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Korean CEOs Go Abroad to Recruit Top Talent
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Teachers and parents play a bigger role than peers in keeping teens in school says Ming-Te Wang.
Used Car Sales Surpass New Cars in S. Korea
In 2011 S. Koreans bought 2.32 million used cars to only 1.6 million new cars, with the average price of used cars rising to 7 ...
Korea Takes Over Battery Leadership from Japan
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Susumu Tonegawa Traces Memory to Specific Brain Cells
A Nobel laureate solves the mystery of memory with mice and a light-activated protein.
US Executives Fret About Rising Costs, Slowing Growth in China
US executives doing business in China are worried about rising labor costs, slowing growth and unfair treatment from Beijing but continue to see the country ...
Buffet Enters China's Surging Business Jet Market
Warren Buffet's NetJets has partnered with Chinese private equity firm Hony Capital and Fung Capital to tap China's exploding demand for business and private jets, ...
A Third of China's City Folks Own Smartphones
Among those living in China's cities, a third own a smartphone, with two thirds of them being used to surf the Web daily, according to ...
Foxconn to Double China Worker Wages by End of 2013
Foxconn, the world's leading contract manufacturer, will boost the minimum monthly salaries of its China workers by 82% by the end of 2013, according to ...
Spicy Ramen Regains Ground Lost to White in S. Korea
The popularity surge of bland white ramens that had gobbled up S. Korean market share once held by perennial spicy red favorites appears to have ...
Young Hun Song Isolates Flowering Trigger Mechanism
UW researcher Young Hun Song has solved the tantalizing riddle of how plants know when to flower.
$1.6-Bil. Chinawood Film Park Set to Open in Wuxi
A gargantuan 10-billion-yuan ($1.58 bil.) digital film park called Chinawood will open at the end of May in the commercial and technological hub of Wuxi.
China Said to Be Planning $315 Bil. Stimulus Package
China is preparing to pump 2 trillion yuan (US$315 billion) into another economic stimulus packages, according to a Credit Suisse report.
Robert Chang Leads Solar Cell Breakthrough
Robert Chang has taken a big step toward cheap, durable and efficient solar cells that can be printed on.
China to Overtake US in Online Retail Sales in 2013
China will replace the US as the world's leading online retail market in 2013, according to an official forecast Tuesday by the Ministry of Commerce.
China SUV Sales Surge in Sluggish Auto Market
China's SUV sales jumped 18.05% in the first quarter while sales of its auto industry as a whole slipped 3.4%, according to data from China ...
China Slips Below S. Korea in Competitiveness Rankings
China slipped below S. Korea in world competitiveness rankings but both nations remain above Japan which had been the world's most competitive nation 23 years ...
China Firms Show Voracious Appetite for Bargains in West
China's outbound direct investments (ODI) surged 72.8% to $23.16 billion during the first four months of this year over the same period last year, according ...
Suntory, Asahi Maneuver for Alliance with Tsingtao
Suntory Holdings Ltd., Japan's top beverage maker, is in tieup talks with China's Tsingtao Brewery as a way to expand sales in China, said inside ...
Chery Sets New Export Record for Chinese Carmakers
Chery Automobile Co set a monthly export record for domestic carmakers by exporting 20,093 vehicles in May, a 42.4% jump year-on-year and 15.4% month-on-month, the ...
Panasonic to Rescue Scandal- Hit Olympus with $630 Mil.
Panasonic Corp. has agreed to provide up to ¥50 billion ($630 mil.) to rescue scandal-ridden Olympus Corp. and become its biggest shareholder, according to inside ...
China's Outbound Direct Investment May Hit $2 Tril. by 2020
China's outbound foreign direct investment (ODI) could reach a total of $2-trillion by 2020, according to a report by US-based research firm Rhodium Group.
Anubhav Tripathi Creates Flu-Diagnosis Biochip
A new biochip enables portable diagnosis of viral strains.
Two More Asian Brands Set to Emerge Globally
Korea's Kyochon Chicken and China's Huawei cellphones are two of five international brands set to emerge into the American consciousness as they grow into global ...
Chip Wafer Demand Outstrips Taiwan Semi's Capacity
Surging demand for energy-efficient chips for smartphones, tablet PCs and other mobile devices is exceeding the capacity of Taiwan Semiconductor to manufacture wafers used for ...
