January 15, 2012
A handout from the Italian Guardia de Finanza shows the Costa Concordia, after the cruise ship ran aground and keeled over off the Isola del Giglio. Two South Korean honeymooners were rescued Sunday from a cruise ship that hit rocks and keeled over off the west coast of Italy, but three were confirmed dead [...]
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January 14, 2012
 People are seen mingling in front of a display of LG Electronics televisions during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where LG unveiled their 55-inch OLED TV, said to be the world’s largest. The TV set was later crowned ‘best gadget’ of the CES. A razor-thin television from LG Electronics was [...]
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December 20, 2011
No disciplinary measures taken after civil aviation authority finds national carrier breached its own procedures and regulations A Vietnam Airlines aircraft taxiing at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. The national flag carrier has broken its own rules in hiring foreign pilots, an inquiry has found. National carrier Vietnam Airlines (VNA) has been breaking its [...]
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November 19, 2011
US President Barack Obama (R) listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during their meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia summits in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, on November 19. US President Barack Obama held previously unannounced talks with China’s Premier Wen Jiabao [...]
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November 19, 2011
Workers in Ho Chi Minh City struggle with unstable jobs, abuse at work, and bosses who flee to avoid paying employees Workers from Miso Vina Company stay at the company yard around the clock awaiting payment after the South Korean director fled to avoid paying their salaries Binh burns leaves and sticks at night [...]
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November 13, 2011
Accusations and denials as Vietnam Airlines co-pilot suspected of using bogus certification Passengers alight from a Vietnam Airlines plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. The national flag carrier is trying to verify if it recruited a South Korean pilot with bogus flight records. The Civil Aviation Authority [...]
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November 12, 2011
Auto industry insiders say authorities have given an unfair tax advantage to Hyundai Thanh Cong, allowing the car maker to import whole frames at low tariffs applicable only to separate components. According to Hyundai Thanh Cong, which assembles and imports models of the South Korean car maker Hyundai, the company was allowed to import [...]
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November 11, 2011
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak (right) ushers his Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang during a ceremony in Seoul. AFP Vietnam agreed on Tuesday to seek greater nuclear energy cooperation with South Korea, opening the way for its participation in the development of an atomic power plants in energy-hungry Vietnam. The agreement was reached during [...]
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September 12, 2011
The Overseas Labor Management Department announced Thursday that 8,780 of more than 60,000 Vietnamese guest workers are residing illegally in South Korea, Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported. The department quoted a report sent by South Korean Ministry of Labor and Employment as saying the number of illegal Vietnamese laborers in South Korea is [...]
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July 4, 2011
A consumer looks at South Korean dried seaweed products at Big C Supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. The Vietnam Food Administration (VFA) is checking dried seaweed products in local supermarkets after Australia recalled a type of South Korean dried seaweed for containing excessive iodine levels. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has ordered to [...]
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