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Samsung axes jobs at financial units
Unlike flourishing electronics affiliates, financial units of Samsung Group have been struggling to stay afloat, hit hard by the bearish stock market, low interest rates and sluggish consumption amid the prolonged global economic slump. Now, the country’s largest family-controlled conglomerate is posed to axe hundreds of jobs at its securities,…
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More women to get high-ranking positions
Government-affiliated committees will be encouraged to increase their quota of women members to 40 percent, as part of efforts to boost female participation in policymaking. The Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Friday that the government will have more female high-ranking officials at ministries,…
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East Asia
1 out of 10 inpatients wrongly diagnosed: survey
A 32-year-old man got embarrassed when he received surgery on his left knee injured at the workplace at a joint hospital in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, last May. When awakened from his anesthesia, he found his both knees in casts. The surgeon also operated for his left knee later after…
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East Asia
[Indonesia Report] Indonesia concerned about NK rocket launch
Indonesian Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa expressed concern on North Korea’s missile launch on Wednesday (December 12). Despite of international pressure to dismantle its nuclear program, North Korea successfully launched its long-ranged rocket, saying that it is for a peaceful purpose. The technology used in the rocket launch can be used to launch nuclear weapon.…
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East Asia
Heavy Snowfall Paralyzes Street In Tianjin, North China
A citizen pushes an electric tricycle down a street in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 14, 2012. A heavy snow hit Tianjin on Friday. Sanitation workers clean the snow at a street in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 14, 2012. A heavy snow hit Tianjin on Friday. <Xinhua/Zhang Chaoqun>
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East Asia
Apple’s iPhone5 Starts To Be Sold In Indonesia And China
People attend the iPhone5 launch event in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 13, 2012. Apple’s iPhone5 launched in Indonesia Friday. A man poses for photos with his iPhone5 during the iPhone5 launch event in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 13, 2012. <Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.> A salesperson (R) presents an iPhone 5 cell phone to…
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Qinghai Lake In China Presenting Beautiful Winter Scenery Attracts Tourists
A tourist takes pictures on a boat at the scenic area of the Qinghai Lake in northwest China’s Qinghai Province, Dec. 12, 2012. The Qinghai Lake, China’s largest inland salt water lake, presents a beautiful scenery in winter. An amateur photographer takes photos of the sunrise scenery on the Bird…
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Heavy Fog Forces Vehicles To Move At Snail’s Pace In Changchun, China
Vehicles are stranded due to heavy fog at a street in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, Dec. 14, 2012. Heavy fog covered some parts of Changchun on Friday. Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2012 shows a bus shrouded in fog in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province.…
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NK Top Leader Gives Launch Order Of Rocket At Satellite Control Center
This photo provided by KCNA on Dec. 14, 2012 shows Kim Jong Un (C), top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), gives the launch order of Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite at the Pyongyang General Satellite Control Command Center on Dec. 12, 2012. Kim Jong Un personally commanded Wednesday’s satellite…
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On the brink in NE Asia
Two stories dominate the news in the U.S. There’s the “fiscal cliff” over which civilization-as-we-know-it is doomed to tumble on New Year’s Day unless President Barack Obama talks some common sense into his intransigent foes in Congress. You get so tired of hearing the grating voices of the Republican Senate…
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