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All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  Uber taxi founder indicted for illegal business in S. Korea

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted the founder of the U.S.-based taxi service Uber on charges of operating an illegal taxi service here. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said it prosecuted...

  • Posted December 24, 2014
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  South Korea’s domestic films are catching up to foreign pics

  South Korean films are fast catching up to foreign ones in their home country, this year marking 100 million domestic ticket sales three years in a row, Yonhap reported. According to the Korean Film Council, South Korean...

  • Posted December 23, 2014
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  Movie-going tops S. Korean cultural activities

  By Kwon Mee-yoo Movies are the most popular type of cultural experience among Koreans. According to the 2014 culture enjoyment survey by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), 65.8 percent of the population went to...

  • Posted December 22, 2014
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  Park’s approval rating hits record low: poll

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating has hit a record low amid a high-profile influence-peddling scandal involving some key presidential officials, a poll showed Friday. The survey of 1,006 adults nationwide by Gallup Korea showed...

  • Posted December 20, 2014
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  S. Koreans cruise through heats in Day 1 of Short Track World Cup

  SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) — Homegrown skaters cruised through heats and preliminaries on the first day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Seoul on Friday. In the men’s 1,000 meters...

  • Posted December 19, 2014
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  Samsung heirs pocket 6 tln won ($5.4 bln) in Cheil Industries IPO

  (Yonhap) — Samsung Group’s three heirs reaped nearly 6 trillion won as the group’s de facto holding company, Cheil Industries Inc., more than doubled its initial public offering (IPO) price in its market debut, data showed Thursday....

  • Posted December 19, 2014
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  Controversy or not, IKEA opens in S. Korea to throngs of customers

  Swedish furniture maker IKEA opened the doors to its largest store ever in Gwangmyeong, South Korea on Dec. 18. Hundreds of customers waited patiently in the freezing cold despite Ikea’s mishaps with the South Korean public. One...

  • Posted December 19, 2014
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