Rise of Budget Carriers Drive Asia Air Traffic Growth
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific are expected to lead the world's regions in profits this year, and much of it will be reaped by the new ...
China to Revive Cash-for-Clunkers Program in 2012
China is reviving its cash-for-clunkers program to boost slowing auto sales growth and its efforts to cut auto emissions, the Ministry of Finance announced Thursday.
Claudia Chung Brings Realism to Pixar Heroine
Claudia Chung has made sure that Pixar's new animated heroine will be totally believable.
Yejin Choi Devises Method to Detect Fake Reviews
Yejin Choi has devised a statistical technique for spotting hotel reviews marred by clusters of fakes.
China-Japan Joint Venture to Make Saab Electric Cars
The Chinese bio-energy entrepreneur who engineered the purchase of Swedish carmaker Saab out of bankruptcy last week hopes to use the Saab brand to produce ...
China to Boost Consumption by Improving Logistics
As a key part of its effort to stimulate consumer spending China will introduce “concrete measures” to improve logistics efficiency and cut costs, said former ...
Jack Ma Prepares for IPO by Taking Alibaba.com Private
Alibaba Group chairman Jack Ma completed the privatization of the ownership of its leading subsidiary Alibaba.com by having its shares delisted from the Hong Kong ...
Samsung Galaxy S3 Dominates Europe Smartphone Sales
Samsung's new Galaxy S3 smart phone has won top reviews in all five European markets in which it was launched on May 28, the company ...
Korean Movies Find Profit in Lust and Skin
Korean filmmakers are finding that sexy movies work well to fend off Hollywood's summer blockbusters, accounting for a flood of titillating fare this May, according ...
Xiaonan Lu Uncovers Potent Garlic Antibacterial
Xiaonan Lu has isolated a garlic compound 100 times better at killing harmful bacteria than leading antibiotics.
HTC Clings to No. 5 Spot Despite Smartphone Plunge
Taiwan's HTC remains the world's No. 5 smartphone maker despite loss of market share to Samsung and Apple, according to US-based International Data Corp.
China Policies to Boost Sagging Wind Power Industry
China's new wind power push is re-energizing a wind-power industry suffering plunging profits from a global glut.
Desney Tan Uses Sound Waves for PC Gesture Control
Tan's sound-based gesture control system uses only a PC's standard speakers and microphones.
Apple Offers to Settle iPad Suit by Shenzhen Proview
Apple has offered to pay to settle the suit filed by Shenzhen Proview to protect its trademark in China of the iPad name at a ...
Sony in Last-Ditch Bid to Cut Way Out of Record Losses
Sony plans to eke out a net profit of ¥30 billion ($390 mil.) for the full year this year despite a record ¥455 billion ($5.7 ...
United States Reclaims Top Spot in IPOs from China
The United States has reclaimed its former status as the world's leading nation for initial public offerings (IPOs) this year after losing it to China ...
Samsung to Begin Production of 55-Inch OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics kicked off a new era in TV technology by introducing a 55-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV that's slated to go into mass ...
Picky Korean Consumers Foster Global Product Trends
S. Korea is becoming a hotbed of consumer product innovation for global export thanks to the pickiness of its sophisticated consumers, according to Chosun Daily.
China Loosens Money Supply on Easing Inflation
China cut the bank reserve ratio requirement from 20.5% to 20.0% Saturday to signal its intention to loosen the money supply this year.
Sonny Vu Makes Wearable Health Sensors Painless
Sonny Vu wants to make health diagnoses an automatic part of daily life.
Japanese Banks Booked 36% More Profits in 2011
In fiscal 2011 ending in March Japan's five major banking groups posted net profit of 2,402.5 billion yen ($30.08 bil.), a 36.3% jump over fiscal ...
SK to Develop Next-Gen Fuel Cells with Danish Firm
S. Korea's third largest conglomerate signed an agreement Tuesday to partner with a Danish firm to develop a next generation fuel cell.
Siva Sivaram Halves Cost of Thin-Film Solar Cells
Siva Sivaram has created a multimillion dollar proton accelerator that can cut by half the cost of producing solar cells.
Apple to Order Record $11 Bil. in Samsung Parts
The epic ongoing patent litigation hasn't dulled Apple's appetite for Samsung chips and state-of-the-art displays, as its orders to the Korean electronics giant are expected ...
