All posts tagged "south"

  • (Courtesy of Samsung)
    Samsung keeps mobile chief despite profit plunge

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung retained the chief of its mobile business in an annual executive reshuffle announced Monday despite a steep decline in mobile profit. The extent of this year’s reshuffle was the smallest in...

    • Posted December 1, 2014
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  • (NEWSis)
    Number of salaried workers in 50s exceeds younger people in Korea

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — The number of salaried workers in their 50s exceeded those in their 20s, pointing to tougher employment conditions for younger generations. According to the recent data released by Statistics Korea, salaried workers in their...

    • Posted December 1, 2014
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  • Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' forward Lee Dong-gook accepts his K League Classic MVP trophy on Dec. 1, 2014, in Seoul. (Yonhap)
    Veteran striker Lee Dong-gook voted S. Korean pro football MVP

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Veteran striker Lee Dong-gook of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors was voted the MVP of South Korean professional football on Monday. The 35-year-old garnered 101 out of 112 votes to claim the top individual award in...

    • Posted December 1, 2014
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  • "The Interview" poster.
    Seth Rogen’s ‘The Interview’ will not be screened in S. Korea

    By Jun Ji-hye “The Interview,” a U.S. comedy lampooning North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, will not be screened here any time soon, the government confirmed Friday. A request must be made before an imported film is screened,...

    • Posted November 28, 2014
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  • American photographer and filmmaker Noe Alonze
    Filmmaker captures Seoul in stunning time-lapse video

    By Ko Dong-hwan As any visitor can attest, Seoul is a place of constant movement. Cars and people pulse through the streets at a pace so rapid, it is simply known as “ppali-ppali” (quickly-quickly). Take a step...

    • Posted November 28, 2014
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  • Education Minister Hwang Woo-yeo apologizes for two flawed questions of the College Scholastic Ability Test during a press briefing in Sejong City, Monday. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean gov’t apologizes for CSAT errors

    Grades of some 7,000 students will be affected By Jung Min-ho The Ministry of Education admitted Monday there were two correct answers for two questions on the most recent state-administered college entrance exam, a decision that will...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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  • SK Telecom employees demonstrate the new network virtualization technology "Orchestration." (Courtesy of SK Telecom)
    SK develops core 5G network technologies

    By Yoon Sung-won SK Telecom, the nation’s largest mobile carrier, has developed two core technologies for the fifth-generation (5G) mobile network, the company said Tuesday. It says that the development of the network virtualization technologies will support...

    • Posted November 26, 2014
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