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(Photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert)Sharapova sets up Li final
Maria Sharapova (RUS) competes against Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) during the Women's Final on Day 13 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 31, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA....Full Story

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(Photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)Wheat, gold make stunning runs in nervous markets
A Palestinian vendor displays a gold jewellery at a jewellery store in the Rafah Refugee Camp, Southern Gaza Strip on September. 19, 2011. Decline in demand for gold in the Palestinian markets due to the high price of $ 50 per gram, this high price in the global gold. ( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)...Full Story

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'Escape' offers harrowing portrait of N. Korea camps
| In 2007, at the conclusion of a press conference at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club, a young man received an unusual request: He was asked to remove his trousers. A reporter had found the story he had just told so astonishing that she demanded physical evidence...Full Story
New Jersey Town’s Monument Irritates Japanese Officials
| Two delegations of Japanese officials visited Palisades Park, N.J., this month with a request that took local administrators by surprise: the Japanese wanted a small monument removed from a public park. Connect with NYTMetro | Follow us on Twitter and like us on Faceb...Full Story
Amkor Technology to build plant in South Korea
| CHANDLER, Ariz. — Amkor Technology Inc., a specialist in packaging and testing computer chips, said Friday that it will build a $350 million semiconductor testing and packaging plant in South Korea. | The new plant will be built in the Incheon Free Economic Zone...Full Story
Amkor Technology Announces Plans to Build State-of-the-Art Factory and Global R&D Center in Korea
| CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) today announced that it plans to build a state-of-the-art factory and global research and development center in the Incheon Free Economic Zone, which is located in the greater metropolitan area of Seoul,...Full Story
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Fri 18 May 2012
Facebook’s IPO Finra Test, TARP, Bank Reports: Compliance
Bloomberg | Facebook Inc. (FB)’s initial public offering will be the biggest test of a rule introduced in 2011 to protect investors and curb volatility on the first day a company trades. | The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority reminded more than 4,400 ...
European financial woes push markets lower
Atlanta Journal | LONDON — Concerns that Europe's debt crisis could drag down parts of the continent's banking system rattled global markets on Friday, while the IPO of social network Facebook failed to buoy spirits on Wall Street. A broker changes his glasses...
S. Korea turns to Portland for green city expertise
Business Journal Christina Williams Sustainable Business Oregon- Portland Business Journal Email | Facebook page | A high-ranking delegation from the South Korean government was in Portland Thursday to sign a memorandum of understanding with Portland Mayor Sam Adams ...
Won leads Asia FX slide on Spain, Greece; seen down more
The Times Of India Tweet SINGAPORE: Emerging Asian countries weakened again on Friday as investors kept slashing risky assets due to worries about Spanish banks, and the South Korean won was on track for its worst week in eight months. | The won hit a five-month low as...
NZ to attend APEC education conference
Scoop Friday, 18 May 2012, 6:03 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Government | Hon Craig Foss | Associate Minister of Education | 18 May 2012 | Media Statement | NZ to attend APEC education conference | Associate Education Minister, Craig Foss will attend th...
Japan, S. Korea Worried About Currency Moves as Stocks Slide
Bloomberg | Finance ministers in Japan and South Korea expressed concern about currency movements as Europe’s deepening sovereign-debt crisis fueled stock declines in Asia and boosted volatility in foreign-exchange markets. | “We’ve seen the yen apprecia...
Asian Currencies Fall Most Since November as Europe Risks Mount
Bloomberg | Asian currencies were headed for the biggest weekly drop since November as concern Europe’s debt crisis will worsen spurred demand for dollars amid signs the U.S. and Chinese economies are losing momentum. | The Bloomberg-JPMorgan Asia Dollar Ind...
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Wall Street Journal Business & Finance*** | Mongolia's parliament approved a new law that caps future foreign participation in certain strategic industries, reflecting a growing public push to keep profits from the mineral-rich nation's industries inside the country...
Thu 17 May 2012
Samsung gets 9 million preorders for new Galaxy phone: report
Hartford Courant | SEOUL (Reuters) - Co has received some 9 million pre-orders for its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone from more than 100 global carriers, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Friday. | Samsung toppled Apple as the world's biggest smartphone make...
Mirovision boards $25m animation Empire Of The Ants
Screen Daily | Seoul-based production and sales outfit Mirovision has picked up international rights to $25m stereoscopic 3D CGI production Empire Of The Ants, which is an adaptation of French author Bernard Werber’s novel Les Fourmis. | Korea’s Anima House a...
Korea Won Halts Six-Day Drop as Government Pledges Action
Bloomberg | South Korea’s won advanced for the first time in seven days as the government signaled it may intervene to calm the market amid concerns the European debt crisis is deteriorating. Government bonds held steady. | South Korea has enough foreign res...
South Korea may limit exports to Iran on payment concerns: sources
Yahoo Daily News | SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is considering cutting its exports to Iran - mainly steel, cars and electronics - to reduce the risk of payment defaults as sanctions strangle Iran's earnings from oil exports, two sources with knowledge of the issue s...
S.Korea may limit exports to Iran on payment concerns -sources
Reuters | * South Korea considers quotas on exports, sources say | * Exports to Iran at $1.7 bln in 2012 Q1, up 49 pct y/y | * Imports from Iran at $2.9 bln in 2012 Q1, up 4 pct y/y | * Q1 Iranian crude imports at $2 bln, down 13 pct y/y | By Ju-min Park and...
Emerging Stocks Rebound From 4-Month Low on Fed Comment, China
Bloomberg | Emerging-market stocks rose from a four-month low on speculation China will boost consumer spending to stem an economic slowdown and on optimism the Federal Reserve will do more to stimulate the U.S. economy. | Haier Electronics Group Co. (1169) an...
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