South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. will build a US$560 million industrial complex in Vietnam to produce consumer electronics (CE) to meet growing global demand for home appliances, the company said Thursday.   The complex will be built in the southern Vietnamese city of Ho Chi Minh on a plot of 700,000 square meters. The scheduled completion date of the plant was not specified.   Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, delivered a formal written approv

Incheon, Oct. 1 -- About 100 Saudi Arabians living in Korea, Korean citizens and S-OIL employees rooted for a Saudi Arabian athlete in the final of the men's 200-meter race at the Incheon Asian Games held in the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium on Oct.1.  Fahhad Mohammed Alsubaie of Saudi Arabia won the silver medal in the race. They cheered for him ardently, shouting his name. “Since the rankings can vary by 0.01 seconds, the runners seem to feel a heavy pressure,” said an S-OIL employee. “We are del

Li Bun-hee, a former North Korean table tennis star, has been seriously injured in a car accident in Pyongyang, a U.S. news report said Thursday,.   If true, she is unlikely to attend the upcoming Incheon Asian Para Games to the disappointment of many South Koreans.   Li, currently chief of North Korea's disabled athletes association, is popular not only in the communist nation but also in South Korea. Li played on a unified Korea team in the 1991 table tennis championships. She played with Hyun

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, said Thursday that it has started near field communication payment service for its device users in China.   The company said it formed a partnership with UnionPay, China's sole bank credit card organization, for the service that is the first by a smartphone company in the world's second-largest economy.    The tieup with UnionPay, which controls 80 percent of China's offline payment market, is expected to give Samsung a head

Rep. Park Young-sun, the floor leader of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, stepped down Thursday following controversy over a bill aimed at determining the truth behind April's deadly ferry sinking.   "I am laying down the burden of the post of floor leader," she said in an e-mailed letter to all NPAD lawmakers. "It has been a difficult time, abandoning all of my beliefs, honor and pride in the name of responsibility." Rep. Park Young-sun, the floor leader of the main oppo

North Korea is believed to have carried out yet another engine test of its new intercontinental ballistic missile, the KN-08, a U.S. think tank said Wednesday, citing recent satellite imagery.   The test of the missile's first-stage engine took place in mid-August at the Sohae launch site in the North's northwest, adding to a series of engine tests Pyongyang has carried out since late 2013, said Joel Wit, a security expert who now serves as editor of the 38 North website at Johns Hopkins Univers

동물원을 참관 중이던 20대 초반 남성이 호랑이에 물어 뜯겨 사망함에 따라 동물원의 안전설비 미흡에 대한 비난 여론이 들끓고 있다. 외신의 최근 보도에 따르면 인도의 20세 초반 남성이 지난 23일 뉴델리의 국립 동물원에서 호랑이 구역 울타리를 타고 올라가다가 균형을 잃고 호랑이 굴로 떨어졌다.살라달라고 호랑이에게 비는 인도 남성. (유투브 캡쳐)호랑이가 탐색전을 벌이는 약 15분 동안 남성이 떨며 바닥에 주저앉아 두 손을 모으고 살려달라고 비는 모습이 다른 관람객의 카메라에 잡혔다. 곧이어 울타리 바깥 쪽에 구름처럼 모여든 관람객 중 한 명이 호랑이에게 돌을 집어 던지자, 위협을 느낀 호랑이가 남성을 공격했다. 호랑이는 남성의 목을 물어뜯어 치명상을 입힌 후, 자신의 구역 안쪽으로 물고 들어가 숨통을 완전히 끊어 놓았다. 신고를 받고 출동한 경찰과 동물원 직원은 안정제 총을 소지하지 않아, 남성이 호랑이에게 공격당하는 모습을 보면서도 발만 동동 구른 것으로 전해졌다. 사고 약 2시

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has received a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Ban's office said, without disclosing details on what it contained.   The letter was delivered on Saturday through North Korea's foreign minister, Ri Su-yong, who met Ban on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, according to the office.   Ban thanked Ri, the first North Korean foreign minister to attend the U.N. meeting in 15 years, for the letter and for his attendance, the office sa

South Korean companies and individuals invested nearly $23 billion in 50 tax havens over the past seven years, data showed Sunday.    According to the data by the National Tax Service and the Export-Import Bank of Korea, South Korean individuals and companies invested $22.77 billion in the tax havens from 2007 through 2013.    The amount represents about 12 percent of overall overseas investments made by South Korea worth 197.88 trillion won ($189.4 billion) during the period.    Of the tax have

Park Gyeol of South Korea on Sunday captured the individual gold medal in women's golf at the ongoing Asian Games.   Park shot a four-round total of 19-under 269 at the par-72 Dream Park Country Club in Incheon, becoming the third straight South Korean champion of the event.   The 18-year-old beat Budsabakon Sukapan of Thailand by two strokes. Another Thai, Supamas Sangchan earned the bronze at 14-under.   South Korea conceded the women's team gold medal to Thailand as its Asiad winning streak w

