According to Forbes.com, SK Telecom and Sprint are once again engaged in negotiations. However, some sources say that the discussion between SK Telecom and Sprint does not involve a merger but a joint venture. The mobile phone companies will discuss ideas, new handsets and other shared services and technology. Some experts say that if SK Telecom decides to make any sort of investment in Sprint, th
Name - Shim Eun JinEducation - Division of Interactive Multimedia Arts in KyungGi UniversityFamily - Parents and an older sisterReligion - ChristianManagement - J's EntertainmentShim Eun Jin (Korean: 심은진; born February 6, 1981) is the former leader of Baby V.O.X. She was the first to leave the group at the end of 2004, publicly stating that she did not agree with the direction their record c
Lee Hyori (Korean:이효리, also Romanized as Lee Hyolee and officially I Hyo-lee) (born May 10, 1979) is a popular South Korean singer and actress. She started off as part of the successful K-pop girl group Fin.K.L, but has since become a solo artist. Her first album was very successful, winning many "Daesangs" (a Korean award equivalent to "Artist of the Year") for that album. She has since bec
Name : Han Ga InHeight: 168 cmWeight: 47 kgBlood Type: ABEducation: Kyunghee University (Hotel & Tourism major)Han Ga In (born February 2, 1982) is a South Korean model/actress. She made her debut in the series Sunshine Hunting. She starred in Super Rookie with Eric Mun of Shinhwa (MBC 2005) after marrying fellow actor Yun Jung Hoon on April 26, 2005. In March to May 2007, she played the lead
The violence which has ripped apart South Korea over the issue of importing beef from the United States continues to upset its government. President Lee Myung-bak assumed a tough response to street demonstrations and candlelight rallies which he regards as disruptive to law and order. He insisted “protests challenging the national identity and the illegal [...]
When Mr Bill Gates met Mr President of South Korea, Lee myung-bak earlier this month, the outgoing Microsoft chairman brought a special gift to Mr President, a super limited edition of Xbox 360 inlaid traditional Korean mother-of-pearl design. In fact, 100 similar Xbox 360 are being prepaid and designed by a Korean artisan which to [...]
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A proposed lift on the ban of American beef has led South Korean students to rally and take to the streets to voice their anti-American sentiments. Driven by an internet rumor...
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The South Korean won fell sharply against the U.S. dollar this week and reached its monthly low against the USD today despite the very weak dollar’s positions and the bullish trend in the Chinese yuan, which is the one of the dominating Asian currencies. The South Korean government officials are responsible for the strong pledges to support the weakening of the national currency to narrow the current account deficit, which has reached dangerous levels recently. The Strategy and Finance Minister, Kang Man-soo, stated that the current account balance is one of the primary objective of the monetary policymaking. He stands as a strong supporter for the won’s depreciating. The won pushing from the government’s side is accompanied with an elevated demand for the U.S. dollar, as the compani
Clone your beloved Snookums for a mere $150kCloning is a subject of much debate here in the United States, therefore, we don’t hear of the cloning of animals by American scientists much. However, the process of cloning animals is done in other countries.A Korean company called RNL Bio is working with the scientists who cloned the first canine named Snuppy. The company is offering to clone deceased pets for the tidy sum of $150,000. A company spokeswoman says that the first customer, Bernann McKunney from California, has already signed up to have her dead pit bull cloned.McKunney says she is particularly attached to the dead animal because it saved her life during an attack by another animal. RNL Bio says that ear tissue from the dog was preserved at a U.S. biotech lab before the animal
It was reported earlier this week that South Korean scientists have bred cats that glow in the dark by inserting a fluorescence protein gene into the DNA of clones, which makes them glow under ultraviolet light !
The procedure could help scientists develop treatments for genetic diseases in humans.
Scientists led by Kong Il-keun of Gyeongsang National University produced three cats with altered fluorescence genes, the Science and Technology Ministry said.
“It marked the first time in the world that cats with RFP genes have been cloned,” the ministry said in a statement.
“The ability to produce cloned cats with the manipulated genes is significant, as it could be used for developing treatments for genetic diseases and for reproducing model (cloned) animals suffering from the same diseases as humans.”
