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UPDATE 1-LG Elec sees "slight" handset sales growth in 2009

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SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) - LG Electronics expects to achieve slender growth in handset sales in 2009 but aims to raise its global market share amid the ongoing economic downturn, a senior executive said on Wednesday.

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South Korea to recapitalise banks

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By Christian Oliver and Kang Buseong in Seoul South Korea’s central bank held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to revive paralysed lenders with a package of stimulus measures, a move that coincided with news that Seoul’s...

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First flight lands but Britons still face Thai hell

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The first commercial airliner in a week has arrived in Bangkok after anti government protesters ended their seige of the international airport. A Thai Airways jet landed from Phuket and the airline says flights for Sydney, New...

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SKorea preparing for possible NKorean provocations

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10 hrs ago 4 related
        

South Korea said Wednesday it is preparing for the possibility of North Korea provoking a naval skirmish around their disputed sea border amid rapidly worsening relations between the two sides. Tension on the divided peninsula...

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World markets mixed despite Wall Street rebound

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SEOUL (AP): World markets were mixed on Wednesday, failing to get much impetus from Wall Street's rebound as pervasive concerns about the dismal outlook for the world economy dominated sentiment. Most Asian stock markets crept...

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Electronic Arts buys J2MSoft, Seoul online-games developer

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TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Electronic Arts Inc., the Redwood City, Calif., producer of software games, said on Tuesday that it bought J2MSoft Inc., the Seoul developer of online games for personal computers. Terms weren't...

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SEOUL TO INCREASE INTERNET SPEED 10-FOLD BY 2012

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Telecommunications South Korea unveiled an"informatization" blueprint on Wednesday calling for a 10-foldincrease in Internet service speed and the construction of 10clusters of knowledge-based industries nationwide by 2012.

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S.Korea BOK to supply more funds to local banks

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SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The South Korean central bank said on Wednesday that monetary policy makers had agreed to provide additional support for financial institutions at an emergency meeting. The Bank of Korea (BOK) said in a...

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U.S. grains edge higher, economic worries cap gains

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SEOUL - U.S. soybean futures ticked higher on Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak to a six-week low, but trade remained quiet as a gloomy economic outlook and concerns over reduced grain demand kept investors at bay.

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Gwanggyo Power Centre by MVRDV

dezeen.com
7 hrs ago
        

Dutch atchitects MVRDV have won a competition to design a city centre for Gwanggyo, a new town south of Seoul, Korea. The design will be one of two centres envisioned for the future new town, a self sufficient city of 77,000...

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