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…

‘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…

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…

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,…

South Asia

[The AsiaN 1st Anniv] Message from Sara Rai

South East Asia

[The AsiaN Video for Indonesian] Politik Kepresidenan Korea Selatan VS Amerika Serikat

Halo! Saya Meidyana Rayana dari Indonesia. Berikut adalah berita dari America Serikat dan Korea Selatan Sekali dalam 20 tahun Amerika Serikat dan Korea Selatan melakukan pemilihan presiden bersamaan. Menurut John Burton, Jurnalis Independen dalam artikelnya untuk Korea Times mengatakan bahwa ini adalah saat yang tepat untuk membadingkan kinerja system politik…

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