Korean CEOs Go Abroad to Recruit Top Talent
This is the seventh year that LG Chem CEO Kim Ban-seok has visited the United States in search of employees, holding another recruitment fair at ...
Ming-Te Wang Shows Adults Key to Keeping Teens in School
Teachers and parents play a bigger role than peers in keeping teens in school says Ming-Te Wang.
Used Car Sales Surpass New Cars in S. Korea
In 2011 S. Koreans bought 2.32 million used cars to only 1.6 million new cars, with the average price of used cars rising to 7 ...
Korea Takes Over Battery Leadership from Japan
Samsung SDI's strong growth and a recent surge by LG Chem have given Korea its first lead over Japan's Panasonic and Sony in the global ...
Susumu Tonegawa Traces Memory to Specific Brain Cells
A Nobel laureate solves the mystery of memory with mice and a light-activated protein.
US Executives Fret About Rising Costs, Slowing Growth in China
US executives doing business in China are worried about rising labor costs, slowing growth and unfair treatment from Beijing but continue to see the country ...
Buffet Enters China's Surging Business Jet Market
Warren Buffet's NetJets has partnered with Chinese private equity firm Hony Capital and Fung Capital to tap China's exploding demand for business and private jets, ...
A Third of China's City Folks Own Smartphones
Among those living in China's cities, a third own a smartphone, with two thirds of them being used to surf the Web daily, according to ...
Foxconn to Double China Worker Wages by End of 2013
Foxconn, the world's leading contract manufacturer, will boost the minimum monthly salaries of its China workers by 82% by the end of 2013, according to ...
Spicy Ramen Regains Ground Lost to White in S. Korea
The popularity surge of bland white ramens that had gobbled up S. Korean market share once held by perennial spicy red favorites appears to have ...
Young Hun Song Isolates Flowering Trigger Mechanism
UW researcher Young Hun Song has solved the tantalizing riddle of how plants know when to flower.
$1.6-Bil. Chinawood Film Park Set to Open in Wuxi
A gargantuan 10-billion-yuan ($1.58 bil.) digital film park called Chinawood will open at the end of May in the commercial and technological hub of Wuxi.
China Said to Be Planning $315 Bil. Stimulus Package
China is preparing to pump 2 trillion yuan (US$315 billion) into another economic stimulus packages, according to a Credit Suisse report.
Robert Chang Leads Solar Cell Breakthrough
Robert Chang has taken a big step toward cheap, durable and efficient solar cells that can be printed on.
China to Overtake US in Online Retail Sales in 2013
China will replace the US as the world's leading online retail market in 2013, according to an official forecast Tuesday by the Ministry of Commerce.
China SUV Sales Surge in Sluggish Auto Market
China's SUV sales jumped 18.05% in the first quarter while sales of its auto industry as a whole slipped 3.4%, according to data from China ...
China Slips Below S. Korea in Competitiveness Rankings
China slipped below S. Korea in world competitiveness rankings but both nations remain above Japan which had been the world's most competitive nation 23 years ...
China Firms Show Voracious Appetite for Bargains in West
China's outbound direct investments (ODI) surged 72.8% to $23.16 billion during the first four months of this year over the same period last year, according ...
Suntory, Asahi Maneuver for Alliance with Tsingtao
Suntory Holdings Ltd., Japan's top beverage maker, is in tieup talks with China's Tsingtao Brewery as a way to expand sales in China, said inside ...
Chery Sets New Export Record for Chinese Carmakers
Chery Automobile Co set a monthly export record for domestic carmakers by exporting 20,093 vehicles in May, a 42.4% jump year-on-year and 15.4% month-on-month, the ...
Panasonic to Rescue Scandal- Hit Olympus with $630 Mil.
Panasonic Corp. has agreed to provide up to ¥50 billion ($630 mil.) to rescue scandal-ridden Olympus Corp. and become its biggest shareholder, according to inside ...
China's Outbound Direct Investment May Hit $2 Tril. by 2020
China's outbound foreign direct investment (ODI) could reach a total of $2-trillion by 2020, according to a report by US-based research firm Rhodium Group.
Anubhav Tripathi Creates Flu-Diagnosis Biochip
A new biochip enables portable diagnosis of viral strains.
Two More Asian Brands Set to Emerge Globally
Korea's Kyochon Chicken and China's Huawei cellphones are two of five international brands set to emerge into the American consciousness as they grow into global ...