Fluorescence genes are used in other experimental animals when they are placed next to a gene that scientists want to study.
They can easily see if the gene of inter
An exploding cell phone battery is suspected of killing a South Korean worker. According to police in Cheongwon, the man was found dead at his workplace in a quarry Wednesday morning and his cell phone battery was melted in his shirt pocket.According to a police official, "We presume that the cell phone battery exploded". Kim Hoon, a doctor who examined the body, agreed and stated, "He sustained an injury that is similar to a burn in the left chest and his ribs and spine were broken...It is presumed that pressure caused by the explosion damaged his heart and lungs, leading to his death."Police stated the phone was made by South Korea's LG Electronics. An LG official confirmed its product was involved in the accident but said the company would not comment directly on the incident because the cause was not confirmed. However, the official stated such a fatal explosion would be virtually impossible.
South Korea’s economic growth over the past thirty years has been quite substantial. Per capita gross national product, which was only $100 in 1963, has come to exceed $16,000 in the year 2005. South Korea is currently one of the world’s largest economic nations.The economic profile of South Korea includes sweeping economic reforms of the early 1960s, that were instituted by the Park government. These reforms emphasized labor-intensive light industries and exports.The government of South Korea carried out a currency reform, introduced flexible economic planning, strengthened financial institutions and stopped competing leaders of industries that it was attempting to control.In the 1970s, South Korea started to direct fiscal and financial policies toward promoting chemical and heavy factories, as well as consumer electronics and the manufacturing of automobiles. These manufacturing booms continued to grow quickly during the 1980s and early 1990s. Then in the late 1990s and early 200
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Indonesia said Friday that it was unaware of any ransom being paid to the Taliban in Afghanistan to free 19 South Korean hostages, as it hinted at playing a key role in negotiating their release.Foreign ministry secretary general Imron Cotan said that the Taliban, Kabul and Seoul had asked an Indonesian negotiator last Sunday to get involved in talks aimed at freeing the Christian captives.According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper, South Korea paid two million dollars to the Taliban extremists.Citing unidentified sources in Afghanistan, it said that Afghan mediators persuaded South Korea's ambassador in Kabul there was no other way to end the kidnap ordeal.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com
The Associated Press reported that 12 South Korean hostages have been freed by the insurgents. The 12 hostages were part of 23 Christians that were taken hostage by the militants on July 19 and held in Afghanistan. All of the hostages were not released together but they were all released near the city of Ghazni,Afghanistan. The hostages were set free into the care of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Not all of the hostages have been released. Two of them have been executed, two were set free earlier and 7 remain in the custody of the Taliban militants. They have agreed to release the rest of the hostages in the coming days. South Korea has agreed to withdraw its 200 non-combat troops from the area and will halt Christian missionary work in Afghanistan.
According to The Korea Herald:"The Taliban will set free all 19 South Koreans taken hostage in Afghanistan since mid-July."The gist of the deal?"The agreement was reached on conditions that South Korea withdraw its troops stationed in Afghanistan by the year's end and impose a ban on its Christian nationals' missionary activities in the Southwest Asian country."Someone must think this is better than trading Taliban prisoners/fighters for the missionary hostages. Back on July 26th Chief Presidential Secretary for Security Policy Baek Jong-chun, following the slaying of one of the hostages said:'"The Korean government clearly states that the organization responsible for the abduction will be held accountable for taking the life of a Korean citizen. The killing of an innocent citizen cannot be justified under any circumstance or for any reason, and any such inhumane act can not be tolerated.'"Now that the abductors have been held "accountable," we can see how a nation refuses to tole
I wish I hadn't been so busy in the past two weeks, otherwise, I would've had more time to blog about this horrifying case of at least 21 Korean relief workers who were taken prisoner in Afganistan by Taliban terrorists. To make matters worse, two of them may have already been murdered by the terrorist filth.The Korean government must not bow to these monsters who've taken these heroes hostage, and should do whatever they can to rescue the hostages.
