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<![CDATA[Clean diesel is overlooked in S. Korea¡¯s public transit energy policy]]> 
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<![CDATA[The South Korean refinery and taxi industries are dissatisfied with the government¡¯s policy on energy for mass transit that favors gas over other fuels.In Korea, most taxis run on liquefied petrol..]]> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:49:05 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[S. Korean gov¡¯t urges N. Korea to come to dialogue table]]> 
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<![CDATA[The South Korean government said Sunday it was very regrettable that North Korea fired guided missiles off the east coast and played down its offer for a dialogue to normalize the operation of Gaes..]]> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 17:47:56 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[S. Korea¡¯s corporate debt forecast to reach nearly $2 tn by 2017: S&P]]> 
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<![CDATA[The ratio of South Korean non-financial companies¡¯ credit to gross domestic product (GDP) would approach 122 percent by 2017, back to the 2009 level seen following the financial crisis, according ..]]> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:44:24 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[N. Korea fires 3 short-range missiles: defense ministry]]> 
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<![CDATA[North Korea fired three short-range missiles into the sea off the east coast in the northern east direction last Saturday.¡°North Korea fired two guided missiles in the morning and one in the after..]]> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:04:26 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Genesis, Soul top list in Strategic Vision¡¯s TQI]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korean top auto manufactures Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors won top honors in the Near-Luxury Car and Small Multi Function segments, said US¡¯s Strategic Vision in its 2013 Total Quality Index ..]]> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:19 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Rising labor participation rate among S. Korean women likely to boost GDP growth: report]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korea¡¯s gross domestic production (GDP) per capita will likely grow at an additional rate of 0.9 percent every year if the labor participation rate among Korean women rises to the level of t..]]> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:47:38 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Auto production at Hyundai¡¯s Czech plant surpasses 1 mn]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korea¡¯s auto giant Hyundai Motor announced Friday that the number of cars produced at its Czech factory topped the one million mark five years after the plant began production. Hyundai Motor..]]> 
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:46:25 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Court invalidates collective accord on family job succession]]> 
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<![CDATA[The Ulsan District Court ruled Thursday a provision in Hyundai Motor¡¯s collective agreement that speculates job succession from employees to their family members is invalid, citing the provision v..]]> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:55:06 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Male grooming market booming]]> 
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<![CDATA[Male consumers overtook their female counterparts by six percent in terms of total sales in the global high-end fashion market last year, according to Samsung Fashion Institute. This is also the ca..]]> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:46:23 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[MK Electron on the brink of acquiring K-REIT]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korea¡¯s semiconductor equipment manufacturer MK Electron signed a provisional contract with Istum Partners, the largest shareholder of the Korea Real Estate Investment & Trust (K-REIT) to ac..]]> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:32:04 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[S. Korea gains permanent observer status at Arctic Council]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korea gained permanent observer status at the Arctic Council, securing a bigger say in the increasingly-influential forum that sets the rules for development of the polar region, the Ministry..]]> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:28:15 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[S. Korea¡¯s PPI down 2.8 pct in April]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korea¡¯s Producer Price Index (PPI) experienced the steepest fall in three and a half year in April amid sliding global oil and commodity prices.   The nation¡¯s PPI for April 2013 dropped 2...]]> 
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:43:07 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Samsung Display to commercialize ¡®unbreakable display¡¯ this year]]> 
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<![CDATA[As early as the fourth quarter of this year, consumers may see a new smartphone whose display is unbreakable when it falls onto the floor. It marks the beginning of an age of flexible displays.   A..]]> 
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:58:36 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Prosecutors conduct search, seizure of builders involved in 4 river restoration project]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korea¡¯s Supreme Prosecutors` Office (SPO) launched search and seizure of 30 local builders Wednesday to investigate accusations brought to the Four Major River Restoration Project, which was..]]> 
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:51:19 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Samsung to spend $153 mn to nurture software talent]]> 
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<![CDATA[Samsung said Wednesday that it will spend 170 billion won ($153 million) in training 50,000 software engineers over the next five years.The plan comes in line with the government¡¯s push for a crea..]]> 
