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Virtual stores

2011-11-07

The number of smart phone subscribers in Korea surpassed 20 million and subsequently, the number of mobile shoppers has also skyrocketed. A survey ...

The world’s first composite nanofiber adhesive

2011-11-07

In one of our September shows we talked about a bio-adhesive made from mussels. The show featured Professor Chan Hyung-joon of the Department of ...

Changes in the ramen market-

2011-11-07

Ramyeon or ramen, is the ubiquitous, cheap and easy-to-make meal for almost all Koreans. Care to guess how many packages of ramyeon are consumed ...

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Discovery of the enzyme that has an effect on humans’ ability to learn

2011-10-31

The G20 Summit is slated to open on November 3rd and 4th at Cannes, France. Last year world leaders had gathered in Seoul to discuss the direction the ...

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Economic significance of the latest Korea-Japan summit

2011-10-24

President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda met for summit talks last Wednesday in Seoul. The top agenda for the latest summit ...

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Promoting tourism to overcome economic difficulties

2011-10-17

The 19th U.N. World Tourism Organization General Assembly, the largest international conference for the tourism industry, was held in Gyeongju, ...

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Remaining hurdles to the ratification of the Korea-U.S

2011-10-10

The last phase of the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement ratification process has begun as the Obama administration in the U.S. presented the bill ...

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Korean government’s projection of next year’s growth rate at 4.5% and its implications

2011-10-03

The Korean government announced next year’s budget and economic growth outlook. Aiming to achieve fiscal balance by 2013, Seoul has projected ...

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Spiking foreign exchange rate and the Korean foreign reserve

2011-09-26

Anxieties over European and American financial troubles have spilled over into Korea, causing stock prices to tumble and the foreign exchange ...

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Fallout of Korea’s plunging trade account

2011-09-19

The Korea Customs Service announced that Korean exports came to nearly 46 billion dollars in August, while importing almost 45.5 billion dollars, ...

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