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Photo courtesy of casinotop10.net S. Korean Buddhist monks fined for gambling A South Korean court said Friday it has fined two Buddhist monks for illegal gambling, after video footage of their high-stakes poker game sparked a scandal in religious circles.
10 August 2012
©REUTERS/Jo Yong hak S. Korea firms in talks to resume Iran oil imports South Korean oil refiners are in talks with Iran to resume oil imports, officials said Thursday, potentially by using Iranian tankers as a way to circumvent EU sanctions.
09 August 2012
Samsung exec 'very offended' by Apple rip-off claim A top Samsung executive testified Monday that he found "very offensive" the suggestion that the South Korean gadget giant ripped-off Apple's market-leading mobile iPhone and iPad devices.
07 August 2012
Olympics: S. Korea media, netizens lament "disgrace" South Korean newspapers and netizens were generally scathing Thursday about their country's involvement in the Olympic badminton scandal, with one paper terming the affair a national embarrassment.
02 August 2012
Olympics: Kazakhstan lost 2 lines in medal count Kazakhstan national team is ranked 8th by medal count after the 5th day of London Olympics-2012.
02 August 2012
S. Korea rejects "ridiculous" N. Korea allegations South Korea Wednesday rejected North Korean claims that it is planning terrorist acts as "ridiculous", and said it would protect Seoul activists threatened by Pyongyang.
01 August 2012
S. Korea girl band stirs controversy over sacking Top South Korean girl group T-ara has stirred controversy with the surprise decision to shed one of its members, a move which sparked an Internet protest campaign backed by some 330,000 people.
01 August 2012
Tourism delegation stand around a closed golf course at Mount Kumgang resort. ©REUTERS/Carlos Barria N. Korea allows S. Korea executives to visit resort North Korea will allow South Korean business executives to visit a jointly-developed tourism resort despite an acrimonious years-long dispute over the project.
31 July 2012
©REUTERS/Lee Jae Won Smartphones power Samsung to record $4.5 bn net profit South Korea's Samsung Electronics Friday posted a record net profit of 5.19 trillion won ($4.53 billion) in the second quarter, powered by strong smartphone sales despite the global downturn.
27 July 2012
Oil tanker. ©REUTERS/Murad Sezer South Korea mulls offer of Iranian tankers Seoul is considering an offer by Tehran to send crude on Iranian tankers to South Korea, officials said Friday, as a way to circumvent EU sanctions and resume imports of oil from Iran.
14 July 2012
Photo courtesy of realestate.com.au South Korea unexpectedly cuts key interest rate South Korea's central bank unexpectedly cut its key interest rate Thursday for the first time in more than three years, joining international moves to ease the impact of the eurozone debt crisis.
13 July 2012
Lee Sang-deuk. ©REUTERS/Lee Jae Won Brother of South Korean president detained The elder brother of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak was arrested and detained early Wednesday pending a corruption trial, in a setback for the conservative ruling party during an election year.
12 July 2012
LG Electronics seeks to win race for next-generation TV South Korea's LG Electronics, long overshadowed by Samsung Electronics, is confident it can outpace its bigger rival in the race to dominate the world's next-generation TV market.
11 July 2012
Photo courtesy of samsunggalaxyreview.com Apple loses British suit over Samsung Galaxy Tab South Korea's Samsung won a patent battle Monday against US rival Apple, with a British judge ruling that Samsung's Galaxy tablet was not "cool" enough to be confused with Apple's iPad.
11 July 2012
Dictator's daughter runs for S. Korea presidency Park Geun-Hye, the daughter of a former South Korean dictator, Tuesday formally announced her bid to become the country's first woman president and vowed to work for a fairer economy.
10 July 2012
South Korea to start 'scientific' whaling South Korea said Wednesday that it planned to start whaling through a loophole that allows the killing of whales for scientific research, following the lead of Japan's controversial expeditions.
06 July 2012
South Korea opens controversial new mini-capital South Korea Monday inaugurated a mini-capital to house much of the nation's government, ending a decade of wrangling over a project seen by critics as driven by politics.
03 July 2012
Timur Bekmambetov. ©Danial Okassov Bekmambetov wants to make Astana new Asian cinema hub The organizers of the Festival have invited young filmmakers from the most famous Asian film schools to find a new Astana super-hero.
02 July 2012
Robot for studying English. ©Danial Okassov PHOTO: Training robots brought to Kazakhstan from Korea Korean robots have been brought to Kazakhstan for programmers' training for the first time.
22 May 2012
Astana Festival of Action Films. ©Vladimir Dmitriyev Kazakhstan is looking for a superhero Timur Bekmambetov’s Festival of Action Films Astana announced a contest of Kazakhstan superheros.
18 May 2012
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