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Seoul, Moscow to discuss 6-way talks today
A senior Russian nuclear negotiator will hold talks in Seoul today to discuss how to handle North Korea amid ongoing tensions over its nuclear program, officials said. Grigory Logvinov, deputy chief envoy to the stalled six-party talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear program, will meet with Lim Sung-nam, Seoul’s top nuclear envoy…
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Business
LG CNS, HP team up for China business
LG CNS, a local provider of technology solutions, said Monday that it has struck a business tie-up with U.S.-based Hewlett-Packard (HP) to boost the Korean firm’s profile in China. In a statement, LG said it signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with HP for closer collaboration on smart-related businesses…
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Uncertainty lingers on future of Hi-Mart
MBK Partners, the country’s largest private equity fund (PEF), has been selected as the preferred bidder for Hi-Mart ahead of retail giant Lotte Group. But analysts say it would have been better for the country’s largest electronics retailer to be acquired by Lotte because the marriage would create much-needed synergy…
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Pro-N. Korea lawmakers in Assembly
Korean politics seem to have reached a contentious limit. It seems just yesterday that people were criticizing the backwardness of Korean politics for dragging down the Korean economy, but now it has become a problem not just for the economy, but a crisis that threatens the national identity. This crisis…
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Society
2,000 truckers go on strike
Some 2,000 unionized truck drivers went on strike Monday, raising fears that the country’s cargo transportation will suffer serious disruption if prolonged. No major disruptions were reported at major ports, but the Korean Cargo Transport Workers’ Union has threatened to block traffic coming in and out of them. The government vowed…
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Social Media and the Arab Spring
[The East-West Wire] SEOUL — Speaking at a pace that mirrored the speed of a Twitter feed, Riyaad Minty, head of social media for Al Jazeera, shared lessons from the Arab Spring with more than 300 journalists at the East-West Center’s 2012 International Media Conference on 22 June at Yonsei…
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Society
Role of SNS as media will grow in years ahead
“Social Network System (SNS) can play an important supplementary role for conventional media at the time of catastrophe like the nuclear accident in Fukushima,” said Yoichi Funabashi, a noted Japanese journalist who was editor-in-chief of the Asahi Shimbun. He made the remarks at the International Media Conference, jointly organized by the East-West…
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Society
Cheju Island found unpolluted by radioactivity
Cheju-do, the southernmost island of Korea, was found unpolluted by radioactivity, it was announced Monday (June 25). The survey was conducted for three days from June 23 by SR Korea, a private radioactive experts’ group, in cooperation with regional environment organizations in the island. According to SR Korea, people have worried about…
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Villagers affected by coalmine demand full compensation
DHAKA — Several thousand villagers affected by coalmine in northern Bangladesh district of Dinajpur continued their sit-in demonstrations at Barapukuria coal field over the week demanding full payment of their compensation as committed by the government for their rehabilitation. The inhabitants from 15 affected villages carrying sticks and chanting slogans joined …
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South East Asia
Major news in Indonesia on June 25: Mukomuko needs tsunami warning sirens
Top news in <Antara News> : Mukomuko needs tsunami warning sirens Mukomuko (ANTARA News) – The Mukomuko district in Bengkulu province needs tsunami warning sirens for the local people to remain alert of tsunami disaster at any moment, district head Ichwan Yunus said here on Sunday. “Mukomuko is in need…
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