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Han Kang’s Nobel Prize opens new horizons for Korean literature
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Galaxy S4 promotion sparks marketing war with Apple
Mar 18, 2013
Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. have been engaging in a fierce marketing battle since the introduction of the Korean firm’s latest flagship Galaxy S4 in New York last week.Following a big-budget launch event Wednesday at Radio City Music Hall in the heart of New York, the world’s biggest handset maker posted a video on YouTube stressing the uniqueness of the new smartphone.As Samsung took the fight to Apple’s home turf, the Cupertino-based company did several media interviews just a day ahead
Hyundai Motor replaces labor relations chief
Mar 18, 2013
Hyundai Motor said Monday that it has promoted its Ulsan plant head Yoon Gab-han to a president position who will oversee management and labor relations at the nation’s largest carmaker. His predecessor and vice chairman Kim Eok-jo was named as an adviser for the company, retiring from the managerial frontline after 37 years at the company since 1976. Kim, who took office as labor relations chief in January last year, had been pressured by growing tensions with the company’s union on issues such
POSCO to spearhead M&As
Mar 18, 2013
The nation’s top steelmaker POSCO has reorganized its merger and acquisition department in an apparent move to further push ahead with its aggressive M&A vision.POSCO recently integrated its strategic business department into the corporate strategy department 1, officials confirmed Monday.The former, initiated back in 2009 by chairman Chung Joon-yang, has been spearheading the company’s aggressive M&A projects over the years.The corporate strategy department 1 is one of POSCO’s key divisions, su
Uncertainties linger over Germany’s renewable energy transition
Mar 18, 2013
High costs make road to reliance on renewables a tough one to navigate
Sales of Hyundai cars in U.S. up 2 pct in Feb.
Mar 18, 2013
South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. sold 52,000 vehicles in the United States in February, up 2 percent from a year ago, industry data showed Monday. The data showed that Hyundai's market share in the U.S. remained unchanged at 4.4 percent.Hyundai's smaller sister company, Kia Motors Corp., sold 41,500 units in the U.S., down 8 percent from a year ago. Its market share stood at 3.5 percent last month, down 0.44 percentage points from a year earlier.Hyundai and Kia ranked seventh in ter
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Rules may hurt local restaurants’ growth
Mar 17, 2013
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Hyundai holds 4th place in Brazil‘s subcompact car market
Mar 17, 2013
Hyundai holds 4th place in Brazil‘s subcompact car market SAO PAULO, March 17 -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea‘s largest automaker, has maintained fourth place in subcompact passenger car sales in Brazil during the first two and half months of this year, the company said Sunday. Hyundai Motor, the world’s fifth largest automaker, has sold 6,124 units of the HB20 in the first half of March, a Hyundai spokesman said. The South Korean carmaker sold 10,179 units of the HB20 in Brazil in February
Octa-core Galaxy S4 set for Korea in April
Mar 15, 2013
Samsung unveils new flagship phone Galaxy S4 in New York
KORAIL to take total control over Yongsan situation
Mar 15, 2013
KORAIL resolved to resuscitate the moribund Yongsan redevelopment project within the month by injecting 260 billion won ($234 million) and scaling back the construction.With the amended blueprint, which hopefully will take effect on April 1, KORAIL is to temporarily operate a special countermeasure task force, jointly with the Seoul Housing Corporation and private investor representatives.The state-run rail operator that is the majority shareholder on Friday summoned all 30 private investor firm
Korean Air reaps big from Galaxy S4
Mar 15, 2013
The introduction of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S4 smartphone has one clear winner ― Korean Air Lines Co.Samsung Electronics may ship about 44 million of the smartphones in the second and third quarters, according to Young Park, an analyst at Woori Investment & Securities Co. in Seoul. A Boeing Co. 747-8 freighter plane carrying nothing else can hold about 1 million phones.Moving high-value goods such as a smartphone by air quickly to various markets is important for Samsung to capture mark
Samsung goes with ‘three-top’ system
Mar 15, 2013
Samsung Electronics seated three different chief executives as part of its efforts to improve operational efficiency and grant more responsibility to each unit the CEOs will lead on Friday, following a board meeting. The world’s top handset, television and chipmaker said that it will establish a three-way leadership system as the company separated its businesses into three different units early this year. Kwon Oh-hyun, vice chairman and the CEO of Samsung’s flagship arm, will take charge of the
[Newsmaker] IT expert named to Park’s key ministry
Mar 14, 2013
President Park Geun-hye chose a top communications technology expert as the new science minister nominee to fill the seat left by a controversial self-claimed patriot.Professor Choi Mun-kee of top science university KAIST was named on Thursday to head the ministry of Future Planning and Science, which will be newly established under Park’s government reorganization plan.By naming Choi, Park completed the nomination of 17 ministers. Presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung said Choi’s expertise was
Profiles of new government appointees
Mar 14, 2013
Han Man-soo, Fair Trade CommissionHan, 55, the newly appointed head of the Fair Trade Commission, is a former lawyer who worked for more than two decades at a top law firm, Kim & Chang, here in Korea. Han is said to have gained extensive experience in tax and finance law while at Kim & Chang. Han also previously had some experience in government when he served as an adviser for the Finance Ministry between 1998-1999, and at a number of other tax service-related posts within the ministry. Since 2
Telecoms slapped with more fines for smartphone subsidies
Mar 14, 2013
The Korea Communications Commission imposed additional fines amounting up to 5.3 billion won ($4.77 million) on the country’s three telecoms for providing excessive and illegal smartphone subsidies despite its previous punishments.The state telecom regulator said that it will have SK Telecom pay up another 3.14 billion won and also granted fees of 1.61 billion won and 560 million won to KT and LG Uplus, respectively.“It’s a real shame that the market spiced up immediately after we impose strict
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