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Libya names new prime minister

World NewsNov 1, 2011

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's interim leadership has chosen an electronics engineer from Tripoli as the country's new prime minister.Abdel-Rahim al-Keeb was chosen Monday by 51 members of the National Transitional Council and will appoint a new Cabinet in coming days. The new government is to
Samsung Lions win 2011 Korean Series

BaseballOct 31, 2011

Samsung Lions players celebrate at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul on Monday after they clenched the 2011 Korean Series title, beating the SK Wyverns 1-0. Yonhap NewsThe Samsung Lions are the champion of Korean professional baseball in 2011.The Lions beat the SK Wyverns 1-0 in the Korean Series Monday at Se
Palestine becomes member of UN cultural body

World NewsOct 31, 2011

PARIS (AP) -- Palestine became a full member of the U.N. cultural and educational agency Monday, in a highly divisive move that the United States and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.U.S. lawmakers had threatened to withhold roughly $80 million in annual funding to UNESCO if it approved Palestinian membership. The United States provides about 22 percent of UNESCO's funding.Huge cheers went up in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization afte
Vietnamese leader to make state visit to Korea next week

PoliticsOct 31, 2011

President Lee Myung-bak will hold summit talks next week with Vietnamese President Trong Tan Sang, who will make a three-day state visit, Lee’s office said Monday.The two leaders will exchange views on bilateral cooperation in foreign policy, security, energy and resource development as well as economic and trade ties at the summit next Tuesday, Cheong Wa Dae said in a press release. During his visit, Sang is scheduled to visit Korea’s industrial facilities, meet with Korean business leaders to
Ex-P.M. Han acquitted of illegal funding

Social affairsOct 31, 2011

Former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook was acquitted Monday of charges that she took illegal political funds from a builder in 2007. This is the second time the ex-premier has been found not guilty of accusations by prosecutors. Last April the Seoul Central District Court cleared her of charges that she had received $50,000 from Kwak Young-wook, former chief executive officer of Korea Express, in December 2006 in exchange for helping him obtain the top post at a state-run corporation.This time, H
Reader's VOICE

Oct 31, 2011

On overseas adoption...Why not? If babies can’t find a home here, there are tons of families around the world who would welcome a child of their own! The flipside I guess would be a loss of Korean identity. The foreign adoptive parents might not foster a sense of Korean identity in their child once he or she has grown up. Nonetheless, if the child can not be placed in Korea, the best alternative is to find a family, any family, who will welcome them and love them.― Desiree Althea Cooper, Gwangju
Cain denies report of sexual harassment

World NewsOct 31, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's campaign is denying allegations that he was twice accused of sexual harassment while he was the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.In a statement Sunday to The Associated Press, his campaign disputed a Poli
[VOICE] Should overseas adoptions continue?

Oct 31, 2011

With Korea’s reputation as a ‘baby exporter’ ...Should overseas adoptions continue?Korea’s 220,000 kids overseasSouth Korea has the world’s oldest overseas adoption program, having sent an estimated 220,000 children abroad. In the aftermath of the Korean War, overseas adoptions were largely a mechanism for children to escape poverty and destitution, but in the decades that followed, societal attitudes were the primary driver of the phenomenon. Up to 90 percent of children born to unwed women are
Korean TVs nab 50% of U.S. market

IndustryOct 31, 2011

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. clinched a combined 50 percent share of the U.S. TV market in the July-September period, an industry report showed Monday, thanks to strong demand for their premium TVs with 3-D features and Web connectivity. It marked the first time the combined sales of Samsung and LG, the world’s two largest TV makers, accounted for half of the U.S. TV market on a quarterly basis, according to data released by NPD Group Inc, a market research firm. Samsung accou
Industrial output grows 6.8%

Oct 31, 2011

South Korea’s industrial output continued to grow in September from a year earlier, despite persistent uncertainties in the global economy, a government report showed Monday.According to the report by Statistics Korea, production in the mining and manufacturing industries expanded 6.8 percent last month from a year earlier. The September figure represents the 27th consecutive on-year expansion since July 2009. The report also showed production gaining 1.1 percent compared to the previous month,
KCT starts cheaper mobile services

IndustryOct 31, 2011

Korea Cable Telecom, a mobile virtual network operator, said Monday that it has launched cheaper telecom services based on a deferred payment system starting Tuesday. Under the first deferred-payment MVNO system, consumers can use mobile services, including wireless data or multimedia messaging services, at prices 23-56 percent cheaper, the company said. There is no membership fee or contract period as well, it added. For the services, the company has reached a partnership with SK Telecom, a lea
Bill Gates unfussed by Jobs’ jab

World BusinessOct 31, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Microsoft founder Bill Gates coolly parried some harsh criticism from late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, in an interview with ABC television Sunday, saying their professional rivalry was positive.Gates, who maintained a long rivalry with the Apple innovator, was asked about an authorized biography of Jobs by Walter Isaacson which portrayed Gates as comparatively uninspired as a creative spirit.The Microsoft founder was told by ABC that Jobs “basically said that you were ‘unimag
Qantas Airways returns to the skies

World BusinessOct 31, 2011

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways planes returned to the skies Monday after an Australian court ruled on a bitter labor dispute that had prompted the world’s 10th-largest airline to ground its entire fleet.A flight from Sydney to Jakarta, Indonesia, took off shortly after Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority gave the “Flying Kangaroo,” as the Australian flag carrier is known, the all-clear to resume flying.Qantas said in a statement it still expected some delays as it worked to cl
Advertising: The convergence of art and strategy

IndustryOct 31, 2011

If you want to understand advertising, you should first get a broader understanding of marketing, in the same way a look at the forest gives a better view of the trees in it.People are familiar with Samsung’s mobile phones largely due to the company’s advertising strategies. They are, at the same time, unknowingly being provided with information about prices, distribution channels, brand values and after-sales service.Advertising is one of the tools used for companies to process marketing effici
SKT spreads positive energy through ads

IndustryOct 31, 2011

Trust in potential and new hope. These two points are the main agenda in today’s society. As diversity has become more important than ever before, our society has already entered an era of “co-prosperity” and “co-existence,” in which every member seeks happiness. SK Telecom, beyond being just a mobile communication provider, was trying to deliver this positive message. Based on this intent, SK Telecom newly introduced this year’s commercial campaign under the theme “Meet the Possibility.” In thi