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GM Korea says it won't shift production to Europe
BUSAN, South Korea - A top General Motors Co official said on Thursday the automaker has no plans to shift production from its factories in South Korea to Europe, where it recently announced a restructuring at its Opel subsidiary.
GM Korea says it won't shift production to Europe
BUSAN, South Korea - A top General Motors Co official said on Thursday the automaker has no plans to shift production from its factories in South Korea to Europe, where it recently announced a restructuring at its Opel subsidiary.
Sanofi to test cancer-starving compound in China in 2013
HONG KONG - Sanofi-Aventis plans to begin testing a novel compound that is designed to starve liver cancer to death in a phase one human clinical trial in China and possibly South Korea in 2013.
Aviva adds South Korea, Sri Lanka to Asia exit list - sources
HONG KONG - British insurer Aviva plc is putting its South Korean and Sri Lankan businesses on the auction block, sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday, as part of a wider retreat from sub-scale Asian markets in a deal that could fetch around $150 million.
Aviva adds South Korea, Sri Lanka to Asia exit list: sources
HONG KONG - British insurer Aviva plc is putting its South Korean and Sri Lankan businesses on the auction block, sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday, as part of a wider retreat from sub-scale Asian markets in a deal that could fetch around $150 million.
Olympics-South Koreans fear being branded taekwondo traitors
May 24 - South Korean taekwondo competitors going for gold at the London Olympics know the price of failure will be extreme. Such is Koreans' pride in their national sport that coming home without a gold medal would be tantamount to treason.
Singapore startup Viki aims to take local TV global
SINGAPORE - Who would want to watch a South Korean soap that was a flop back home?
South Korea economy to pick up but at slower pace - OECD
PARIS - South Korea's economy will gather pace over the coming quarters and the country's central bank will need to raise interest rates to keep inflation within its target, the OECD said in a report on Tuesday.
S.Korea economy to pick up but at slower pace: OECD
PARIS - South Korea's economy will gather pace over the coming quarters and the country's central bank will need to raise interest rates to keep inflation within its target, the OECD said in a report on Tuesday.
S.Korea economy to pick up but at slower pace - OECD
PARIS, May 22 - South Korea's economy will gather pace over the coming quarters and the country's central bank will need to raise interest rates to keep inflation within its target, the OECD said in a report on Tuesday.
Syria blames rebels for Houla massacre
AMMAN - Facing growing world outrage over the killing of at least 109 people in a restive town, Syria on Sunday accused rebels of carrying out the massacre, in which dozens of children perished.
Greek debt – remember the goats
Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
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