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Bank of Korea keeps lending rate unchanged
UPI.com
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The Bank of Korea said Thursday it would keep its seven-day repurchase rate unchanged at 2.25 percent, a move that surprised some ...

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Dehaier Medical Systems Announces Engagement of RedChip Companies to Lead ...
MarketWatch (press release)
... Paris, France; and Seoul, Korea. RedChip delivers concrete, measurable results for its clients through its extensive national and international network ...

Dehaier Medical Systems Announces Engagement of RedChip Companies to Lead ...
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
... and financial public relations firm headquartered in Orlando, Florida ; with affiliate offices in Beijing, China ; Paris, France ; and Seoul, Korea . ...

Doosan wins major Saudi plant deal
Korea Times
The Seoul-based company has landed 11 trillion won worth of orders so far this year, which is already an annual record, as it continues to exploit ...

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Floods in the North, an opportunity for peacemaking between the Koreas
AsiaNews.it
Seoul (AsiaNews) – Floods that devastated North Korea last month have provided an unexpected opportunity for the two Koreas to make up. ...

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KNOC nears Dana takeover, firm on $2.6 bln offer
Reuters Africa
SEOUL/LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Korea National Oil Corp [KOILC.UL] looked closer to securing the 1.67 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) hostile ...

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AmStem Announces International Scientific and Medical Board of Advisors; Stem ...
NewsBlaze
AmStem Inc. is a corporation registered in the State of Nevada with offices in San Francisco, California and Seoul, Korea. The company is a world leader in ...

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Kufuor back home from three-nation tour
Ghana News Agency
Accra, Sept 8, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufuor arrived back home Tuesday night after working visits to Nairobi, Dar-Es-Salam, and Seoul. ...

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North Korea Marks Its 62nd Anniversary
New York Times
SEOUL, South Korea — North Koreans marked the 62nd anniversary of their nation's founding on Thursday by bowing before a statue of its ...

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South Korean CRO MediCROstar Joins Medidata Solutions' Channel Partner Program
National Post (registration) (blog)
Founded in 2006, Seoul-based MediCROstar specializes in electronic case report format (eCRF) data management and protocol development for ...

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Asian stocks rise on improved US, Europe confidence
Economic Times
Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 index closed up 0.99 percent, or 45 points, at 4582.2, Hong Kong rose 0.37 percent, or 78.41 points, to 21167.27 and Seoul ended up ...

Lamy Pushes For Conclusion Of Doha Round
Tax-news.com (subscription)
Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organization, has met with Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, in Seoul in order to add impetus to the Doha ...

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Exclusive: Pictures of the facelifted i10 leaked
Car Dealer Magazine
Issued by the Korean manufacturer's global PR team to mark the mayor of Seoul's first drive in an electric prototype of the car, they reveal for the first ...

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A Phone Concept That Places Moisture-Damage at the Heart of the Design
Gizmodo.com (blog)
Presumably that was the thinking behind Seoul designer Bon-Seop Ku's Aqua GUI concept phone. [Coroflot via Core77] Send an email to Kat Hannaford, ...

Market hits fresh 31-month high in late trade
India Infoline.com
In South Korea, the Seoul Composite rose 0.29% after the Bank of Korea kept interest rates on hold. The Bank of Korea unexpectedly left its benchmark ...

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Korea Global Forum 2010 Under Way in Seoul
Arirang News
... the South Korean government has launched its first annual global gathering of public officials and experts from 11 countries in the capital Seoul. ...

Revised Hyundai i10 revealed
Autocar
These pictures were taken at an event in Seoul showcasing the i10 BlueOn (an electric car due for launch in 2012) complete with the city car's new exterior ...

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East Asian Weather Report
Radio Taiwan International
... be sunny with highs in the upper twenties. Tokyo will have mostly sunny skies with a high of 30 C. And Seoul will have thunderstorms with a high of 26 C.

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SKorea indicts pastor over illegal trip to NKorea
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — A news report says South Korean authorities have indicted a Christian activist who made an unapproved visit to North Korea. ...

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Analysts: BA and Iberia looking into buying Finnair
Helsingin Sanomat
Nagoya and Osaka in Japan, as well as the South Korean capital Seoul are destinations of Finnair, but not of BA. The other destinations are the same. ...

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