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:46:13 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[24 Japanese gigantic firms to visit S. Korea in hunt for brains]]> 
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<![CDATA[Leading 24 Japanese conglomerates including Hitachi, Marubeni, and Dentsu will be visiting South Korea in search for prospective employees.They intend to employ world class Korean workers in terms ..]]> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:16:05 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Park instructs talk proposal with N. Korea over Kaesong]]> 
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<![CDATA[President Park Geun-hye instructed the unification ministry Tuesday to propose talks with North Korea about bringing back South Korean products and raw materials from a suspended joint industrial c..]]> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:01:22 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Labor unions seek class action over regular wage issue]]> 
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<![CDATA[Labor unions are considering a class action to include bonuses in regular wages. An official of Korean Confederation of Trade Unions said Tuesday the umbrella union is considering a lawsuit on beha..]]> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:48:15 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[57 pct of attendees at Money Show would expand equity asset: poll]]> 
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<![CDATA[A growing number of South Korean financial consumers intend to increase the share of stock investment in their investment portfolio, with banks¡¯ time deposit yield hovering below three percent, sh..]]> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:41:38 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Hyundai Motor labor union plays top dog]]> 
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<![CDATA[¡°Hyundai Motor¡¯s labor union probably enjoys the greatest privileges as a super top dog in South Korea,¡± according to an official in the local business circle.The labor union of the Korean carma..]]> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:15:32 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[SK Energy may lose top position on spin-off]]> 
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<![CDATA[Competition for the leading position among the South Korean oil refineries is likely to turn fierce, as SK Energy decided to spin off Inchon complex (formerly Incheon Refinery) in July. Generally, ..]]> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:28:01 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[FTC raids headquarters of Naver operator NHN]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korea¡¯s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) launched an investigation into the country¡¯s biggest Internet portal Naver, to determine whether it was engaged in unfair business practices. The FTC sai..]]> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:13:42 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[First home purchase takes less time]]> 
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<![CDATA[The average time between one¡¯s independence from parents including marriage and first home purchase shortened for the first time in six years in South Korea.This is because overall housing prices ..]]> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 11:01:19 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Capital gains tax paid by May 31]]> 
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<![CDATA[The National Tax Service (NTS) said Monday it sent notifications to 30,000 people who transferred two or more properties and earned capital gains last year that they should pay for capital gains ta..]]> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:38:44 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Global PE¡¯s return stands at 12 pct a year]]> 
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<![CDATA[The return of global private equity funds averaged some 12 percent a year, surpassing the growth of bond or stock values by more than two times. According to Bain & Company on Monday, the 10-year p..]]> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:56:10 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Samsung to spend $1.3 bn on future technology]]> 
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<![CDATA[The Samsung Group announced Monday that it will establish a new foundation in which it will invest 1.5 trillion won ($1.3 billion) over the next decade from this year as a way of fostering future s..]]> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:09:57 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Samsung Elec. develops 5G technology for first time in world]]> 
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<![CDATA[Watching a high-definition (HD) movie would be within a reach of one-second download when the fifth generation (5G) mobile communications technology emerges in the mass market. The mobile transitio..]]> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:36:25 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Mixed economic outlook for S. Korea, Japan]]> 
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<![CDATA[Global investment banks offered contrasting economic forecasts for South Korea and Japan. The Japanese economy has a rosy outlook, buoyed up by the weaker yen, while the Korean economy has a bleak ..]]> 
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:18:43 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Global 4G LTE subscriptions top 100 mn]]> 
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<![CDATA[The global 4G LTE wireless subscribers at 163 mobile operators from 70 countries around the world surpassed the 100 million mark, showed a recent data released by the GSM Association (GSMA)¡¯s Wire..]]> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 18:15:22 +0900</pubDate> 
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<![CDATA[Kia to expand number of dealership in China to 670]]> 
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<![CDATA[South Korea¡¯s auto giant Kia Motors is set to increase its number of dealership in China from 564 to 670 this year.   The decision was proclaimed at a meeting with 25 outstanding workers of Kia¡¯s..]]> 
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 16:56:26 +0900</pubDate> 
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