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| Seoul shares gain 1.5 pct as telecoms advance (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) |
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SEOUL, Nov 9 -
Seoul stocks gained 1.5 percent on Friday, rebounding from steep falls
in the previous day, boosted by hanarotelecom after top mobile operator
SK Telecom confirmed a potential bid for a stake in the broadband firm. |
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| Seoul shares fall 3.1 pct, biggest loss in 3 weeks (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) |
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SEOUL, Nov 8 -
Seoul stocks fell 3.1 percent to a two-week closing low on Thursday,
posting their biggest daily percentage fall in nearly three weeks, as
fears over global credit markets hit banks such as Shinhan Financial
and exporters. |
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| seoul shares fall 3 pct, financials slide (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) |
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SEOUL, Nov 8 -
Seoul stocks extended earlier falls to more than 3 percent on Thursday,
as heightened fears over global credit markets hit financials such as
Shinhan Financial Group and firms with big overseas earnings. |
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| Banyan Tree to open city spa club in Seoul (World Leisure News) |
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Resort and spa
operator Banyan Tree has signed a management contract for its first
Banyan Tree-branded city club property in Seoul, South Korea. Situated
in Namsan, in the heart of the city, the Banyan Tree Club and Spa will
be operated on a membership basis. |
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| Vietnam leader, after N.Korea visit, to go to Seoul (Reuters via Yahoo! News) |
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The leader of
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party is to visit South Korea next week, a
month after he made a rare trip to North Korea, as Hanoi boosts ties on
both sides of the divided Korean peninsula. |
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| N. Korea Shows Signs of Opening Up, After Decades of Self-Imposed Isolation (Washington Post) |
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SEOUL -- Choi
Won-ho has made six trips to North Korea in the past two years,
struggling each time to convince the reclusive government there that
the time was ripe for a chicken franchise. |
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| Base transfers top Gates agenda in Seoul (AP via Yahoo! News) |
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The transfer of
U.S. military bases to the South Koreans is on track and going
smoothly, U.S. officials said as Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his
top military leaders gathered Tuesday for two days of meetings with
their Seoul counterparts here. |
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| Brand Power Builders Suffer Setback in Seoul (donga.com) |
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GS E&C
constructed 411 units in the high-rise residential-commercial complex
?Muk-dong Xi?, in Jungrang-gu, Seoul. Up to now, only 94 people,
including those considered third priority, have applied to buy,
creating a competitive rate of just 0.23. The going rate is 16.5
million won per 3.3mē. |
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| North Korea thanks U.S. Navy for help in fighting off pirates (CNN.com) |
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SEOUL, South
Korea (AP) -- North Korea expressed gratitude to the United States
Thursday for helping one of its ships repel pirates, the latest sign of
improving relations between the longtime foes as the North scales back
its nuclear program. |
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| Seoul shares turn lower after nearing record (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News) |
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SEOUL, Nov 7 -
Seoul stocks ended 0.5 percent lower on Wednesday after just missing a
record, as fuel cost-sensitive stocks such as Korean Air tumbled on
strong oil prices, but an improving outlook lifted tech shares
including LG Electronics. |
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