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Seoul shares hit lowest in more than 3 months

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

SEOUL, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Seoul shares extended losses to over 3.6 percent on Friday, hitting their lowest intraday level in more than three months, as deepening concerns about Dubai's debt problems rocked financial and construction issues.

Seoul shares fall over 2.5 pct on Dubai fears

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

SEOUL, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Seoul shares extended losses to over 2.5 percent on Friday amid deepening concerns about Dubai's debt problems, which hit Seoul construction and financial issues including KB Financial Group .

Seoul shares seen lower on Dubai worries

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

SEOUL, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Seoul shares may open lower on Friday amid deepening concerns about Dubai's debt problems, which hit European markets overnight and are set to continue pressuring construction issues on worries about cancelled or delayed orders.

U.S. Intelligence Chief Secretly Visited Seoul

The Intelligence Daily (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

The U.S. national intelligence director secretly visited Seoul early this week to discuss Korea's dispatch of troops to Afghanistan, it emerged on Thursday. Dennis Blair oversees 16 intelligence agencies including the CIA.

Lift Presentations @ Seoul Tomorrow

LIFT Conference Blog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Our friend Andrea Bianchi is organizing a Lift@home in Seoul tomorrow! Join him at Sogang University to explore the furute of audio and sound technology! Sound Waves from the Future 3 talks for 3 perspective over the future of Audio and Sound Technology in music and art. Since this event is the result of the joint collaboration between 2 organizations, Lift@Home and Dorkbot Seoul, presenters will...

Seoul shares fall 0.8 pct as builders lose ground

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

SEOUL, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Seoul shares fell 0.8 percent after volatile trade on Thursday, as builders sank on order worries following news of financial troubles at Dubai's flagship state-owned firms, but techs and retail issues lent support.

FC Seoul Are Out And Senol Gunes Is Off

Soccerphile Football | Soccer Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

With the benefit of hindsight it was written in the stars that FC Seoul’s season would end last Saturday after losing to Chunnam Dragons in the first round of the K-league’s championship play-offs. Seoul thought they shouldn’t have needed to play the match at all. The capital club spent the whole season slugging it out with Jeonbuk Motors at the top of the K-League and expected to...

Seoul shares open down on financials, outlook data

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

SEOUL, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened lower on Thursday on losses by financials including Shinhan Financial Group , and amid caution about the economic outlook following weaker South Korean business sentiment data.

Seoul shares may rise;eyes on Hynix, Samsung Elec

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009

SEOUL, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Seoul shares are set to open higher on Thursday after gains overnight on Wall Street, but rises may be limited amid caution about the economic outlook and following weaker South Korean business sentiment data.

LED maker Seoul raises $248 million

EE Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

LED manufacturer Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd. has announced that it and its affiliate company, Seoul Optodevice Co. Ltd., have raised $248 million by way of a share issue.

CloudCamp Seoul (December 16th)

ElasticVapor - Life in the cloud (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

I wanted to quickly let everyone know about an upcoming CloudCamp in Seoul December 16th. We're currently looking for a few additional sponsors to help cover some of the costs. If you're interested in helping out, please get in touch . Registration: http://cloudcamp-seoul-09.eventbrite.com Location: Hotel Seoul Kyoyuk Munhwa HoeKwan 202, Yangjae-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul http://www.temf.co.kr/eng/ Agenda:...

Babson College Holds Asia Pacific Family Summit: Stimulating Entrepreneurship in Family Firms

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

WELLESLEY, Mass., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The Babson College STEP Project For Family Enterprising (Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) held its second Asia Pacific Family Summit at the Korean Federation of Banks in Seoul, Korea.

• Babson College Holds Asia Pacific Family Summit: Stimulating Entrepreneurship In Family Firms - Newswise

South Korea Admits Civilian Killings During The Korean War

War News Updates (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Aftermath of a Korean War massacre. Photo from Rewind the Fifties From The New York Times: SEOUL, South Korea — In the opening months of the Korean War, the South Korean military and the police executed at least 4,900 civilians who had earlier signed up — often under force — for re-education classes meant to turn them against Communism, the country’s Truth and Reconciliation...

Lithium and REE: South Korea to invest $259 mln in rare metals by 2018 TNR.v, CZX.v, WLC.v, LI.v, RM.v, CLQ.v, SQM, FMC, ROC, AVL.to, RES.v, QUC.v, F

Sufiy. (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Everybody would like to secure supply of Lithium and REE. Hong Kong 5th REE conference was all about China and its place in global supply chain of REE - nobody knows for sure how much do they have available now and there are some estimations that starting from 2014 they will consume all their production of REE. Koreans are looking into the future and investment public is following the story . "...

Growing dialogue reduces tensions on Korean Peninsula, expert says

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Seoul - Tensions are reducing on the Korean Peninsula as dialogue increases with North Korea, an economic security analyst said. The security status in Korea is moving away from confrontation towards dialogue, said Dong Yong Seung, who leads the ec...