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[Photo News] Mercedes-Benz releases New Generation B200 CDI

TransportJul 12, 2015

Mercedes-Benz Korea launched the new generation B200 CDI, an upgrade of the second-generation B-class with an engine that abides by the upcoming Euro 6 carbon emission regulations. Its engine boasts a maximum of 136 horsepower and a maximum torque of 30.6 kilogram-meters.
[Photo News] Peugeot releases 2008 LED Track

TransportJul 12, 2015

Peugeot released its 2008 LED Track edition, a special model of its bestselling SUV, 2008. An LED track light was adjusted on the interior roof for the limited edition, with only 100 units available for sales here. Prices start from 28.5 million won ($25,200).
Government recalls 550 Sunlong buses

TransportJul 12, 2015

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Thursday issued a recall order on a total of 550 units of Sunlong Duego buses by Sunlong Bus Korea. The authorities said the bus, imported from the Chinese headquarters, failed to meet five safety regulations. According to the report, the bus‘ speed limit controller exceeded the 110 kilometers per hour regulation while the color of the turn signal indicator was red rather than yellow. While Korean regulations bind seat belts to hold the pelvi
Skoda Rapid worth waiting for in Korean market

TransportJul 12, 2015

I enjoyed the chance to drive a diesel Skoda Rapid S during my trip to Greece last month. A worker at Enterprise, a rent-a-car company, recommended this car after learning that I would be driving through the country with my parents. We drove about 1,400 kilometers, from Athens to Corinth, then to Delphi, Kalabaka, Thessaloniki and all the way back to Athens in five days. I wasn’t aware of it at the time, but hadn’t it been for the strong-hearted car, driving through the mountainous country would
YG‘s Moonshot not just a showbiz spin-off

IndustryJul 9, 2015

Min Boon-hong, director at Code Cosme, operator of beauty brand Moonshot, poses during an interview with The Korea Herald last week. (Chung Hee-cho/The Korea Herald)When YG Entertainment, the cradle of K-pop stars Big Bang, 2NE1, Psy and many others, attracted $80 million in investment from the global luxury giant LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton last year, it had the entertainment industry wondering what would become of the company. And the very first tangible project was introduced in October
Ourhome chairman‘s daughter removed from vice presidency

IndustryJul 7, 2015

Koo Ji-eun, former vice president at Ourhome　Koo Ji-eun, vice president of LG Group’s catering unit Ourhome, on Monday was stripped of her position and was ordered to wait for further instructions in the chairman’s room. The 48-year-old is the youngest daughter of Koo Cha-hak, chairman of Ourhome and son of the late LG Group founder Koo In-hoe. She joined the company in 2004 and was appointed as vice president in February. She had been a strong candidate for the presidency and possible future ch
Pizza Hut under fire for murky marketing spending

IndustryJul 6, 2015

Franchisees of global dining brand Pizza Hut on Monday visited their Korean headquarters in southern Seoul to demand an audit into the marketing and other fees they have paid to the head office for the past several years.About 20 people representing a group of 247 Korean franchisees requested the pizzeria chain to disclose the usage of the 5 percent of sales revenue that each franchisee has paid to the headquarters for marketing fees. The amount is assumed to be more than 10 billion won ($8.87 m
Elliott secures stakes in two Samsung C&T shareholders

IndustryJul 6, 2015

U.S. hedge fund Elliott Associates has added its name to the stakeholders’ list of two additional Samsung affiliates -- Samsung SDI and Samsung Fire and Marine Insurance -- ahead of the July 17 Samsung C&T shareholders meeting in which the controversial merger deal between C&T and Cheil Industries will be put to a vote. Elliott’s expansion of its investment in Samsung Group is seen as an attempt to gain more control over Korea’s largest business conglomerate, which analysts have said is in the p
Prosecutors raided POSCO over alleged corruption

Social affairsJul 4, 2015

Prosecutors said Friday they have raided the Seoul office of POSCO, the latest in a series of investigations into alleged corruptions involving South Korea's top steelmaker.Prosecutors confiscated accounting books, internal documents and computer hard disks at the Seoul office. POSCO's headquarters is in Pohang, about 370 kilometers southeast of Seoul.The raid came hours after prosecutors secured accounting books and other internal documents from Dongyang Construction, a small builder in Pohang,
U.S. lawmakers step up to oppose Japan's UNESCO bid

World NewsJul 4, 2015

A group of lawmakers in the United States has expressed opposition to Japan's bid to get world heritage status for its industrial facilities linked to wartime Korean slave labor, calling on Tokyo to include their history if it wants the inscription, documents showed Friday.A set of early mining and steelmaking sites in Japan has been shortlisted for the UNESCO World Heritage list, with the final call to be made later in the day. But it has sparked international controversy as Tokyo left out the
China says 6.5 quake in far west kills 3, collapses homes

World NewsJul 4, 2015

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake that shook China's far-western region of Xinjiang killed three people, injured 71 and collapsed thousands of houses, officials said Saturday.The quake hit Pishan county in the Hotan region of Xinjiang early Friday. Earlier reports on state media said that six people had died, but by Saturday the China Earthquake Administration gave the tally as three killed and 71 injured. "Buildings were trembling and people rushed to the streets," said Jin Xingchang, an express couri
Another doctor at Samsung's hospital contracts MERS: gov't

Social affairsJul 4, 2015

Another doctor at Samsung Group's hospital is confirmed to have contracted Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, the government said Saturday, putting the total number of those diagnosed with the disease at 185. A doctor from Samsung Medical Center, whose identity is being withheld, has been added to the patients list and is under examination, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said. No fatalities have been reported over the past four days. The country's death toll from the viral disease stands at 3
Boko Haram kills nearly 200 in 48 hours of Nigeria slaughter

World NewsJul 4, 2015

Boko Haram carried out a fresh wave of massacres in northeastern Nigeria on Friday, locals said, killing nearly 200 people in 48 hours of violence President Muhammadu Buhari blasted as "inhuman and barbaric".The militants have staged multiple attacks across restive Borno state since Wednesday, gunning down worshippers at evening Ramadan prayers, shooting women in their homes, and dragging men from their beds in the dead of night.A young female suicide bomber also killed 12 worshippers when she b
Hyosung to build W1tr polyketone plant in Ulsan

IndustryJul 3, 2015

Hyosung announced Friday it would invest 1 trillion won ($893.3 million) to establish a 300,000-ton polyketone manufacturing plant and a research and development center in Korea’s southeastern industrial city of Ulsan. The industrial conglomerate and the local government of Ulsan signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to jointly work on the development scheduled to be completed in 2021. The 208,000-square-meter site is set at Yongyeon-dong, which is close to another Hyosung plant, and
POSCO’s steel output tops 800m tons

IndustryJul 3, 2015

Steelmaker POSCO said Friday that it has produced more than 800 million tons of steel products, about 43 years since manufacturing started in 1972. 　According to the company, the cumulative production amount surpassed 800 million tons as of 7 a.m. on June 25. POSCO held celebratory ceremonies at its plants in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, and Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, to encourage the field workers. 　“We are especially proud because the record was set amid the long-standing economic