According to an editorial written by Australian professorial fellow and emeritus professor at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, Riaz Hassan, ("Interrupting a history of tolerance?"): "The Zionist project for a Jewish state was predicated on centuries of Jewish sufferings in Europe. Anti-Semitism was not an entrenched characteristic of Islamic ideology and history until the 20th century. Without doubt, European anti-Semitic writings and their translation into Arabic during the 19th century and German National Socialism in the 20th century were instrumental in instigating anti-Semitism throughout Arab lands" Strange revelation, not so much from Hassan, but more due to its publication in The Korea Herald today, following the extension of the deadline set by the Taliban for the release of 22 South Koreans for roughly the same number of Taliban in Afghanistan. Pope Benedict recently chimed in on the hostage situation that may lead to the murder in cold blood
Of the 22 remaining South Korean hostages taken by the Taliban in Afghanistan Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said: “They are safe and alive,” and that the Afghanistan government, “has given us hope for a peaceful settlement of the issue.” The “hope” he spoke of is a positive turn as 23 people had initially been taken hostage while on a 10 day relief mission and unfortunately one had to be shot dead yesterday because the Afghan government “had not responded positively to its demands,” which was to a demand of the release “of eight Taliban prisoners in exchange for eight Koreans.” Another Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, complained of the government in Kabul: “They do not pay attention and did not give a positive response, so that’s why we killed one Korean hostage.” Chief Presidential Secretary for Security Policy Baek Jong-chun of South Korea furthered what will likely be observed as “non positive response,” by the “spok
“And it is why his campaign, regardless of its electoral fortunes, is shaping the Democratic race. Unable to dismiss his proposals as crazy radicalism, the other candidates have to be both bolder and more detailed than they would like.” The Economist provides interesting insight on the effects John Edwards is having on the Democratic primary.
Despite historical (and Constitutional) pacifism, Japan seems to be militarizing.
The Taliban is holding 23 South Koreans hostage in Afghanistan, demanding that Seoul withdraw its troops from the region. The captors claim failure to comply will result in their execution one by one, starting today.
Trying to predict which minors will become sex-offenders — and trying juvenille sex-offenders as adults.
Saddam’s Past with U.S. Has Implications for Iraq: interesting historical context on the war in Iraq.
And don’t forget to watch the CNN YouTube Debates, tonight at 7 pm E/T!
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Indonesia's president expects to garner $1.5 billion in oil, gas, mining and electricity investments during a visit to South Korea next week, the state-run news agency reported Friday. One of the projects will be for a $150 million liquefied petroleum gas processing plant on Sumatra island, to be jointly built by South Korea's E1 Corp. and Indonesia's PT Pertagas, Antara quoted Energy Ministry official Thamrin Sihite as saying.
As the info from HybridCarblog said, Hyundai will develop a liquefied petroleum gas Elantra hybrid vehicle in 2009 for the South Korean market.By 2010, Hyundai also hopes to develop a conventional gasoline electric hybrid.Unfortunately, there is yet no word on when Hyundia hybrid cars might make their way in to the U.S.Recent Posts:+ Rent a Toyota Prius Hybrid at Hertz and Avis+ Can Hummer go green?+ Toyota Team SARD Returning to Tokachi With Supra HV-R Hybrid Racer+ 2008 Mazda6 Confirmed For Frankfurt Auto Show Debut+ Lincoln MKX Cries Out to Young+ Spy Shot:Audi V-10 RS6 Undisguised,Debut at Frankfurt MotorShow Likely+2008 Ford F-Series Super Duty Trucks Hit the Sweet Spot+ Now R8 Supercar Goes Diesel - Audi R8+ Hamilton Hails 'Insane' US Grand Prix Win+ Electric-Powered Tesla Roadster Full Touch http://del.icio.us/rss/horisly
The flow of new office tower projects in Dubai continues, with the opening of a Dh.380 million Oval Tower in Business Bay.Oval Tower, launched by D'SECO, a South Korean developer, is a freehold project comprising nineteen storey and additional amenities to suit business requirements Prices range from Dh.1,100 per Sq.Ft. and is subject to rise, depending on the office type and the number of floors.Pumyang Construction Company, a Korean firm has been awarded the main construction contract. The building work is likely to commence in June, and will be ready by March 2009.This launch is likely to be followed by a number of other new commercial projects in Dubai, that are likely to be unveiled this month, with a view to fill the void in the office space supply within the emirate.
