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Business
E-Mart under scrutiny
Fair Trade Commission (FTC) investigators raided the Seoul headquarters of E-Mart, the country’s largest grocery chain, Monday, on suspicions over whether the retail giant dishonored its promise to reduce sales commissions imposed on small suppliers. E-Mart officials confirmed Tuesday that 16 FTC inspectors visited the company’s offices a day earlier…
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Business
Seoul apartment prices fall steepest in 10 years
No rebound in sight for loal housing market The real estate market entered a deep slump following the global economic crisis in 2008 and still shows no sign of an imminent rebound. Homeowners, who borrowed money to buy houses during the property boom period from 2005 through 2007, are experiencing…
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Business
Kia Motors’ Rio wins major design award
Kia Motors has won the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), one of the world’s three biggest design awards. Sold under the different name of the Rio overseas, the automaker’s popular compact car Pride won a bronze in the transportation category at the 2012 IDEA organized by the Industrial Design Society…
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NTS rejects Lone Star’s refund demand
Tax authorities rejected Tuesday the demand by Lone Star Funds that they return 391.5 billion won (about $342 million) in capital gain taxes the U.S. buyout firm paid on earnings from its sale of the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) earlier this year. The decision, which was widely expected, means the…
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Capitalism or feudalism?
Time to ponder how to rectify chaebol system The Fair Trade Commission released a chart Monday, which illustrates the shareholding structure of 63 family-controlled conglomerates and their subsidiaries. The diagram, which appears even more complicated than the Seoul subway map, drew attention to two things: how these families dominate huge…
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《韩日军事情报保护协定》国民 47.9% 反对 15.8%赞成
大家好,我是王璇，今天的 The AsiaN新闻，又同您见面了。 韩国一项民意调查显示，对于《韩日军事情报保护协定》，韩国国民的反对呼声远远超过赞成意见。 根据韩国某舆论调查机关报告显示，在韩国有接近一半的国民对政府签订《协定》持有反对意见，占全体接受调查人数的47.9%，而持赞成态度的仅有15.8%。 从政治倾向角度分析，在韩国相对保守的有产阶层当中，持反对意见的有40.0%，比持赞成意见比率要高很多，而持反对意见最为突出的社会阶层要数韩国中度派的有产阶级（57.3%）。 在激进派（左派）中，对签订《协议》持反对意见的占52.5%，而持赞成仅有13.5%。本次调查是以韩国国内19岁以上有政治行为能力的成人为对象，总计接受调查人数达750人次。 当然还是和往常一样，欢迎您点击我们的网站，浏览其他要闻。 我们的网站是 http://cn.theasian.asia/?p=4604 今天就到这里，谢谢您的收看。
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Central Asia
Major news in Kazakhstan on July 3 : Kazakhstan people have got about four hours of leisure time daily
Major news in <Tengri news> : Kazakhstan people have got about four hours of leisure time daily The Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan has conducted a research named Time budget implementation by population of Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reports, citing the press-service of the Agency. The Agency has found out that Kazakhstan citizens…
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Society
UNESCO adds 26 new sites on World Heritage List
PARIS, July 2 (Xinhua) — A total of 26 new sites have been inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List this year, with Russia’s Lena Pillars Nature Park being the last to join in on Monday, the Paris-based UNESCO said in a statement. The inscriptions were approved during the 36th…
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South East Asia
IHH Healthcare Goes Public
IHH Healthcare Chairman Abu Bakar Suleiman delivers his opening remarks during the launch of its initial public offering prospectus in in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, July 3, 2012. IHH Healthcare, Asia’s top hospital operator, said Tuesday it plans to raise 6.4 billion ringgit ($2 billion) from an initial public offering in…
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West Asia
Syrians Stage Protest Chanting Slogans
This citizen journalism image provided by Kafarsouseh Revolt, taken on Sunday, July 1, 2012 purports to show Syrians chanting slogans during a demonstration in Kafar Souseh, Damascus, Syria. The head of the Arab League called Monday for the fragmented Syrian opposition to unite and said a U.N.-brokered plan for a…
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