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Tech giant Samsung unveils hotly anticipated first foldable smartphone
5 Sep, 2019
*ISLAMABAD - Tech giant Samsung has said it will launch its hotly anticipated first foldable smartphone on Friday, months after faulty screens forced an embarrassing delay of its release.* The world’s largest smartphone maker spent nearly eight years developing the Galaxy Fold but had to hold ...
S. Korean presidential hopeful quits after rape accusation
6 Mar, 2018
Seoul:A former South Korean presidential contender stepped down as a provincial governor Tuesday and announced his retirement from politics after a secretary accused him of multiple rapes. The stunning fall of Ahn Hee-jung -- who came second to Moon Jae-in in the contest to select the Democratic ...
Samsung Electronics posts record Q3 profits of $10 bn
31 Oct, 2017
Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics logged a record profit of 11.2 trillion won -- $10.0 billion -- in the July to September period, it said Tuesday, its best for any quarter.The world's biggest memory chip and smartphone maker has had its de facto leader jailed for bribery and faced ...
Defence lawyers for S.Korea's Park quit over alleged bias
16 Oct, 2017
Seoul: Former South Korean president Park Geun-Hye's defence lawyers resigned en masse Monday in protest at what they called a biased corruption trial, as the ex-leader described the proceedings as "political revenge".Park faces multiple charges including bribery, coercion and abuse of power for ...
S Korea’s new President expresses willingness to visit N Korea
10 May, 2017
SEOUL: South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In was sworn in on Wednesday, just a day after a landslide election victory, and immediately declared his willingness to visit Pyongyang amid high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. Left-leaning Moon, a former human rights lawyer, backs engagement ...
Suspected human bones recovered from S Korea’s Sewol ferry
10 May, 2017
SEOUL: Suspected human bones were recovered Wednesday from South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry, officials said -- after having to embarrassingly withdraw a similar assertion after the ship was salvaged in March. The 6,800-ton vessel sank off the country's southwestern coast three years ago, ...
South Korea elections: Moon Jae-in becomes President
9 May, 2017
SEOUL: Liberal politician Moon Jae-in won South Korea’s presidential election on Tuesday, exit polls showed, an expected victory that would end nearly a decade of conservative rule and bring a more conciliatory approach toward North Korea.A decisive win by Moon, with more than 40 percent of votes ...
Voting begins in South Korea for Presidential election
9 May, 2017
SEOUL: South Koreans went to the polls Tuesday to choose a new president, after Park Geun-Hye was ousted, detained and indicted for corruption, and against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. More than 139,000 voting stations opened at 6 am local time (2100 GMT) across the ...
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 hits stores in South Korea
21 Apr, 2017
SEOUL: Samsung's new Galaxy S8 went on sale over the counter in South Korea Friday as the world's biggest smartphone maker seeks to move on from a disastrous handset recall and corruption scandal that has hammered its once-stellar reputation. The device, unveiled in New York last month and a ...
South Korea next leader to rein in Trump over N Korea: analysts
20 Apr, 2017
SEOUL: When South Korea fills a presidential vacuum next month, analysts say the first order of business for its new leader will be to tame Donald Trump's aggressive approach towards the nuclear-armed North. The impeachment of former president Park Geun-Hye -- who took a hard line on North Korea ...
