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    Why isn’t US court calling key witness in Samsung-Apple trial?

    A trial on a patent dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple is under way in the American tech giant’s home court of California. By some indications, Apple is using this advantage a tad too much with a former employee and possible hostile witness being unavailable. Shin Nishibori, a former Apple…

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    Increase rate of major Korean export items to China on declining

    Korea has mixed feelings in retrospect of exports toward China in the last 20 years since the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the two nations. The product that has made the biggest contribution for Korean export business toward China, was flat display. According to a report, titled “Export trend of major Korean products…

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    GalaxyS3 certified being environment-friendly in China

    ‘GalaxyS3’ was recognized as the first environment-friendly cellular phone from the Government of China. Samsung Electronics said “GaluxyS3 acquired RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) certification by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China.” It is the first time among the cellular phones being marketed in the world to get RoHS certification in China.…

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    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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    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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    LG Uplus critical about Kakao’s free voice services

    It was just months ago when LG Uplus CEO Lee Sang-chul called for mobile-phone carriers to embrace the free voice calls pushed by Kakao Talk, an immensely popular smartphone messaging service. Now, Lee sounds less impressed with Kakao’s mobile voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) offerings, criticizing the voice quality and…

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    Samsung posts record quarterly profits

    Samsung Electronics posted a record operating profit of 6.72 trillion won in the second quarter, up 79 percent from a year ago, on the back of stellar smartphones sales. The technology giant said that its second quarter sales also rose by 21 percent to an all-time high of 47.6 trillion…

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    Turkish Doctors Treat Cataract Sufferers In Sudan

    The Turkish relief association, Kimse Yok Mu has opened an eye clinic to perform cataract surgeries to thousands of cataract sufferers in the war torn province of Darfur. It is estimated that 10 million Africans experience vision problems stemming from cataracts. Hot weather, malnutrition and climate conditions in Africa cause…

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    LG’s mobile biz to turn around

    LG Electronics fell behind in the smartphone era but seems to have finally rebounded. The latest data clearly shows that the flagship firm of LG Group is catching up fast. Despite earlier negative forecasts amid sluggish handset sales, its operating profit for the April-June period increased by 120.5 percent to…

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    Samsung, Apple may be near reconciliation

    Samsung Electronics and Apple may enter a comprehensive cross-licensing deal this year, sources told The Korea Times, Thursday. The first trial on the Samsung-Apple patent dispute in the United States is slated for July 30. Samsung is asking Apple to pay a 2.4 percent royalty rate for the iPhone and…

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