Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report The Guardian SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion (6 billion pounds) off the electronics giant's market value, on a report that Apple placed huge chip orders with troubled Japanese chip rival Elpida. Taiwan's DigiTimes, an online trade ne...
South Korea president to meet Aung San Suu Kyi BBC News South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is visiting Burma, the first time a South Korean leader has visited the country since a bomb attack 29 years ago. | The North Korean attack, during a visit by former President Chun Doo-hwan to Rangoon in 1983, killed 21 people. | Mr Lee met Burma's President...
Christians and Muslims unite in new bid to silence Lady Gaga The Observer A Biblemode Youth member waves placards at an anti-Lady Gaga protest in Manila. Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images | Christian groups in the Philippines have called for a ban on Lady Gaga's Manila concerts, alleging that her song Judas is an off...
'Escape' offers harrowing portrait of N. Korea camps Austin American Statesman | In 2007, at the conclusion of a press conference at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club, a young man received an unusual request: He was asked to remove his trousers. A reporter had found the story he had just told so astonishing that she demand...
Christians and Muslims unite in new bid to silence Lady Gaga The Guardian | Fans defend singer's freedom of speech as Philippines protests threaten star's concerts A Biblemode Youth member waves placards at an anti-Lady Gaga protest in Manila. Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images | Christian groups in the Philippines ha...
Seeking a bigger role The Star | Energy-hungry emerging South Korea eyes resources reserves, shipping lanes, and permanent status at Arctic Council. | SEOUL: South Korea is stepping up its foray into the Arctic as melting ice caps are opening up a treasure trove of untapped resour...
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Chevy Spark: A mighty tiny car The Miami Herald | Growth has long been Detroit's mantra, but now the industry is surviving by thinking small. I'm writing this from Germany, where gasoline costs $7 or $8 a gallon (you thought $4 ...
In a Samsung Galaxy far, far away ... will Android still rule? The Guardian By Jeremy Wagstaff, Asia Chief Technology Correspondent (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is the world's largest smartphone manufacturer and biggest user of Google's Android operatin...
May Day marked by protests against austerity cuts The Daily Telegraph From anti-austerity demonstrations in London, to Vladimir Putin enjoying a beer in Moscow, the Telegraph takes a look at May Day marches around the world. | 560 315 TelegraphPlayer...
G-8 agrees to press N. Korea / Pledges to block Pyongyang from conducting nuclear test Daily Yomiuri | WASHINGTON (Jiji Press)--Group of Eight leaders reaffirmed cooperation on Friday to prevent North Korea from conducting a nuclear test following its failed attempt in April to launch what is believed to have been a long-range ballistic missile. | A...
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Philippine rally demands Lady Gaga ban France24 | AFP - Hundreds of protesters marched in the Philippine capital Saturday to demand a ban on pop phenomenon Lady Gaga's upcoming concerts, claiming her lyrics were anti-Christian. | About 50 riot police blocked a major Manila intersection to stop the...
