All posts tagged "South Korea"

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    President Park to hold talks with Abe next week

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye will meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week, Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, in the first bilateral summit between leaders of the two neighbors in more than three years....

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • Shin Dong-joo of Lotte (Yonhap)
    Lotte suffers almost $1 billion loss in China: chairman’s brother

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Lotte Shopping, a key retail unit of Lotte Group, has racked up a huge loss from its Chinese operations over the past four years, the elder brother of the group chairman claimed Wednesday, demanding...

    • Posted October 28, 2015
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  • Actor Matt Damon (R) on the set of "The Martian" (Yonhap)
    ‘The Martian’ finds explosive popularity in S. Korea

    By Brian Han Outside of the U.S., “The Martian” is finding the most explosive box office success in South Korea. The film has made over $28.6 million in 20 days according to Box Office Mojo while becoming...

    • Posted October 27, 2015
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  • Steve Martino, center, director of "The Peanuts Movie," Sung Ji-yeon, left, lightening supervisor at Blue Sky Studios, and cartoonist Kim Poong take a selfie during a discussion about the upcoming animated feature based on Charles Schulz's comic strip "Peanuts" at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, on Oct. 15. (Courtesy of 20th Century Fox Korea)
    More Koreans mapping out career path as animators

    By Baek Byung-yeul As animation has emerged as a major cultural product in Korea, more people attempt to map out their career paths to become animators. For future aspiring animators, American animation director Steve Martino, who recently...

    • Posted October 27, 2015
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    Woman charged with rape for first time in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A 40-year-old woman has been indicted on charges of forcing her husband to have sex with her, prosecutors said Tuesday. It marks the first time that a wife has been charged with marital rape....

    • Posted October 27, 2015
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  • Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan (C) chairs the meeting of economy related ministers in Seoul on Oct. 27, 2015. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean gov’t to pump $7.95 billion into local economy

    SEOUL/SEJONG (Yonhap) — The government will inject an extra 9 trillion won (US$7.95 billion) into the local economy in the fourth quarter to keep alive the growth momentum generated in the past few months, the finance ministry...

    • Posted October 27, 2015
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    S. Korea becomes first Asian country to successfully farm salmon

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea has become the first Asian country to successfully farm salmon throughout the year, which can help the country reduce imports and lead to exports down the road, the government said Monday. According...

    • Posted October 26, 2015
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