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Society
Diet is tricky for stomach cancer patients
Stomach cancer is the most common cancer in Korea and kills about 10,000 people every year. It is the most prevalent carcinoma among men (20.7 percent of all cancer cases in 2008) and the third most common in women after thyroid and ovarian cancer (10.7 percent). Experts point to the…
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IT-Science
Hyosung eyes new growth engines
Hyosung Group has been built on a dual-pillar of textiles and chemicals but is now looking jump on the green technology bandwagon for future growth. Hyosung spokesman Kim Jun-sik said renewable-energy will become a larger part of the company’s business portfolio. And carbon fiber will be a key focus in…
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IT-Science
LG takes over British fuel cell firm
LG Group has a reputation for being passive and tentative in merger and acquisitions (M&As). It remains to be seen whether the company’s acquisition of a well-known British fuel cell firm is an exception to this or a sign of previously-unseen ambition. LG announced Thursday that it has acquired 51…
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Business
SK Group committed to sustainable growth
Sustainability is a buzzword frequently used by business leaders and CEOs of global companies since the 2008-09 global financial crisis changed the world’s economic landscape. Firms that are sustainable have something in common. They are more innovative and adaptive to change. In addition, they maintain resiliency over time, creating economic…
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IT-Science
Samsung SDS inks health care deal in US
Samsung SDS announced Thursday that it has struck a 10-year contract with CHRISTUS Health, a major hospital network in the United States. Upon the agreement, the Samsung Group affiliate will sell its electronic medical record (EMR) solutions to CHRISTUS Health. CHRISTUS Health is an international Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system…
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Politics
President’s brother to be summoned
Lee Sang-deuk faces bribery allegations The prosecution said Thursday it will summon the elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak, a former ruling party lawmaker, next Tuesday to question him on allegations of bribe-taking from two suspended savings banks. The Central Investigation Bureau at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said it has…
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Politics
Turkish PM: We’ll teach aggressors lesson
Turkey has no intention of attacking anyone, but will “teach those who dare to test the limits of its might,” Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday as he introduced Turkey’s first domestically produced training jet to the public in a show of the nation’s increasing defense capacity. Erdoğan…
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Politics
Annan invites Turkey to Geneva meeting on Syria
UN envoy Kofi Annan has invited Turkey to the upcoming Geneva meeting of world powers to find ways of ending the violence in Syria. Annan said on Wednesday that the action group for Syria will convene at the ministerial level in Geneva on Saturday. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham…
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Iran may boycott Korean products
If Korea complies with the European Union sanctions, Iran will consider halting all South Korean imports in response, Iran’s ambassador warned Wednesday. In an interview with Yonhap News Agency, Ambassador Ahmad Masumifar said Tehran “may decide to fully stop importing Korean goods” in protest against Seoul’s decision. The decision will…
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IT-Science
Apple wins ruling for Tab sale ban
A U.S. judge ordered Samsung to stop selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer in America Wednesday (KST), issuing a preliminary injunction in a ruling on Apple’s patent lawsuit. The ruling came a week after the Korean firm won a ruling for the first time against Apple in the Netherlands. Judge…
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