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A currency trader smiles in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
(photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
South Korea back on track
Asia Times
| By Robert M Cutler | MONTREAL - The South Korean economy, which last year scraped through the global slowdown without sinking into recession, returned to the recovery path last month after faltering in January, Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun said on Friday, backed by a report that attributed ear...
Sony LCD TVs
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Sony to Launch 3D TVs in June, Rivals Samsung
ABC News
By Kiyoshi Takenaka | March 9, 2010 | TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry. | The maker of Bravia flat TVs hopes 3D models to make up 1...
Report: NKorea to replace top diplomat in Geneva
The Miami Herald
| SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea plans to replace its top diplomat in Switzerland who is believed to be a key manager of leader Kim Jong Il's alleged secret funds stashed overseas, a news report said Wednesday. | Ri Tcheul, North Korea's ambassado...
Report: NKorea To Replace Top Diplomat In Geneva
CBS News
Report: NKorea To Replace Top Diplomat In Geneva, Purported Manager Of Secret Fund Overseas | Font size Print E-mail Share | (AP) (AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea plans to replace its top diplomat in Switzerland who is believed to be a key ...
IMEX 2010 signals global growth and strong business outlook
TravelDailyNews
| The eighth IMEX will open on May 25th at Messe Frankfurt with its largest ever hosted buyer programme in place and buyer, exhibitor and trade visitor targets all on course for year-on-year growth. | "We have spent the last 12 months concentrat...
Report: NKorea to replace top diplomat in Geneva
The Press Democrat
| Ri Tcheul, North Korea's ambassador to U.N. agencies in Geneva, is to step down as early as late this month following about 30 years of service in Switzerland, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing an unidentified diplomat in Bern. | Th...
2009 Kia Magentis photographed at the 2009 Montreal International Auto Show.
Public Domain / Bull-Doser
Kia starts new model roll-out
BBC News
| At first sight, there is nothing extraordinary about the Kia stand at the Geneva motor show. | Most carmakers here are displaying all-electric or petrol-electric hybrid cars at t...
Korean cuisine-Kimchi
Creative Commons / egg (Hong, Yun Seon)
Kimchi is really some hot stuff
Denver Post
In a pickle. Korea's pungent national dish is catching on with American palates, and making your own is easy and inexpensive. | Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's Napa Cabbage Kimchi is an easy...
Hyundai Concept Blue 4
Creative Commons / Marcin Cielak
Hyundai cashes in on Toyota woes, GM hits recall button
The Times Of India
SEOUL/DETROIT: South Korea’s Hyundai Motor announced a sharp rise in February sales, benefiting from recall woes at rival Toyota Motor, which planned aggressive incentives to win...
Asian stocks near 6-week highs
Indian Express
| Asian stocks hovered near six-week highs on Wednesday as Chinese data showed exports and imports in February were better than expected, while the euro and the pound suffered on renewed concerns about Europe's fiscal problems. | Foreign buying, whic...
Bruce J. Graham, Chicago Architect Who Designed Sears Tower, Dies at 84
The New York Times
| Bruce J. Graham, whose integration of modernist design and sophisticated engineering in buildings like the John Hancock Center and the Sears Tower transformed the skyline of Chicago and reasserted the city's pre-eminence as a world architectural ca...
No US intent to force North Korean regime change, ambassador says
m&c
| Seoul - The US ambassador to South Korea said Wednesday that the United States had no intention of forcibly ousting the North Korean government, news reports said. | Ambassador Kathleen Stephens said her country 'has no hostile intent towards the p...
Digital Technology
2009 Kia Magentis photographed at the 2009 Montreal International Auto Show.
(photo: Public Domain / Bull-Doser)
Kia starts new model roll-out
BBC News
| At first sight, there is nothing extraordinary about the Kia stand at the Geneva motor show. | Most carmakers here are displaying all-electric or petrol-electric hybrid cars at the show, and if anything the South Korean carmaker is a late entrant to the market with its Venga EV concept and its Ray plug-in hybrid concept. | Yet Kia's push towards ...
Disarmament Diplomacy
NKorea vows to bolster nuclear deterrent
(photo: AP / Newsis, Nam Kang-Ho)
NKorea vows to bolster nuclear deterrent
The Himalayan
| SEOUL; North Korea vowed Tuesday to strengthen its nuclear deterrent and its means of delivery - an apparent reference to missiles - days after threatening rival South Korea and U.S. forces with attack if they conduct military exercises as planned next week. | The threat comes as the U.S. and other dialogue partners are pushing for the North's co...



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