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Chinese look to South Korea for weddings

Source: United Press International

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Fri Nov 27 10:23:51 -0800 2009 | technology-news

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...

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iPhone's debut in South Korea means paradigm shift-- experts

Source: Inquirer.net

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Sat Nov 28 00:00:33 -0800 2009 | technology-news

Apple's top selling iPhone made its debut in South Korea Saturday with experts saying the iconic smartphone is likely to serve as a wake-up call for an IT industry basking in an isolated market. Hundreds of people lined up overnight...

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National › 9th Japanese death in Busan shooting range fire reported

Source: Japan Today

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Thu Nov 26 22:43:46 -0800 2009 | travel-news

A Japanese man badly burned in a fire at an indoor shooting range in the South Korean city of Busan died Friday morning at a local hospital, bringing the death toll from the blaze to 14, of whom nine were...

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‘Sex promising marriage not crime’

Source: Asian Age

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Fri Nov 27 00:10:05 -0800 2009 | political-news

South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down a decades-old law on Thursday that had punished men for making false promises of marriage to engage in sexual relations with women. The nine-member court ruled in a 6-3 verdict that the law infringed...

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S. Korea admits civilian massacre in war

Source: United Press International

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Thu Nov 26 15:26:56 -0800 2009 | travel-news

South Korea should formally apologize for the massacre of thousands of civilians at the beginning of the Korean War, a commission said Thursday. The country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which conducted an official inquiry, also called on the government to...

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South Korea H1N1 death toll tops 100

Source: United Press International

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Wed Nov 25 17:28:37 -0800 2009 | political-news

South Korea's death toll from the H1N1 rose to 104 after 22 more people died of the virus within the past week, health authorities say. But the rate of infections and the number of deaths declined from a peak last...

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Golf: Champions Tour releases 2010 schedule

Source: The Naples Daily News

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Tue Nov 24 18:45:37 -0800 2009 | sports-news

The Champions Tour today announced its 2010 tournament schedule will feature 26 official Charles Schwab Cup events and $51.5 million in official prize money, with the average tournament purse measuring in at a record $1.98 million. The 2010 season will...

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NRW backs literary adaptations

Source: Variety

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Tue Nov 24 22:19:02 -0800 2009 | political-news

A slew of high-profile literary adaptations are making their way to German screens, among them films based on Franz Kafka�s �The Burrow,� superstar scribe Daniel Kehlmann�s �Ruhm� (Fame), and �Wetlands,� the erotically charged bestseller by popular TV personality Charlotte...

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India's 10 fastest growing tech companies

Source: Rediff

Seoul :: South Korea | updated Tue Nov 24 05:18:09 -0800 2009 | business-news

Despite competitive conditions all round for industry players across India, the 50 companies on the Deloitte list have managed to achieve an average revenue growth rate of 372 per cent over the last three years. The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India 2009...

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