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All posts tagged "Korea"

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  Galaxy S6 phones suffer weaker-than-expected sales in S. Korea

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest high-end smartphones – the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge — are seen drawing less than expected attention from consumers, industry data showed Wednesday, casting clouds over the market’s...

  • Posted April 22, 2015
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  Never-before-seen photo of assassination attempt on Syngman Rhee surfaces in NY

  A never-before-seen photo of an 1952 assassination attempt on South Korean President Syngman Rhee, kept for years by British intelligence before it was procured by a collector, has surfaced. In an exclusive reveal to the Korea Times...

  • Posted April 21, 2015
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  [QZ] By 2020, South Koreans will have a better standard of living than the French

    Many Koreans have an affinity for French things. Namely, French baked goods. Witness the rise of Korean bakery chain Paris Baguette, which aims to become the McDonald’s of French-style boulangeries. (The French do not approve.)...

  • Posted April 21, 2015
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  Park Tae-hwan’s doc pleads not guilty to negligence

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Swimmer Park Tae-hwan’s doctor Tuesday pleaded not guilty to misleading him about an injection of a banned substance that stripped him of his Asian Games medals last year. Park tested positive for testosterone, a...

  • Posted April 21, 2015
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  Calls grow in US for Abe to apologize for wartime history

  WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — Calls are growing in the United States for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for the country’s wartime history as his trip to Washington draws closer amid growing signs the nationalist leader is...

  • Posted April 20, 2015
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  ‘Avengers 2′ superheroes arrive in Seoul, pay respects to ferry victims

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — Three Marvel superheroes assembled in Seoul Friday for a news conference to promote the much-anticipated blockbuster “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” and expressed hope that the film will be received well in South Korea....

  • Posted April 17, 2015
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  A year later, Sewol tragedy continues to haunt South Korea

  The ferry disaster that paralyzed South Korea met its one-year anniversary Thursday. On April 16, 2014, the passenger ferry boat Sewol sank near Jindo Island. It was carrying 476 people, a majority of them the junior class...

  • Posted April 15, 2015
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