All posts tagged "South Korea"

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    S. Korean households spend record amount on alcohol in 2014

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Koreans spent the most in over 10 years on alcoholic beverages in 2014, mainly on beer and soju, statistics agency said Monday, while demand for cigarettes fell, most likely from the price increase....

    • Posted February 23, 2015
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    Will the Presidents Cup in Korea get ‘Korean vs. Korean American’ card?

    In L.A. to compete in the Northern Trust Open this week, K.J. Choi and Kevin Na talk about the Presidents Cup’s impact on S. Korea.   By Brian Han PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – The 2015 Presidents Cup will be...

    • Posted February 17, 2015
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  • Maserati Japan CEO Fabrizio Cazzoli, right, who will also represent Maserati in Korea, stands behind a Quattroporte Diesel, while Lee Gun-hun, CEO of Forza Motors Korea (FMK), which imports the Italian company's cars, stands behind a Ghibli S, during a press conference at the Shilla Hotel, in Seoul, Thursday. (Courtesy of FMK)
    Maserati’s S. Korea sales up nearly 6-fold in 2014

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Italian luxury sports car brand Maserati S.p.A. said Thursday its sales in South Korea leaped nearly sixfold on-year in 2014, demonstrating that its vehicles, priced at over US$100,000 on average, are becoming less of...

    • Posted February 12, 2015
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  • Seen here is the Nine Bridges Country Club on South Korea's southernmost resort island of Jeju, which Golf Digest has put on its list of the world's top 100 golf courses outside the United States. The Nine Bridges ranked 33rd among 11,426 courses in 203 countries. (Yonhap/Golf Digest)
    S. Korean gov’t seeks to popularize golf by opening more public courses, lower green fees

    SEJONG, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) — The government is seeking to popularize golf by opening more public courses and lowering green fees after President Park Geun-hye highlighted the need to get more people to play the sport, officials...

    • Posted February 11, 2015
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  • Rescue workers look for survivors in the debris at the construction site for a gymnasium in Sadang-dong, Seoul, Wednesday. Part of a roof collapsed, burying 11 workers. All the workers were safely rescued. (NEWSis)
    11 rescued from gym collapse in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Eleven out of 12 workers buried under the debris of a collapsed gymnasium construction site were rescued while the search for the one missing worker was still under way, firefighters said Wednesday. The accident...

    • Posted February 11, 2015
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    Uber’s proposal to S. Korea backfires as tensions increase

    (Yonhap) — Discord between Uber Technologies Inc. and South Korea is growing deeper after the government sharply rebuffed the U.S. cab-hailing app creator’s request to allow its driver become legal through a registration system. The Ministry of...

    • Posted February 6, 2015
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    S. Korean soldier gets death penalty for deadly shooting spree

    WONJU, South Korea (Yonhap) — A military court on Tuesday sentenced an Army deserter to death for killing and wounding about a dozen unarmed comrades in a shooting rampage at a guard post close to the border...

    • Posted February 3, 2015
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