SEOUL (Reuters) - On second thought, maybe it was not a good idea to give an award for drinking to local government officials.
The South Korean county of Koesan has decided it will discontinue giving out its “Drinking Culture Prize” after being flooded with complaints that the award promotes drunkenness among municipal employees and encouraged binge drinking.
A county official said Wednesday the public misunderstood the intention of the award, which was meant to recognize government workers who go out to local restaurants and bars to meet citizens and hear what they have to say.
“I guess it was our mistake that the purpose was misinterpreted,” said the official, who asked not to be named.
The prize, which included round-trip tickets to the resort island of Cheju, was given out for the first time earlier this month to three municipal workers.
Local media reported one winner had his driver’s license revoked in 2005 for drunk driving.
Koesan, located about 1
The launch previously had been scheduled for last November, but it had to be delayed due to technical problems. The satellite is expected to give the country the ability to take high-resolution pictures of Earth's surface. It will be placed in a 685-kilometer (425-mile) orbit by a Russian rocket, Yonhap News Agency reported.The new satellite is equipped with a high-resolution multi-spectral camera jointly developed by a local firm and Electro Optical Industries Ltd. of Israel. Its spatial resolution is one square meter.This announcement picture is from korea stadium, you can clearly see the vehicle at the road.More related :Worlds Smallest HorseTop 10 Games Release 2007Dinner In The SkyAwesome Astronomy PhotographyRocket Belt2007 Least Fuel Efficient CarsMost Youngest Japanese Bikini Idol - Saaya Irie(入江紗綾)Top Ten Gadget Must Have 2007Top Ten Mansions
Condoleezza Rice, South Korean Minister, Song Min-Soon - FULL STREAMING VIDEO, Meeting With South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-Soon, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Remarks to the press following meeting, Washington, DC. January 5, 2007, (1:35 p.m. EST)SECRETARY RICE: Good afternoon. I would like to welcome Foreign Minister Song. Min-Soon, it's very good to have you here. We have had a very good and extensive discussion of many global and regional issues. I think it is fair to say that we have few better friends and stronger relations around the world than with the Republic of Korea where we maintain a strong political relationship, a strong economic relationship and a strong defense relationship which contributes greatly I think to peace and security in the Asia Pacific region.We have also had an opportunity to talk about the shared values that really are the pillar on which this relationship is built. And in particular I would like to thank Minister Song and the
Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary-General shakes hand with Ban Ki-moon, Foreign Minister of South Korea at the U.N. headquarters in New York, Wednesday, October 11, 2006. (photo and caption shamelessly lifted from the WashingtonPost.com.)
Nothing much needs to be said except for congratulations to Ban Ki-moon and South Korea on Mr. Ban's appointment as the next Secretary General of the
As Canada struggles to hammer out a trade agreement with South Korea, the automotive trade imbalance has taken center stage. And no wonder. According to the Canadian Auto Workers, South Korea imported fewer than 500 Canada-made vehicles last year-- as compared to the 200k Korean cars sold in Canada during the same period. In total, South Korean only welcomed 43,492 imported autos in '06. And for "good" reason. Although that meager total accounts for just four percent of South Korea's total new car sales, Chosun reports that it also represents a 32 percent increase over the previous year. And that's got South Korea worried. "Considering that Hyundai Motor's growth rate for the same period was 9.6 percent and Kia's was just 2.5 percent, the imported car sector's growth is alarming." At the same time, the types of cars entering the Republic has changed, from the early imported luxobarges to today's wider range of mass market motors. Honda, in p
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Taking a note from Japan, it's being reported that South Korean police are backing a highly controversial plan that would equip each new mobile sold in the nation with a GPS chip. Reportedly, Song Kang-ho, chief of the investigation bureau of the National Police Agency, has stated ...
{mosgoogle right}SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A standoff between the Japanese and South Korean coast guards ended peacefully after a joint investigation found a South Korean fishing boat did not violate Japanese waters, an official said Saturday.The six-hour confrontation ended late Friday evening when four Japanese patrol vessels withdrew. A joint check found that the fishing boat had been in South
