All posts tagged "South Korea"

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    Merger approval boon for Samsung owner family, but challenges still ahead

    SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) — Shareholders’ outright approval of a proposed merger of two key Samsung units gives momentum to the leadership transfer at Samsung Group, South Korea’s top conglomerate, market watchers said Friday. But potential legal...

    • Posted July 17, 2015
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    S. Korea reports no new MERS cases for 12th day

    SEJONG, July 17 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported no additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) for the 12th straight day Friday, with no fatalities occurring in a week, the health ministry said. The number of...

    • Posted July 17, 2015
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  • A group of Chinese tourists leaves Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on July 13, 2015, as the group came to South Korea on a familiarization tour program organized by Korean Air Lines Co. South Korean airlines are ramping up efforts to lure Chinese tourists as the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is recently showing signs of slowing down. (Yonhap)
    Chinese tourists flock to S. Korea as MERS scare dies down

    SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) — Hundreds of Chinese toured a bustling shopping district in central Seoul on Thursday, in a sign that foreign tourists are returning to South Korea as the health scare over a respiratory virus...

    • Posted July 16, 2015
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    S. Korea ordered to compensate lepers for forced vasectomies, abortions

    Due to a court ruling on Thursday, the South Korean government has been ordered to provide compensation to 139 individuals with leprosy for forcing them to undergo vasectomies and abortions up until 1990. Each of the plaintiffs...

    • Posted July 16, 2015
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  • In this June 23, 2015, Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives to attend a press conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. A vote on combining companies in the Samsung empire is pitting South Korea’s richest family against small shareholders and foreign investors. Shareholders at Samsung C&T will vote Friday, July 17 on the proposed takeover of the company by another Samsung company, Cheil Industries. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Vote pits Samsung family against foreign, Korean investors

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A vote on combining companies in the Samsung empire is pitting its wealthy founding family against small shareholders and foreign investors in a rare challenge to the power of South Korea’s ubiquitous...

    • Posted July 16, 2015
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  • film fest poster
    S. Korea’s largest genre film fest kicks off in Bucheon

    BUCHEON, South Korea, July 16 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s largest genre film fest raised its curtain for an 11-day run on Thursday with Lee Min-ho and other celebrities walking the red carpet at the opening ceremony. Korean...

    • Posted July 16, 2015
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    S. Korea reports no new MERS cases for 11th day

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — South Korea reported no additional cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) for the 11th straight day on Thursday, with no fatalities occurring since Friday as well, the health ministry said. The number of...

    • Posted July 15, 2015
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