Sunday 5th February, 2012
Major Expansion and Upgrade Project at Samsung Total Petrochemicals’ Complex in Daesan, South Korea
Total is consolidating its positions in petrochemicals in Asia with a new expansion and upgrading project for the Daesan complex in South Korea, which the Group owns with Samsung as part of the ...
2 dead, 6 injured in explosion at..
TAEBAEK, Gangwon Province (Yonhap) -- A gas explosion at a coal mine has killed two people and injured six others, police said Saturday. The blast occurred at around 8 p.m. on Friday when nine ...
Lee arrives in Turkey on 4-nation..
ISTANBUL (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Turkey on Saturday for talks with leaders of the Eurasian nation expected to focus on bolstering economic cooperation and ...
US army aircraft makes emergency ..
The Korea TimesA U.S. army aircraft made an emergency landing on Friday at the U.S. military base of Camp Humphreys south of Seoul, but no injuries were reported, officials said. A U.S. Army RC-7 reconnaissance ...
Hana seeks to buy Korean American..
The Korea TimesLOS ANGELES (Yonhap) -- Hana Financial Group Inc., Korea's No. 4 banking group, said Saturday that it is pushing to acquire a Korean American commercial bank in the United States as part of its ...
N. Korea steps up efforts to deve..
The Korea TimesNorth Korea is stepping up efforts to develop smartphone applications, a move that underscores its commitment not to be left behind in the fast moving world of information technology. Choe ...
POSCO net down 11.6% in 2011
The Korea TimesPOSCO, Korea's leading steelmaker, said Friday that its earnings in 2011 dropped 11.6 percent from a year earlier due mainly to low steel prices and increased costs of raw materials. Net ...
Samsung confident of proving inno..
The Korea TimesSamsung Electronics Co. is "confident" it can convince European investigators that it has abided by fair trade rules regarding its use of mobile patents, an official said Saturday. ...
N. Korea blasts S. Korea-US milit..
The Korea TimesNorth Korea lashed out at South Korea and the United States Saturday, warning that their upcoming joint military exercises would further escalate tension on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea and ...
Air Force develops risk managemen..
The Korea TimesSecurity of Air Force pilots will be enhanced by a risk controlling system developed by the ROK Air Force. Officials said the system, called the "Korea Operation Risk Management (K-ORM)," ...
5 coffee chains face FTC investig..
The Korea TimesBy Kim Tae-jong The government is now targeting major coffee chain brands for allegedly using its dominant position to take advantage of franchise stores. "We have received a lot of ...
• Raison Blue's cat and mouse talk of the town
The Korea TimesBy Na Jeong-ju Drawings of a cat and a computer mouse decorating the packs of KT&G's Raison Blue cigarettes are the talk of the town as people joke that the computer mouse brings to mind ...
Behind new N. Korean leader, a we..
The Korea TimesSince his elevation to leader after the death of his father, Kim Jong-il on Dec. 17 last year, Kim Jong-un has been presenting himself as a near replica of his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, the New York ...
Korea to correct Buddha’s birthpl..
The Korea TimesBy Anil Giri, Park Si-soo KATHMANDU, Nepal - Korea will correct the erroneous information regarding the birthplace of Buddha in a textbook beginning in 2013 in response to Nepal's ...
Number of cell phone users tops 1..
The Korea TimesBy Kim Young-jin The number of North Koreans with state-approved cell phones has surpassed the 1 million mark, a report said Friday, as citizens of the isolated state continue to embrace the ...
Alien spaceship found in Baltic S..
The Korea TimesAn international team of oceanic experts have found an alien ship from Planet Gootan National on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The ship was abandoned, but experts from the U.N. Panel of ...
One year needed to gauge NK regim..
The Korea TimesBy Kim Young-jin Though the recent death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has raised hopes that Pyongyang will implement badly-needed economic reforms, the world will likely have to wait at ...
Media workers’ unions and progressive civic groups have jointly filed a complaint with the prosecution against Choi See-joong, former chairman of the Korea Communications Commission , claiming he provided bribes to lawmakers to help push media-relat
The Korea TimesBy Lee Hyo-sik Media workers' unions and progressive civic groups have jointly filed a complaint with the prosecution against Choi See-joong, former chairman of the Korea Communications ...
• Korea to correct Buddha’s birthplace in textbook
The Korea TimesBy Anil Giri, Park Si-soo KATHMANDU, Nepal - Korea will correct the erroneous information regarding the birthplace of Buddha in a textbook beginning in 2013 in response to Nepal's ...
Newfound alien planet is best can..
The Korea TimesA potentially habitable alien planet - one that scientists say is the best candidate yet to harbor water, and possibly even life, on its surface - has been found around a nearby star, SPACE.com ...
Samsung demands Apple pay $1.4 bi..
The Korea TimesA man walks past a Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet at a shop in Seoul, Friday. The company demanded in a court hearing the same day that Apple pay it billions of dollars in patent ...
School teacher caught filming bod..
The Korea TimesBy Lee Hyo-sik A 31-year-old middle school teacher was caught secretly filming the legs and other body parts of his female students and fellow teachers at the school, the prosecution said ...
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