을 늘려 연말 마케팅에 총력을 다 할 예정,”이라고 한다. 2011년 처음 출시된 갤럭시 노트 모델은 매년 하반기, 갤럭시 S모델은 상반기 실적을 책임지는 역할을 해왔다.삼성의 올해 하반기 플래그쉽 모델인 노트7이 유례없는 실패작이 되자, S7이 구원투수로 다시 등장 하게 된 것이다. S7에는 노트7에 탑재되어 있는 홍채 인식 카메라가 없고, 디스플레이가 노트7 보다 작으며(S7은 5.1 인치, S7엣지는 5.5인치 노트7은 5.7인치), 내부에 탑재된 칩도 다르다.삼성전자가 갤럭시 노트7 판매 중단과 단종을 선언한 11일 오후 시민들이 서울의 한 통신사 대리점을

한국어판 Oct. 12, 2016
Korea thoroughly outplayed by Iran, as Tehran curse lives on
South Korea traveled to Tehran to face Iran in an Asian World Cup qualifying match Tuesday, with an eye on ending a winless drought that has last for more than four decades.South Korea instead suffered a 1-0 loss at Azadi Stadium, dropping to two draws and five defeats in the Iranian capital. And they looked pretty bad doing so.South Korea coach Uli Stielike also talked tough on the eve of the contest, saying the goal was to make new history.The message clearly didn't get through to his players,

Soccer Oct. 12, 2016
Samsung calls for fair reading of design patent law in Supreme Court battle with Apple
The US Supreme Court heard a rare design patent case Tuesday in one of the last-remaining legal battles between Samsung and Apple that could reimburse the South Korean smartphone giant up to nearly $400 million in damages it already paid Apple.Samsung paid Apple $548 million in damages awarded by a lower court for copying designs of the iPhone. In December, Samsung took the case to the highest court, asking it to reconsider the scope of design patents and how damages are calculated, in an effort

Technology Oct. 12, 2016

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