Chip Wafer Demand Outstrips Taiwan Semi's Capacity
Surging demand for energy-efficient chips for smartphones, tablet PCs and other mobile devices is exceeding the capacity of Taiwan Semiconductor to manufacture wafers used for ...
Rise of Budget Carriers Drive Asia Air Traffic Growth
Airlines in the Asia-Pacific are expected to lead the world's regions in profits this year, and much of it will be reaped by the new ...
China to Revive Cash-for-Clunkers Program in 2012
China is reviving its cash-for-clunkers program to boost slowing auto sales growth and its efforts to cut auto emissions, the Ministry of Finance announced Thursday.
Claudia Chung Brings Realism to Pixar Heroine
Claudia Chung has made sure that Pixar's new animated heroine will be totally believable.
Yejin Choi Devises Method to Detect Fake Reviews
Yejin Choi has devised a statistical technique for spotting hotel reviews marred by clusters of fakes.
China-Japan Joint Venture to Make Saab Electric Cars
The Chinese bio-energy entrepreneur who engineered the purchase of Swedish carmaker Saab out of bankruptcy last week hopes to use the Saab brand to produce ...
China to Boost Consumption by Improving Logistics
As a key part of its effort to stimulate consumer spending China will introduce “concrete measures” to improve logistics efficiency and cut costs, said former ...
Jack Ma Prepares for IPO by Taking Alibaba.com Private
Alibaba Group chairman Jack Ma completed the privatization of the ownership of its leading subsidiary Alibaba.com by having its shares delisted from the Hong Kong ...
Samsung Galaxy S3 Dominates Europe Smartphone Sales
Samsung's new Galaxy S3 smart phone has won top reviews in all five European markets in which it was launched on May 28, the company ...
Korean Movies Find Profit in Lust and Skin
Korean filmmakers are finding that sexy movies work well to fend off Hollywood's summer blockbusters, accounting for a flood of titillating fare this May, according ...
Xiaonan Lu Uncovers Potent Garlic Antibacterial
Xiaonan Lu has isolated a garlic compound 100 times better at killing harmful bacteria than leading antibiotics.
HTC Clings to No. 5 Spot Despite Smartphone Plunge
Taiwan's HTC remains the world's No. 5 smartphone maker despite loss of market share to Samsung and Apple, according to US-based International Data Corp.
China Policies to Boost Sagging Wind Power Industry
China's new wind power push is re-energizing a wind-power industry suffering plunging profits from a global glut.
Desney Tan Uses Sound Waves for PC Gesture Control
Tan's sound-based gesture control system uses only a PC's standard speakers and microphones.
Apple Offers to Settle iPad Suit by Shenzhen Proview
Apple has offered to pay to settle the suit filed by Shenzhen Proview to protect its trademark in China of the iPad name at a ...
Sony in Last-Ditch Bid to Cut Way Out of Record Losses
Sony plans to eke out a net profit of ¥30 billion ($390 mil.) for the full year this year despite a record ¥455 billion ($5.7 ...
United States Reclaims Top Spot in IPOs from China
The United States has reclaimed its former status as the world's leading nation for initial public offerings (IPOs) this year after losing it to China ...
Samsung to Begin Production of 55-Inch OLED TVs
Samsung Electronics kicked off a new era in TV technology by introducing a 55-inch organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV that's slated to go into mass ...
Picky Korean Consumers Foster Global Product Trends
S. Korea is becoming a hotbed of consumer product innovation for global export thanks to the pickiness of its sophisticated consumers, according to Chosun Daily.
China Loosens Money Supply on Easing Inflation
China cut the bank reserve ratio requirement from 20.5% to 20.0% Saturday to signal its intention to loosen the money supply this year.
Sonny Vu Makes Wearable Health Sensors Painless
Sonny Vu wants to make health diagnoses an automatic part of daily life.
Japanese Banks Booked 36% More Profits in 2011
In fiscal 2011 ending in March Japan's five major banking groups posted net profit of 2,402.5 billion yen ($30.08 bil.), a 36.3% jump over fiscal ...
SK to Develop Next-Gen Fuel Cells with Danish Firm
S. Korea's third largest conglomerate signed an agreement Tuesday to partner with a Danish firm to develop a next generation fuel cell.
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