All posts tagged "Korea"

  • A model shows a Google Chrome operating system-based computer made by LG Electronics Inc. at an outlet in Seoul on Dec. 18, 2013. (Yonhap)
    Google and LG to share patents through 2023

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Google Inc. to grant each other the right to mutually exploit their patents, a move seen as a way to avert patent infringement...

    • Posted November 5, 2014
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  • Signs attached to the entrance wall of a mobile phone retail store in Jongno, central Seoul, that read, "iPhone 6 is immediately available." The nation's telecom watchdog threatened to take legal action against CEOs of local mobile carriers for disturbing the telecom market order by providing excessive subsidies for iPhone 6. ( Yonhap)
    Illegal iPhone 6 subsidies may result in legal action for S. Korean carriers

    By Yoon Sung-won The telecom industry’s watchdog threatened to take legal action against the CEOs of three mobile carriers ― SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus ― Wednesday, for providing excessive subsidies to lure customers to buy...

    • Posted November 5, 2014
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  • Russia's president Vladimir Putin (L) awards Sun-Min Kim, the general director of the Pushkin House Russian Culture and Education Centre in South Korea, with the Pushkin Medal at a ceremony of presenting state decorations to foreign citizens for strengthening friendship and cooperation with Russia. (Yonhap)
    Putin gives Pushkin Award to S. Korean Kim Sun-min

    Russian president Vladimir Putin gave out several awards to representatives of seven foreign countries including Kim Sun-min of South Korea. As General Director of the Pushkin House Russian Culture and Education Centre, Kim received the Pushkin Award, which...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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    Another crack found in Lotte Tower

    By Jung Min-ho Another crack was discovered on the eighth floor ceiling of the Lotte World Tower, adding to safety concerns over what will be the country’s tallest structure if finished. According to a Lotte official Tuesday,...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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    S. Korean children rank last in happiness survey

    By Yun Suh-young Korean children and adolescents were the least happy among those in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last year, a recent survey showed. The Korea Bang Jeong-hwan Foundation conducted the survey with...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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  • President Park Geun-hye speaks at a forum on education innovation co-sponsored by the South Korean government and the World Bank at the Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul on Nov. 4, 2014. (Yonhap)
    President Park vows to implement ‘creative education’

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye vowed Tuesday to restructure the South Korean education system to stress creativity by going beyond traditional paradigms, a view in line with her “creative economy” vision. “Our education should be the...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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  • U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives for a speech to a session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
    Ban Ki-moon – South Korea’s next president?

    U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is avoiding a discussion about a potential presidential candidacy for the 2017 South Korean election despite his rising popularity among the citizens. The 70-year-old career diplomat finds himself at the center of...

    • Posted November 4, 2014
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