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POSCO aims to join global top 100 by 2020
Korean steel giant POSCO said Friday that it aims to rank within the top 100 in terms of global sales by 2020. The firm said it plans to strengthen its mainstay steel business by increasing output to 50 million tons annually. A 30 million ton-capacity mill in Indonesia will be…
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Traditional Painting Ceramics Crafts Enchants People At Exhibition In Huating, China
A visitor views the traditional Huating painting ceramics crafts during an exhibition in Huating County, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Nov. 29, 2012. Huating ceramics have a history of thousands of years, producing arts like slip casting and ceramics painting and many varieties with local characteristics. Nowadays, constant technical renovation and…
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Students Of Dajia Elementary School In Taipei Enjoy Lunch Offered By School
A worker prepares students’ lunch at the dining hall of Dajia Elementary School in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, Nov. 29, 2012. Food metarials are purchased through bidding in order to make sure of the nutrition, low price and taste of lunch for students. Students of Dajia Elementary School enjoy their…
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Three candidates poised to highlight policy differences
During the televised presidential debates, the three participants are poised to clearly state their differences in policy. Many voters say that pledges made so far by the two main contenders, Park Geun-hye and Moon Jae-in are too similar, making it difficult to decide which candidate is deserving of their support.…
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Lawyer to manage NK residents’ assets in South
A local court ordered a South Korean lawyer Friday to manage the assets of North Korean residents that were bequeathed to them by a deceased family member who lived in the South. The Seoul Family Court dismissed a request from a surviving South Korean family member for a trial to…
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Will OECD data help Park?
Will the latest Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data have any relevance for the 2012 presidential election? The wealthy nations’ club said that Korean women suffered from the largest gender gap in wages among member countries. This signifies that they are discriminated against but it is still a…
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Novelist Gong to fast in support of Moon
Liberal novelist Gong Ji-young said she will begin 12-days of fasting and prayer today as a demonstration of her support for opposition presidential candidate Moon Jae-in. The popular novelist is the latest in a series of literary figures who have thrown their weight behind Moon of the Democratic United Party’s…
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Korea, China to beef up efforts to stabilize Korean Peninsula: nuke envoy
South Korea and China shared the view that there should be no situations creating instability on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul’s top nuclear envoy said Friday ahead of North Korea’s possible missile test. Speculation is growing that North Korea is gearing up for another long-range missile test in the coming weeks…
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Psy says he would like to see Obama do ‘Gangnam Style’ move
Korea’s pop sensation Psy said late Friday he would like to see Barack Obama do the “Gangnam Style” dance move when he meets the U.S. president at a Washington D.C. concert later this month. The 34-year-old singer and rapper, whose video of his song “Gangnam Style” became a YouTube megahit,…
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Technicians Of Hohhot Railway In China’s Inner Mongolia Prepare For Winter
Technicians monitor the indicating maps of signals at the signal mechanical room of the Baotou East Station of the Baotou electricity section of the Hohhot Railway Bureau in Baotou, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2012. Facing the low temperatures, strong winds and snowfalls since winter, the Hohhot…
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