Seoul seeks to end HSBC deadlock Hong Kong Standard South Korea's financial authorities are seeking a favorable and swift resolution to the regulatory deadlock that has stalled HSBC Holdings' (0005) plans to acquire Korea Exchange Bank from US private equity house Lone Star, a Korean official said yesterday. | //--> BenjaminScentand agencies | Thursd...
Samsung scandal may herald end of chaebol's grip on South Korean economy International Herald Tribune | : It was a scene that stunned South Korea: Lee Kun Hee, the reclusive chairman of Samsung Group, the conglomerate that dominates the South Korean economy, suddenly resigning amid criminal indictments, apologizing in disgrace. | Lee's resignation, announced Tuesday on live national television, mark...
Yale fires back at South Korean university over fake degree The Boston Globe | NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Details of a sex scandal involving a top South Korean official and an art history professor, who lied about having a Yale degree, will be used by the Ivy League school to defend itself against a federal lawsuit filed by the S...
Yale fires back at South Korean university over fake degree Newsday | NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Details of a sex scandal involving a top South Korean official and a history professor who lied about having a Yale degree will be used by the Ivy League school to defend itself against a federal lawsuit. | Dongguk University fil...
Google vows to keep fighting Viacom The Boston Globe | SEOUL, South Korea—Google Inc. is not considering settling out of court a US$1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by , an executive with the U.S. Internet search engine said Wednesday. | "Nope," David Eun, vice president in charge o...
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LG Electronics swings to profit on record mobile phone sales Orlando Sentinel SEOUL, South Korea - LG Electronics said Wednesday it turned a net profit in the first quarter after a loss the year before, boosted by record mobile phone sales, strong performanc...
Now that's reality TV: Samsung takes us into the next dimension The Independent | 'Fore!" When Tiger Woods smashes the ball straight for their heads, most people flinch - some duck - until the point-of-view pulls back to show trees hurtling past along the fair...
Samsung chief faces more questioning The Charlotte Observer By KELLY OLSEN | AP Business Writer | AP Photo Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, center, arrives for a second round of questioning by special prosecutors probing alleged corrupti...
The Right's America-Hating Preacher Middle East Online One of the advantages that the American Right has achieved from investing tens of billions of dollars in media – from talk radio and cable TV, to print and the Internet – is the ability to define what is and what isn’t a “scandal,” a powerful factor ...
Chinese student sorry for torch violence The Australian | A CHINESE student apologised today for attacking South Korean protesters during the weekend in Seoul. | The apology came as the student identified as Chen walked out of a court in eastern Seoul after a 70-minute interview by Judge Choi Bong-Hee. | ...
Australian publisher deported from Fiji to South Korea NZ Herald | AUCKLAND - An Australian newspaper publisher in Fiji was today deported from the South Pacific country and put on a flight to South Korea, after being branded a security threat. | Publisher of the Fiji Times newspaper, Evan Hannah, was put on a pla...
South Korea's main opposition calls for revoking beef deal with US AOL SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A top South Korean official rejected mounting calls Tuesday for revoking an agreement on the resumption of American beef imports, as thousands of people were to rally against the trade accord. | "The negotiation was over and it's impossible to hold a renegotiating," South Korea's chief beef trade negotiator Min Dong-seok t...
Oil prices retreat from $126 a barrel record Orlando Sentinel BANGKOK, Thailand - Oil prices retreated Monday in Asia from last week's record close near $126 a barrel as the dollar strengthened against the euro and yen. | Investors often buy commodities such as oil as a hedge against inflation when the greenback falls, but that effect can reverse when the dollar gains against other currencies, as it has in To...