North Korean gold-medal winning weightlifter Kim Un-ju said Sunday that she felt the warm-heartedness of South Koreans who encouraged Kim during her record-breaking quest at the Incheon Asian Games.   In the women's under-75㎏ weightlifting on Thursday, Kim lifted 128㎏ in the snatch and then hoisted a world record of 164㎏ in the clean and jerk for a total of 292㎏ -- a new Asian Games record.   She is one of the four North Korean gold medal winners in weightlifting at this year's Asiad and also be

South Korea captured the gold and the bronze in the women's trios bowling event at the Asian Games on Sunday, bringing home the country's second gold from the sport.    The squad of Lee Na-young, Jung Da-wun and Son Yun-hee combined for 3,896 points to defeat the Singaporean team of Cherie Tan, New Hui Fen and Jazreel Tan by a margin of 143 points at Anyang Hogye Gymnasium in the city of Anyang, just south of the South Korean capital of Seoul.   Another South Korean team of Lee Yeong-seung, Jeon

South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Sunday that it has fined three major local builders a combined 25 billion won ($23.9 million) for colluding to fix bidding prices in a public project to build tidal outlets.    Samsung C&T, GS Engineering and Construction and Hyundai Engineering and Construction fixed their bidding prices for the project initiated in July 2009 by the state-run Korea Water Resources Corp., according to the Fair Trade Commission. The 221.7 billion won project is for building t

Despite lower profits than their overseas peers, South Korea's leading banking groups are paying their CEOs a much better salary, data showed Sunday.   The average annual pay last year for the country's top three banking groups reached an estimated 2.7 billion won ($2.6 million), according to data compiled from multiple financial institutions at home and abroad. By comparison, three top Japanese banking groups paid their CEOs an average 1.25 billion won, based on won-yen exchange rate at the end

South Korea picked up a gold medal and a bronze medal in team recurve archery at the Asian Games on Sunday.   In the women's recurve final, Jung Dasomi, Chang Hye-jin and Lee Tuk-young cruised to a comfortable 6-0 win over China in the set score to add another gold to the country's already extensive medal collection in the sport. The Chinese archers were Cheng Ming, Xu Jing and Zhu Jueman.   From the get go, China put up a feeble defense against the stalwart South Koreans, shooting a 7 and an 8

South Korea is falling further behind in its chip design industry compared to China, whose market growth is getting stronger, a report said Sunday.   China's fabless industry grew 28.1 percent last year from the previous year, marking sales of $5.76 billion, according to the report from the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade. The increase raised the country's global market share from 6 percent to 7 percent.   South Korea recorded $1.74 billion in sales, an increase of 2.6 percent

  할리우드 스타 배우 조지 클루니(53)가 27일(현지시간) 이탈리아 베네치아에서 레바논계 영국인 인권변호사 아말 알라무딘(36)과 결혼했다.클루니의 대변인인 스탠 로센필드는 "클루니와 알라무딘이 오늘 이탈리아 베네치아에서 비공개로 결혼했다"고 밝혔다고 영국 텔레그래프 등이 28일 보도했다. (AFP-Yonhap) (AP-Yonhap) (AP-Yonhap)할리우드 스타배우 조지 클루니(왼쪽)과 아말 알라무딘이 27일(현지시간) 이탈리아 베네치아에서 결혼했다. 사진은 결혼식 전날 베니스에 도착했을 때의 모습. (AP-연합)결혼식은 베네치아의 대운하(Canal Grande)을 굽어보는 파파도폴리 궁 안에 있는 7성급 호텔인 아만 카날 그란데에서 치러졌다. 이들은 29일에는 베네치아 시청 근처 카발리 궁에서 결혼 서약을 할 예정이다.주례는 클루니의 친구인 월터 벨트로니 전(前) 로마시장이 맡은 가운데 결혼식에는 미국의 유명모델인 신디 크로퍼드 부부와 록그룹 U2의 보노, 할리우드 동료

Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney and Lebanese-British lawyer Amal Alamuddin married in Venice on Saturday before partying the night away with their A-list friends in one of the most high-profile celebrity weddings in years.   "George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin were married today (September 27) in a private ceremony in Venice, Italy," Clooney spokesman Stan Rosenfield said.   The announcement came as a surprise as the pair were not expected to officially tie the knot until Monday, though they

South Korea is closely monitoring the won-yen exchange rate that financial authorities say has reached a worrisome range and is encouraging exporters to take some hedging measures, officials said Sunday."The low-yen trend has entered its third year, but it is showing signs of accelerating recently," an official staying close to exchange issues said. "Any lopsidedness in exchange rates can negatively impact the local economy. We are watching the situation very closely."The Korean won traded at 95

A British minister announced his unexpected resignation as a Sunday newspaper reported he had sent an explicit photo of himself online, in the latest setback to David Cameron's Conservative-led government.   "I have decided to resign as minister for civil society having been notified of a story to be published in a Sunday newspaper," said Brooks Newmark, a Conservative member of parliament since 2005.   "I would like to appeal for the privacy of my family to be respected at this time. I remain a