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East Asia
Samsung Electronics surpasses W2 mil.
Samsung Electronics stocks touched 2 million won Thursday, soaring to a record high. It is the first time the electronics giant which debuted on the stock market in 1975 surpassed 2 million won. The world’s leading tech company started trading at 1.97 million won in the morning session, reaching 2…
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Politics
Russia’s Kalashnikov to create 1700 jobs in 2017
Russia’s famed small arms maker Kalashnikov Concern will increase its staff by at least 30% by creating 1700 new jobs in 2017 amid the surge in export orders, the company’s press service said. “The Kalashnikov Concern will create 1700 new jobs this year and thus will increase its core staff…
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East Asia
Impeached President Park Slams Accusations of Cultural Blacklist
Amid ongoing investigations that the current impeached President Park Geun Hye abused her executive power to blackmail artists and cultural figures, Jung Kyu-jae, chief reporter of the Korean Economic News Daily, conducted an interview with Park just before the Lunar New Year festival. When asked about her position on the slew…
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East Asia
The Uses of the Space Energy
Last July, as 1,300 corporations of the 21 APEC member states came together at the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Technology Conference and Fair (APEC-SMETC), Korea Space Energy Co. Ltd was selected as 2016 APEC Best Practices in SME Innovation for its Space Energy Implosion Radiation Generator. This adaptive radiation…
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East Asia
Chinese ministries ban military-type exports to N.Korea
China has released a list of goods that are banned for export to North Korea on Wednesday, including items and technologies that can be used to build weapons of mass destruction, according to the Ministry of Commerce(MOC) website. Expert said that it shows China’s resolution to comply with the UN…
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East Asia
25th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Uzbekistan
Botirjon Asadov / Uzbekistan Ambassador to South Korea This year the Republic of Korea and Uzbekistan celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. The foundation of bilateral relations between the two nations was laid on Dec. 30, 1991, when South Korea was among the first foreign countries…
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East Asia
Xi urges continued efforts to build strong military
President Xi Jinping called on the military to improve its political awareness, push forward reform, and govern it according to law to aid the building of a strong military. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military…
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East Asia
Bill Stax Debut album and MV preparations!
Just Music artist formerly known as VASCO has recently changed his rapper name to “Bill Stax”. The rapper is very skillful and is highly respected in the underground hiphop scene here in Korea. The rapper has been in the industry for around 16 years and is considered a veteran in…
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East Asia
Zion.T drops track list for new album “OO”
Social Media has been blowing up since the singer Zion. T has revealed his tracklist for his new album “OO”. The album will feature Big Bangs G-dragon and Illionaire records rapper Beenzino. This won’t be the first time these artists have collaborated with Zion. T. The singer has featured on…
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East Asia
Hyundai Motor Group to invest W3.6 trillion in US over 5 years
Hyundai Motor Group said it will invest a total of 3.6 trillion won ($3.1 billion) in the United States over the next five years, following a series of other global carmakers’ announcements of their future investment plans in the country amid a prevailing fear of President-elect Donald Trump’s threats of…
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