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- Samsung Chief to Step Down; Sorry For Tax Scandal
- By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's most powerful businessman on Tuesday announced he would step down as head of the giant Samsung Group following his indictment last week for tax evasion and breach of trust. In a shock announcement, Lee Kun-hee,...
- News items 2008-04-21
- Samsung Chief to Step Down
- By Jon Herskovitz SEOUL (Reuters UK) - South Korea's most powerful businessman said on Tuesday he would step down after 20 years at the head of the giant Samsung Group following his indictment last week for tax evasion and breach of trust. The televised announcement by...
- News items 2008-04-22
- Samsung Boss Indicted For Tax Evasion
- By Jon Herskovitz and Rhee So-eui SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee was indicted on charges of tax evasion and breach of trust on Thursday, but was cleared of a more serious bribery charge after a probe into South Korea's biggest...
- News items 2008-04-17
- Samsung Boss Indicted For Tax Evasion
- By Jon Herskovitz and Rhee So-eui SEOUL (Reuters UK) - Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee was indicted on charges of tax evasion and breach of trust on Thursday, but was cleared of a more serious bribery charge after a probe into South Korea's biggest business group....
- News items 2008-04-17
- Asia’s Banking Maverick
- South Korea's banking system has returned to financial health and international respectability since the Asian financial crisis of 1997. One of the bankers most responsible for that achievement is Kim Jung Tae. A stockbroker and deal maker for most of his career, Kim has smoothly executed a merger between two...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Obama, Rev. Wright promote victimization instead of strength
- Sometimes unrelated events nevertheless tell a coherent story. One newspaper story that caught my eye recently was about two high-powered schools in South Korea where Korean girls study 15 hours a day, preparing themselves for tests to get into elite colleges in the United States. Harvard, Yale...
- Articles 2008-05-08
- DSI Chooses QuStream Routers for Korean HD Production and Presentation Centre
- QuStream Corporation (TSX VENTURE: QVC) has received a major order for video and audio routing equipment to be installed at a new HD production and presentation centre in South Korea. The contract was placed by Diversified Systems, recently acclaimed as one of the top five broadcast systems integrators in the...
- Articles 2008-05-08
- SKorea to stick to US beef deal despite wave of criticism
- SEOUL AFP — South Korea's government insisted Wednesday it would not backtrack on an agreement to open its market to US beef, despite an Internet-driven tide of public criticism. But President Lee Myung-Bak vowed to stop the imports if public health is threatened, amid growing concerns about the...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- BioTime CEO Dr. Michael West Presents at 2008 Seoul Digital Forum
- Embryonic Stem Cell Research Discussed in Biotechnology "Visionaries" Panel ALAMEDA, Calif. -- BioTime, Inc. (OTCBB:BTIM) Chief Executive Officer Michael West, PhD today gave a presentation at the 2008 Seoul Digital Forum in Seoul, South Korea. This year's conference, May 6-8, is titled "IMAGINATION - Explore T.I.M.E. [Technology, Information,...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Microsoft unveils 147-mln-dlr investment plan in SKorea
- SEOUL AFP — Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday unveiled a plan to invest 147 million dollars in South Korea over five years to strengthen his company's presence here, officials said. Gates promised to invest the sum in the auto, education and other fields during talks...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- US Negroponte to head to North Asia this week
- WASHINGTON AFP — US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte will travel to Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing on May 7-12 for talks on a range of issues, the State Department said Tuesday. "Deputy Secretary Negroponte looks forward to consulting with these key partners on recent developments in the...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- US team visiting NKorea to discuss food aid: Seoul
- SEOUL AFP — A US government team is visiting North Korea to discuss food aid, South Korea's foreign ministry said Tuesday, amid growing fears the communist state may be slipping closer to famine. "North Korea is known to be suffering difficulties because of a poor harvest following last...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- GT Solar Signs $8.8 Million Contract with Nexolon Co., Ltd
- MERRIMACK, N.H. -- GT Solar Incorporated, a key global provider of a comprehensive range of equipment, services and technology solutions to the solar power industry, announced today that it has entered into a contract to supply Nexolon Co., Ltd. of South Korea with DSS450 furnaces and accessories worth approximately $8.8...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Microsoft and Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group to Develop Next Generation of In-Car Infotainment
- New partnership will globalize innovative in-car infotainment. SEOUL, South Korea, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Microsoft Corp. and Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group HKAG entered into a long-term agreement to co-develop the next generation of in-car infotainment systems. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and Mongku Chung, chairman of HKAG,...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Bush vows to help Panama clinch free trade agreement
- WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush said Tuesday he would do his best to get Congress to approve a pending free trade agreement with Panama, after meeting with its President Martin Torrijos in the White House. "The Panamanian free trade vote is a priority of this government....
- Articles 2008-05-06
- US envoys in Asia in bid for NKorea nuclear declaration
- SEOUL AFP — Two senior US State Department officials arrived Wednesday in South Korea as part of a new diplomatic effort to persuade North Korea to come clean on its nuclear weapons programmes. The department's Korea office director Sung Kim, who travelled on the same plane as Deputy...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Microsoft, Hyundai agree on joint development of new system
- SEOUL AFP — US software giant Microsoft and South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor have forged a deal jointly to develop a new in-vehicle music and entertainment system, officials said Tuesday. Hyundai officials said Microsoft head Bill Gates would attend a ceremony later in the day at which...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- SAIC Awarded $24 Million Task Order from the U.S. Army
- Company to Support the Topographic Engineering Center in Alexandria, Va. SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation today announced it has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Army to support the Topographic Engineering Center TEC in Alexandria, Va....
- Articles 2008-05-06
- Mobile WiMAX to Level the Asia-Pacific Playing Field, Says ABI Research
- SINGAPORE -- While most Asia-Pacific countries are still processing spectrum bidding, manufacturers and application vendors are aggressively entering mobile WiMAX markets. As the market for mobile WiMAX expands, manufacturers are targeting new customer segments, and there will be a correspondingly huge opportunity in APAC regions. "Because mobile WiMAX...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- CCID Consulting: Making Fortune in China's Mobile Internet
- BEIJING, May 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently released its article on mobile Internet. At the beginning of April, some messages show that China...
- Articles 2008-05-06
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