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Galaxy S3 LTE phones to hit shelves Monday
The long-term evolution (LTE) model of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S3 will be available nationwide from Monday. The Suwon-based firm announced Friday its highest quarterly operating profit as of yet of 6.7 trillion won thanks to global sales of the handsets. The three domestic mobile carriers _ SK Telecom, KT and…
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IT-Science
Kakao Story tops Facebook
Kakao Story has topped Facebook to dominate the mobile social network service (SNS) market in Korea only three months after its launch. According to a survey of 13.95 million smartphone users using Google’s Android Operating System (OS) released Thursday by market research agency Nielsen KoreanClick, Kakao Talks’ SNS held 49.1…
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Business
Chaebol bosses’ stock wealth rising
Leading chaebol bosses are combining to make more in the stock market than the gross domestic product (GDP) of Bahrain, according to figures from a local think tank. The report by the Korea CXO Institute shows that the combined value of stocks held by the corporate owners of the country’s…
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Building Blogs of ASEAN Social Bonding
Abroad, my sentimental friend Abdul Razak, a fair-skinned Indonesian, liked to quip that he is an Asean Man. He says: “When I am in Singapore I passed for a Chinese; in Vietnam as a Vietnamese, in Philippines as a Filipino, in Laos as a Laotian; in Thailand as a Thai…
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Mexicans Unhappy With Presidential Election Results
A man holds a defaced image of President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto as Mexicans unhappy with the presidential election results prepare for a march, in Mexico City, Saturday, July 7, 2012. The protestors marched in rejection of the final count in the presidential election showing the former ruling party candidate, Pena…
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Libyans Celebrate Their First Democratic Voting
Libyans hold up their ink-marked fingers that shows they have voted as they celebrate in Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli, Libya, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Jubilant Libyan voters marked a major step toward democracy after decades of erratic one-man rule, casting their ballots Saturday in the first parliamentary election after last…
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Russian Women Compete In High Heels Race
A young woman falls down as others run in Glamour high heels race in downtown Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 7, 2012. Participants of the high heel run were challenged to race 50 meters in stilettos of at least 9 cm. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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Culture
Round-up Of Wild Horses In Spanish Festival
A man grabs a wild horse during the traditional round-up of wild horses in Sabucedo, north-western Spain Saturday July 7, 2012. The round-up and breaking-in of the wild horses, where the mainly young men of the village get a chance to demonstrate their skills, originates from the 16th century. <AP/NEWSis>…
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Jubilant Grooms Dance During Mass Wedding In Amman
Jordanian grooms dance over the shoulders of their relatives during a mass wedding of 46 brides and 46 grooms in Amman, Jordan, Friday, July 6, 2012. The wedding was organized by an Islamic association, Al-Afaf, which means chastity in Arabic, to encourage the young adults to remain virtuous until marriage.…
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