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East Asia
Dilemma over subsidies
KCC plans to ban SKT, KT, LG Uplus from attracting new customers The nation’s telecommunications regulator is expected to ban the nation’s three mobile carriers ― SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus ― from signing up new customers for violating rules related to handset subsidies. The move comes as the…
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‘Don’t alienate chaebol’
Regulator dubs `democratization of economy’ talks populist The nation’s chief financial regulator has called on the three presidential candidates to stop bashing chaebol and find ways of addressing economic polarization from a broader perspective. “We are mature enough to talk about the democratization of economy,” Financial Services Commission (FSC) head…
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Is Hyundai treated fairly?
A series of class action lawsuits have been filed or are being prepared against Hyundai Motor and its sister automaker Kia Motors for overstating the fuel economy of 13 of their vehicles sold in North America during the past two years. Although the two automakers quickly admitted to the misconduct…
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East Asia
Nuclear policies up in the air
This is the last in a three-part series analyzing the latest issues confronting the country’s nuclear power plants. ㅡ ED. Whoever wins the presidency in the Dec. 19 election will seek to apply the brakes to the Lee Myung-bak administration’s increasing reliance on nuclear power as a source of electricity,…
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East Asia
South Korean Pop Singer Psy Performs At MTV Music Awards Show In Frankfurt
South Korean Psy performs during the 2012 MTV European Music Awards show at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, central Germany, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. <AP Photo/Michael Probst> South Korean Psy presents his award for the best video during the 2012 MTV European Music Awards show at the Festhalle in Frankfurt, central…
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South East Asia
Strong Quake Hit Mandalay Region Of Myanmar Leaving Six Dead, 64 Wounded
Patients rest in a hospital at Tabaitgine, Myanmar’s quake epicenter, in Myanmar’s Mandalay region, Nov. 11, 2012. A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Myanmar’s northern Mandalay region Sunday morning, according to Nay Pyi Taw Hydrology and Meteorology Department. At least 6 people dead and 64 people…
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South Asia
Mourners Attend Funeral For A Victim Killed With Some 30 Others By Recent Firing Incidents In Karachi, Pakistan
People participate in a funeral ceremony of violence victim in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, on Nov. 11, 2012. At least 30 people were killed and several others including a local journalist were injured in separate incidents of firing in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi over the last…
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West Asia
Tunisian, Turkish, Qatari FMs Get Together In Doha, Qatar, To Form New Syrian Opposition Coalition
Participants pose for a group photo after a meeting was held to form the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, a new Syrian opposition group, created after signing an agreement with the Syrian National Council (SNC), in Doha, Qatar,on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. From left Tunisia’s Foreign Minister…
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East Asia
Vietnamese Delegates Delighted Upon Winning Right To Host 2019 Asiad
The delegates of Vietnam celebrate the victory during the OCA’s (Olympic Council of Asia) general assembly hosted in Macao, China, Nov. 8, 2012. Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, won the right to host the 2019 Asian Games. The delegate of Vietnam delivers a speech during the OCA’s (Olympic Council of Asia)…
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