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South Koreans hope to return to Kaesong factories

April 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Youkyung Lee AP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean entrepreneurs who invested up to 10 years and millions of dollars in the Kaesong industrial complex, a symbol of economic collaboration between the Koreas that is now shuttered by the North, have little more than hope to cling to as assembly […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, CEO, Chinese, Choi Dong-jin, Daemyung Blue Jeans Inc, Foxconn Technology Group, Han Jae-kwon, Korean Peninsula, North Koreans, Sam Kim, South Koreans, Unification Ministry, United States, Vol 32 No 18 | April 27 - May 3, Yoo Byung-ki, communication

Koreas’ rhetoric no match for surreal calm at DMZ

March 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Foster Klug The Associated Press IMJINGAK, South Korea (AP) — Busloads of tourists still show up to gawk at the world’s most heavily fortified border, even as governments on both sides threaten to reduce each other to rubble.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Baek Jong-moon, DMZ, Han River, Hyung-jin Kim, IMJINGAK, Kim Jong-un, Korean War, Los Angeles, North Koreans, Sam Kim, South Koreans, Thomas Wolfley, United States, Vol 32 No 13 | March 23 - March 29, Yellow Sea, technology

Special Olympics focuses on South Korean view of disabled

February 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sam Kim and Ahn Young-Joon The Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — South Korea began showing off its new snow sports mecca with the opening of the Special Olympics on Tuesday, Jan. 29.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Associated Press, Down Syndrome, Jeong Jong-hwa, Na Kyung-won, North Korea, PYEONGCHANG, Park Geun-hye, Sam Kim, Samyook University, South Koreans, Special Olympics, Vol 32 No 6 | February 2 - February 8, Winter Games, Winter Olympics, poverty

South Korea elects its first woman president

December 22, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Geun-hye, daughter of a divisive military strongman from South Korea’s authoritarian era, was elected the country’s first female president Wednesday, Dec. 19, a landmark win that could mean a new drive to start talks with rival North Korea.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Associated Press, Chung Jin-young, Kim Jong-un, North Korean, Older South Koreans, Park Bahk, Park Chung-hee, Park Geun-hye, SEOUL, Sam Kim, Vol 31 No 52 | December 22 - December 28, Youkyung Lee

Apple’s victory could mean fewer phone options

September 1, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Paul Elias The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A jury’s conclusion that Samsung stole the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad could mean fewer smartphone options for consumers to choose from, analysts said.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Apple Inc, Associated Press, Christopher Marlett, District Judge Lucy Koh, Europe, Google Inc, John Quinn, Netherlands, Sam Kim, Samsung Electronics Co, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Sony Corp, South Korean, Vol 31 No 36 | September 1 - September 7, technology

North Korea’s new young leader gets rock star treatment

February 4, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Foster Klug The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s young new leader gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops — just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers. Kim Jong Un […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2012, Dongguk University, Few North Koreans, Imitating Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Yeon-su, Korea National Defense University, Korean War, Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, New Year, SEOUL, Sam Kim, South Korean, TV, Vol 31 No 6 | February 4 - February 10

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