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IT-Science
HTC packs to leave
Taiwanese firm is latest IT firm to fold Korean biz Taiwan-based handset manufacturer HTC said Monday that it will withdraw from the Korean market after repeated failures to make a noticeable dent here. The news come amid hard times for HTC, which announced last week that it posted $246 million…
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Business
CEOs seek to capitalize on London Olympics
The London Olympics are, of course, about allowing the world’s best athletes to compete against each other and fans to enjoy the games. But for major business leaders, it is also a good opportunity to boost bottom lines and enhance brand images. Korean business heavyweights are flocking to London to…
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Politics
Ahn’s past record on corporate ethics causes stir
Ahn Cheol-soo, a Seoul National University professor, was under criticism Monday for his past joining of the campaign to save an embattled business tycoon who was put behind bars for fraud. His past record drew criticism as the potential presidential hopeful’s emphasis on corporate ethics revealed in a newly released…
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IT-Science
Nuclear reactor shut downs at Younggwang Plant
A nuclear reactor here stopped automatically Monday, after its protection system gave out warning signals. According to an official of the state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power, reactor-6 at the Younggwang Plant in South Jeolla Province was shutdown at 2:57 p.m. The official said that a control stick malfunctioned and…
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Society
Seventh straight time!
Women archers’ Olympic winning streak continues; striker Park scores Putting behind a slower start to the Summer Games, Korea achieved sweet victories Monday morning (KST) when its women archers won gold in the team event for the seventh-straight time. And the football team, led by Hong Myung-bo, moved closer to…
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游乐场惊现“推动朝鲜的力量集团” 大家好,我是王璇，今天的 The AsiaN新闻，又同您见面了。 朝鲜劳动党第一书记金正恩，于当地时间25日，参加了平壤市内一所人民公园的竣工仪式，陪同前往的还包括有中国驻朝鲜大使刘洪才以及高参金景姫等。26日朝鲜正式公开了当天拍摄到的金总书记游园时的照片。根据中央通信公布的照片，在一处名为回转飞船的游乐设施上，惊现了朝鲜最高指导层金景姫与中国驻平壤大使刘洪才、金正恩并排坐在游乐设施上的欢笑场面。此外对面座位上还出现了朝鲜军方最高统帅-人民军总政治局局长崔龙海的身影。 就此事，韩国安保部相关人士表示“这张照片充分地表明了是谁在推动整个朝鲜”，“中国大使刘洪才位置居中，好像左右分别率领金正恩、金景姫，这种位置安排的实在是太巧妙了”。此外，韩国统一部当局者也表示“看到了比刺激的游乐设施更具有刺激性的东西”，“金正恩年少尚可，相比之下，身体日渐衰弱的金景姫，不知道经不经得起这番折腾”。 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=6602 今天就到这里，谢谢您的收看。 news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Korean Short Stories for Foreigners This is Intern Doria Garms-Sotelo from the USA reporting from THE AsiaN. A local publisher has released the first batch of renowned Korean short stories in both Korean and English in a bilingual series. Asia Publishers released the first 15 books in the local market Wednesday. Readers will soon be…
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Central Asia
Kazakhstan : Olympics, Kazakhstan ranked 7th by Olympic medal count after 2nd day Major News of <Tengrinews> : Olympics, Kazakhstan ranked 7th by Olympic medal count after 2nd day Kazakhstan national Olympic team is ranked 7th by medal count after the second day of the Olympics-2012 for the first time in the history of the independent Kazakhstan, Vesti.kz reports. Kazakhstan athletes won two…
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East Asia
Cooking Nanta
This is Korean famous Cooking Nanta performing in Hanoi last week to celebrate 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam-Korea. The AsiaN Editor news@theasian.asia
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Society
Radical Islamic winter to come: Israeli deputy foreign minister
A golden rule followed by diplomats is this: don’t comment officially about ongoing issues. However, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel Daniel Ayalon was different. Speaking with journalists Thursday in Seoul he talked candidly and directly about Syria, Iran and North Korea. He offered incisive observations regarding the modus operandi of…
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