All posts tagged "South Korea"

  • Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick has not been well received in countries like South Korea and France. (AP Photo/Paul Sakluma)
    Uber taxi founder indicted for illegal business in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean prosecutors said Wednesday they have indicted the founder of the U.S.-based taxi service Uber on charges of operating an illegal taxi service here. The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said it prosecuted...

    • Posted December 24, 2014
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    South Korea’s domestic films are catching up to foreign pics

    South Korean films are fast catching up to foreign ones in their home country, this year marking 100 million domestic ticket sales three years in a row, Yonhap reported. According to the Korean Film Council, South Korean...

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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    Movie-going tops S. Korean cultural activities

    By Kwon Mee-yoo Movies are the most popular type of cultural experience among Koreans. According to the 2014 culture enjoyment survey by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), 65.8 percent of the population went to...

    • Posted December 22, 2014
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
    Park’s approval rating hits record low: poll

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye’s approval rating has hit a record low amid a high-profile influence-peddling scandal involving some key presidential officials, a poll showed Friday. The survey of 1,006 adults nationwide by Gallup Korea showed...

    • Posted December 20, 2014
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    S. Koreans cruise through heats in Day 1 of Short Track World Cup

    SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Yonhap) — Homegrown skaters cruised through heats and preliminaries on the first day of the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Seoul on Friday. In the men’s 1,000 meters...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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    Samsung heirs pocket 6 tln won ($5.4 bln) in Cheil Industries IPO

    (Yonhap) — Samsung Group’s three heirs reaped nearly 6 trillion won as the group’s de facto holding company, Cheil Industries Inc., more than doubled its initial public offering (IPO) price in its market debut, data showed Thursday....

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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  • People line up in front of the Swedish furniture brand IKEA store in Gwangmyeong City, south of Seoul, on Dec. 18, 2014. IKEA plans to open four more stores in South Korea in the near future. (Yonhap)
    Controversy or not, IKEA opens in S. Korea to throngs of customers

    Swedish furniture maker IKEA opened the doors to its largest store ever in Gwangmyeong, South Korea on Dec. 18. Hundreds of customers waited patiently in the freezing cold despite Ikea’s mishaps with the South Korean public. One...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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