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Seoul mayoral race too tight to call

PoliticsOct 16, 2011

Park fails to deftly respond to negative campaigning: expertsThe two candidates representing the ruling party and the liberal opposition bloc are locked in a dead heat as recent opinion polls showed the race for Seoul mayor to be too tight to call.Some polls found that judge-turned-politician Na Kyu
Korea's Choi Na-yeon wins LPGA event in Malaysia

GolfOct 16, 2011

South Korea's Choi Na-yeon captured the crown at the Sime Darby LPGA tournament in Malaysia Sunday, earning her first win of the season and fifth of her career.(Yonhap News)Choi fired a three-under 68 in the final round at the par-71 Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, for the four-round total of 15
Samsung-Apple war enters new phase

IndustryOct 16, 2011

Samsung is likely to have turnaround opportunity in long term: sourcesWhile the debate surrounding the global patent war staged by Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. is garnering wide attention, industry watchers say Samsung has a good chance of creating a turnaround even after its three defeats aga
Seoul to rein in financial firms’ pay packages

Oct 16, 2011

Korea’s financial regulators said they were considering measures to address the controversy over generous salaries and dividends in the banking, securities and other financial sectors. “Modifying the regulatory system is now being reviewed concerning some of the high compensation executives in the f
Korea to toughen rules on dog registration in 2013

Oct 16, 2011

Dog owners residing in South Korea will be required by law to register their pets, officials said Sunday, as the government is set to expand its mandatory pet registration rule nationwide starting in 2013. The push to widen the obligatory registration of companion dogs comes as the number of abandon
Half of sex crimes on children occur in afternoon

Social affairsOct 16, 2011

More than half of sexual assaults against children in Korea occurred in the afternoon, with most occurring at home, according to an analysis by prosecutors released Sunday. The 2011 Crime Analysis report by the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office showed that in 2010, 51.2 percent of all sex crimes involving
Samsung heir to attend Jobs memorial service at Stanford

TechnologyOct 16, 2011

Lee Jae-yong, chief operating officer of Samsung Electronics Co., is planning to attend a memorial service for Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple Inc., in the U.S. this weekend, industrial sources said Sunday.Lee, the only son of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, has been invited by Ap
iPhone’s Siri voice command to reach Korean users next year

TechnologyOct 16, 2011

Apple Inc. is expected to offer a Korean-language version of its Siri voice command feature starting in 2012, the U.S.-based technology giant said Saturday.The company said on its website that it will begin offering Siri services in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Italian and Spanish starting next year,
Plastic surgeon ordered to compensate patient after releasing photos

Social affairsOct 16, 2011

A local court has ordered a plastic surgeon to pay compensation to a patient for posting her before-and-after photos on their website without her consent. The Seoul Central District Court ruled Sunday that the surgeon should pay 30 million won ($26,000) to the patient who claims to have suffered psy
1in 6 mobile phones contaminated with fecal bacteria

ScienceOct 16, 2011

One in six mobile phones in Britain is contaminated with faecal matter, ScienceDaily reported Saturday. According to new research released ahead of Global Handwashing Day, the most likely reason for the potentially harmful bacteria festering on so many gadgets is people failing to wash their hands p
Anti-Wall Street protests go global

World NewsOct 16, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators protesting corporate greed filled Times Square on Saturday night, mixing with gawkers, Broadway showgoers, tourists and police to create a chaotic scene in the midst of Manhattan.``Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!'' protesters chanted from withi
Hamilton takes pole at Korean Grand Prix

SportsOct 15, 2011

YEONGAM, South Jeollar Province— McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton continued his dominance at the Korean Grand Prix by knocking Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel off pole position on Saturday.The 2008 champions claimed top spot on the grid with a supreme run of 1 minute 35.820 seconds, 0.222 seconds ahead of
Hamilton takes pole position at Korean GP

More sportsOct 15, 2011

YEONGAM, South Jeollar Province— McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton continued his dominance at the Korean Grand Prix by knocking Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel off pole position on Saturday.The 2008 champions claimed top spot on the grid with a supreme run of 1 minute 35.820 seconds, 0.222 seconds ahead of
N. Korean leader's grandson enrols at Bosnia college

North KoreaOct 15, 2011

The grandson of reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has enrolled to study at a college in Bosnia amid intense interest in the bespectacled 16-year-old whose father fell out of favour with Pyongyang in 2001.Kim Han-Sol, described as charismatic and idealistic by one schoolmaster, turned to the
New iPhone launch turns into remembrance for Jobs

TechnologyOct 15, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't just the latest iPhone that drew people to Apple stores Friday.Many consumers waited in lines for hours — sometimes enduring chilly temperatures and overnight thunderstorms — to remember Steve Jobs, Apple's visionary who died last week.The company's first