All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

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    White House requests dialogue between Seoul and Tokyo

    (Yonhap) Amid signs that a trilateral meeting of the leaders of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan may be imminent, the White House re-emphasized the importance of dialogue between the Asian nations Wednesday. “We believe good relations between...

    • Posted March 20, 2014
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    Samsung remains World’s No. 1 IT brand

    Samsung Electronics has retained its status as the world’s No. 1 corporate IT brand for the second consecutive year. In a two-month survey conducted by Strategy Analytics in December and January on 6,000 consumers in the United...

    • Posted March 20, 2014
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    “NK can nuke S. Korea, Japan from ocean”

    By Ko Dong-hwan The British military authority said North Korea now has the capability of nuking both South Korea and Japan from the ocean using submarines, reports said Thursday. Britain’s International Institute for Strategic Studies released a...

    • Posted March 20, 2014
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    “Korea should focus on maritime finance”

    Busan in good position to become maritime financing center in Asia By Kim Rahn Korea should focus on developing itself into a center of maritime finance rather than trying to become an across-the-board financial hub for Asia,...

    • Posted March 20, 2014
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    Yoo In-na to star in Chinese film

    By Park Jin-hai Yoo In-na, 31, will star in a Chinese film. Her agency YG Entertainment on Thursday announced that Yoo, will star in a Chinese movie “Wedding Bible,” carrying on the popularity of the recently ended...

    • Posted March 20, 2014
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    Korean ‘Ondol’ or Chinese ‘Kang’ ?

    By Jeong Ji-su The government is pending on whether to apply for the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) status for “ondol,” a traditional floor-heating system. The plan is arousing controversy among the Chinese public, claiming that they use...

    • Posted March 19, 2014
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    Korean-American poet shares life story

    By Baek Byung-yeul As many first-generation immigrants will attest, assimilating into a new culture is fraught with challenges ranging from communication problems to homesickness. For Korean-American Choi Yearn-hong, poetry has always been the best way to forget...

    • Posted March 19, 2014
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