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Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday that it is on track to exceed its 2009 handset-sales target of 200 million units, partly helped by brisk sales of touchscreen hand-held devices. Samsung, the world's second-largest handset vendor by shipments after Nokia Corp.,...

For years, strict regulatory barriers kept Apple from bringing the iPhone to South Korea. But a much-lauded September ruling from the Korea Communications Commission helped open up the cell phone market. In South Korea, the iPhone will be powered by...

A South Korean wedding company says it is using the Internet to woo Chinese couples looking for better services than Chinese firms provide. The company, iWedding Networks, is advertising a four-day wedding planning package that includes pre-wedding photo sessions and...

President Obama's push to improve math and science education for children has some heavy hitters for the younger set: Elmo and Big Bird. Besides two of the best-known denizens of Sesame Street, joining Obama Monday as he discusses initiatives designed...

Schools across the U.S. continued to record high levels of absenteeism as children stayed home sick with flu symptoms. Doctors at Montreal's children's hospitals are urging parents of children with mild flu symptoms to treat them at home. In pioneering...

Apple's iPhone will go on sale in South Korea this week, offered by the country's No...South Korea, a market for 47 million mobile users, is home turf for the world's No. Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, which are stepping up...

South Korea — South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone, amid reports the hit device could reach consumers by the end of this month. The Korea Communications Commission gave its approval at a...

South Korea's LG Display Co. said its third-quarter net profit nearly doubled from a year earlier, thanks to a steady rise in prices of flat-screen panels stemming from key component shortages and strong demand for liquid crystal displays from China....

The numbers don't line up exactly the way they did in the StatCounter report, but the end result is the same. Google gained market share last month at the expense of Yahoo! and Microsoft. Ask.com also gained ground, but it...