Korean-Americans are continuing to voice their opinions of the safety of American beef:
Korean-American organizations in New York, Washington and Los Angeles on Monday expressed concern about a health scare surrounding American beef in South Korea. Korean-Americans, who on the whole consume more beef than average Koreans, said they don’t understand why a demagogic slogan such […]

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I figured it was only a matter of time before the Korean-American community weighed in on the current US beef nonsense going on in Korea:
The Korean American Association of Greater New York has blasted some media outlets in Seoul for, as the organization put it, irresponsibly reporting groundless claims on the safety of U.S. beef.
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The hypocrisy of the US beef scaremongering in Korea is incredible:
The impending resumption of imports of U.S. beef has spawned a proliferation of rumors on the Internet about the perils of mad cow disease, amplifying confusion and fears among consumers. This was not helped by the airing of an edition of “PD Diary”, the famous […]

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If there was ever a market that hybrid cars should sell well in, it is Korea with its slow moving traffic packed roads.
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It seems like the dollar is dropping against every other currency in the world, but for some reason the Korean Won continues to rise finishing at 1029 won to $1 US dollar yesterday.
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The usual clowns are out protesting the possible US Free Trade Agreement with the United States:
Following the release of a video showing the unethical handling of “downer” cattle at a California slaughterhouse, which led to fears of U.S. beef being contaminated by mad cow disease, a Korean consumer group held a demonstration on […]

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Incheon Airport continues to rank number one in the world:
Incheon International Airport has been named “Best Airport Worldwide” for a third consecutive year in an annual airport service quality survey conducted by the Airports Council International (ACI).
According to Incheon International Airport and ACI, Incheon ranked the world’s best by scoring top marks in 30 […]

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It looks like the bribes to the central Iraqi government finally got through:

A South Korean consortium led by the Korea National Oil Corp. (KNOC) has secured the right to develop oil fields in a northern Kurdish-controlled area in Iraq, according to the state-run oil firm Thursday.
In a related move, Ssangyong Engineering & Construction and other […]

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The Korean version of Google is going to go through some modifications:

Google Inc. said Wednesday it has overhauled its Korean-language search engine to broaden its appeal in South Korea, one of the world’s most wired countries and one of the few where Google isn’t dominant.
Local search engines such as NHN Corp.’s Naver Web site lead […]

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It looks the like the real reason for the existence of the Zaytun unit is having some issues:

The Iraqi government has suspended crude oil exports to Korea’s SK Energy, following a call on Korean businesses to halt development of oil fields controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government.
SK Energy on Tuesday said the Iraqi government in […]

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Does anyone else find it interesting that Korea has no current self made billionaires?:

Amazing as these stories are. By 2007, 54% of Asia’s 160 billionaires, were self-made–that’s lower than the global average–67% of World’s 946 billionaires ranked on Forbes were self-made–but thanks to a new class of Chinese tycoons, Asia’s percentage will likely jump in […]

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I just can’t imagine there is going to be much of a market for this in Korea:

Lamborghini SpA, the Italian sports-car unit of Volkswagen AG, said Friday it will sell its luxury sports cars in South Korea next year through a local dealership to take advantage of the country’s booming market for imported vehicles.

Imagine trying […]

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