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IT-Science
Turkish Doctors Treat Cataract Sufferers In Sudan
The Turkish relief association, Kimse Yok Mu has opened an eye clinic to perform cataract surgeries to thousands of cataract sufferers in the war torn province of Darfur. It is estimated that 10 million Africans experience vision problems stemming from cataracts. Hot weather, malnutrition and climate conditions in Africa cause…
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East Asia
Thousands Performers Play Chinese Lute For World Record
Performers play the Chinese lute together under the guidance of a conductor in Liaoyuan City, northeast China’s Jilin Province, July 26, 2012. Altogether 2,012 performers on Thursday played the Chinese lute together, setting a World Guinness Record, in northeast China’s Jilin province. The group, including 1,800 primary students and 212…
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East Asia
‘Who’ll Stop The Rain?’
Citizens sit outside a flooded shop in Tianjin, north China, July 26, 2012. A downpour battered Tianjin on Thursday, flooding many downtown streets and vehicles. <Xinhua/Yue Yuewei> news@theasian.asia
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Society
7th Korea-Spain Forum opens in Seoul
‘Learning from Each Other, Sharing with Each Other’ The 7th Korea-Spain fourm opened Thursday (July 26) for two-day meeting under the theme of “learning from each other, sharing with each other” at Hotel Shilla in downtown Seoul. The forum started in 2003, as a venue for exchangeing opinions among the leading figures of the…
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Culture
BoA returns with ‘best’ record yet
BoA, one of K-pop’s bestselling solo artists, has returned with her seventh Korean studio album, “Only One.” The 25-year-old star says it is her best work to date, from which she draws the most satisfaction. “They’re my songs but to be honest, there are some that I skip, too,” she…
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IT-Science
LG’s mobile biz to turn around
LG Electronics fell behind in the smartphone era but seems to have finally rebounded. The latest data clearly shows that the flagship firm of LG Group is catching up fast. Despite earlier negative forecasts amid sluggish handset sales, its operating profit for the April-June period increased by 120.5 percent to…
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Business
Renault Samsung boasts of quality services
Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) has set a milestone by topping the annual Customer Satisfaction Index for 10 straight years through 2011 in the survey by automotive research firm Marketing Insight. The automaker is also found to have received the least complaints in terms of after-sales customer services, according to a…
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‘NK Army chief fired for defiant attitudes’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently dismissed the reclusive regime’s Army chief for his refusal to cooperate in a move to tighten his grip on the North’s military, a ruling party lawmaker said Thursday, citing information provided by the country’s spy agency. “Gen. Ri Yong-ho appears to have been forced…
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Business
Conrad challenges Lotte, Shilla Hotel
“Watch out Lotte and Shilla! Here we come.’’ This is the message sent out by Nils-Arne Schroeder, general manager of the Conrad Hotel Seoul, which will open in Yeouido in November. He said the Hilton Hotel Group’s premier luxury brand will steal guests from Lotte and Shilla, as well as…
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People
Stars to carry flags
The details to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games have still yet to emerge, but we know who will carry their national flags. Among the 204 national teams, world-class athletes will represent their countries as the flagbearers. Carrying the South Korean flag at the opening ceremony Friday…
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