Core US value put to test
Samsung asks jury to back customer-is-king argument over Apple’s copycat claim The customer is king and the United States is home to consumer capitalism. Now this market axiom is being put to the test in the case of Korea’s Samsung Electronics against America’s Apple in a patent dispute that is subject to a jury ruling […]
Roadside Bomb Exploded In Quetta, Pakistan
An injured child sits next to her mother treated at a local hospital in Quetta, Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Police say a roadside bomb targeting a security convoy has killed at least one civilian and wounded several others in southwestern Pakistan. An injured mother carries her wounded children to a local hospital in […]
Kurdish Lebels Perform Violence In Southern Turkey
Firefighters seen with burning cars after an explosion near a police station in southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, Turkey, late Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Turkish media reported at least eight people were killed and dozens were wounded amid an escalation in fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces. There was no immediate claim of […]
99-Year Husband, 102-Year Wife Enjoy Lifetime Love
Gong Deyun (Left) present a bunch of flowers to his wife Sun Yucui at home in Rushan, east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 21, 2012. The 99-year-old Gong Deyun and 102-year-old Sun Yucui married each other in 1930. Their 82-year-long marriage has witnessed their lifetime love. The couple will greet their 83rd Qixi Festival, or Chinese […]
Kazakhstan : Kazakhstan boxers and ballet dancers go into striptease
Major News of <Tengrinews> : Kazakhstan boxers and ballet dancers go into striptease Kazakhstan strippers used to be ballet dancers and boxers, the professionals told Tengrinews.kz. An average cost of one dance is 15 thousand tenge ($100) both for male and female striptease. The performance lasts for around 5 minutes. However, the dancers may ask […]
Park Geun-hye pays tribute to liberal presidents
Rep. Park Geun-hye, the presidential candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party, made a surprise visit Tuesday to the grave of the late President Roh Moo-hyun, a symbolic gesture to rally support even from her opponents. Park, the former interim leader of the conservative party, said she went to the late President’s hometown of Bonghwa in […]
Park Geun-hye poised to talk with North Korea
Conservative presidential hopeful Park Geun-hye appears poised to reengage North Korea if elected, analysts said Tuesday, but her approach with the recalcitrant neighbor remains vague. Park, nominated by the ruling Saenuri Party the previous day, says building trust is the key to better cross-border relations. To do so, she says she will seek economic projects […]
Hanwha gives up buying ING unit
Construction project in Iraq will continue as planned Upon the arrest of its chairman, Hanwha Group has virtually abandoned any intention of acquiring ING Life’s Southeast Asian business. Previously, the group had been competing with multinational life insurer AIA Group to take over the Southeast Asian arm of the Dutch firm in an effort to […]
K-drama leads ‘hallyu’
A variety of soap operas, from trendy shows to epic series, grace the small screen from morning till night. The popularity of Korean TV dramas has spilled over the nation’s borders since the late 1990s, igniting “hallyu,” or the Korean wave. The biggest hit of the first half of this year is MBC’s “The Moon […]
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