All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • A model stands with a Samsung UHD television.(Yonhap)
    US adopts Samsung’s video technology as new standard

    By Yoon Sung-won Samsung Electronics, South Korea ‘s leading electronics manufacturer, says its video transmission technologies have been chosen as the new broadcasting standard in the United States. The company said Tuesday the technologies ― low density...

    • Posted September 29, 2015
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  • The city of Yianbian (highlighted) borders North Korea and is already home to hundreds of S. Korean businesses. (Google Maps)
    S. Korea, China to build joint industrial complex near N. Korea

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — South Korea and China plan to build a joint industrial complex near a border area with North Korea, according to South Korean Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo on Saturday. Kim made the remarks on...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Kim Min-young, a former mobile engineer at a large conglomerate in Seoul, waters his blackcurrants in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. (Courtesy of Park Chang-hee)
    Thousands of young S. Koreans leaving cities for rural idyll

    By Chung Ah-young Park Chang-hee, 31, and her husband Kim Min-young, 36, moved to a small rural village in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, in April. To start a new life there, the couple quit their jobs which...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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    S. Korea to go all-in to create jobs for young people

    DAEGU/SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea will concentrate all of its available resources on helping create new jobs for young people who find it difficult to get hired, the top economic policymaker said Wednesday. The country remains dogged...

    • Posted September 28, 2015
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  • Kevin Na walks off the second green after putting during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament , Thursday, Mar. 19, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
    S. Korean court orders golfer Kevin Na to pay ex-fiancée $170,000

    A South Korean court in Seoul ordered PGA Tour golfer Kevin Na to pay his ex-fiancée 200 million won (about US$170,000) after the athlete broke off the engagement. The two met through a dating agency back in...

    • Posted September 26, 2015
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  • The annual exodus begins on Sept. 5, 2014 as many South Korans head home to spend five-day Chuseok holidays. (Yonhap)
    Millions of S. Koreans hit the road for Chuseok

    By Jung Min-ho Millions of South Koreans hit the road Friday to gather with their families in their hometowns for the nation’s most celebrated holiday — Chuseok. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, nearly...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • Samsung headquarters in South Korea (Yonhap)
    Samsung sets up new Silicon Valley office in US

    SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) — South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has completed the construction of a new office building for its component unit in Silicon Valley in the United States. The world’s...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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