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Toyota close to $1 bln deal to settle U.S. probe -WSJ

IndustryFeb 8, 2014

A logo of Toyota Motor Corp. is seen on the company`s fuel cell concept (FCV) vehicle at the company`s showroom in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014. Japanese exporters led by Toyota Motor Corp. are set to report higher third-quarter profit as a weaker yen fuels the country`s longest stretch of earnings growth since 2007. Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp is close to a deal to pay $1 billion to...
HTC, Nokia reach settlement on patent lawsuits

TechnologyFeb 8, 2014

Taiwan's smartphone maker HTC said Saturday it has signed a patent and technology collaboration agreement with Finnish phone giant Nokia to end all pending patent litigation between them. Under the deal, HTC will make payments to Nokia and the collaboration will involve HTC's LTE patent portfolio to further strengthen Nokia's licensing offering, a company statement said. The companies will also...
일본 외무상, 한국과의 관계 개선 강조

한국어판Feb 8, 2014

(연합) 기시다 후미오 일본 외무상이 7일(현지시간) 미국 워싱턴DC에서 존 케리 미국 국무장관과 면담 후 한•일 관계 회복을 위해 노력하겠다고 말했다. 기시다 장관은 회담직후 공동 기자회견에서 “한•일 관계에서 어려운 문제들이 있지만 한국은 일본의 중요한 이웃국가”라고 말했다. 그는 이어 일본 정부는 “광범위한 견지에서 한국과 협력관계를 구축하기 위해 “꾸준히 노력할 것”이라고 말했다. 그는 “케리 장관과 한국의 비핵화를 위해 3국간 협력이 있을 것임을 동의했다.”고 전했다. 한국과 일본이 영토와 역사문제로 갈등을 겪으면서 미국은 지역안보 문제를 해결하기 위한 3국간의 협력을 추진하는 데 어려움을 겪었다. 미국은 지난 12월 아베 총리의 야스쿠니 신사 참배에 대해서 실망감을 표했지만, 이번 면담에...
In U.S., Japan's FM says close ties with S. Korea crucial

Foreign affairsFeb 8, 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida deliver remarks to media after their meeting at the Department of State in Washington D.C., the United States, Feb. 7, 2014. Kerry on Friday reaffirmed U.S. treaty obligations to Japan, vowing to maintain the prosperity and stability in Asia Pacific. (AP-Yonhap) After talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ...
Samsung Antitrust Probe Over Patent Use Closed by U.S.

IndustryFeb 8, 2014

Samsung Electronics Co. won’t be penalized for its efforts to exclude certain Apple Inc. products from the U.S. market after the Justice Department closed an investigation without taking action. The department’s antitrust division closed its review because the U.S. Trade Representative in August vetoed an import ban won by Samsung against some older Apple iPhone models, the U.S. said in a statem...
스티븐 김 ‘간첩 혐의’ 유죄인정, 징역 13개월

한국어판Feb 8, 2014

국가정보 유출혐의로 미국 정부의 의해 기소된 미국의 군사안보전문가 스티븐 김(김진우) 박사가 유죄를 인정했다. 김 박사는 미국 최대의 국립 핵연구기관 리버모어 연구소 소속이던 2009년 5월 국무부 공보담당자로부터 폭스 뉴스 기자에게 북한핵 문제를 설명해 주라는 요청에 응했으나 보도후 기밀을 누설했다는 혐의로 수사를 받게 됐다. 김 박사는 워싱턴DC 소재의 연방지방법원에서 열린 심리에서 자신이 간첩법을 위반했다고 시인했다. 해당 정보는 북한의 군사적 능력과 대비태세와 관련된 내용이며 TS/SCI급으로 분류된 정보였으며 김 박사는 직책상 이런 정보에 접근이 가능했다고 검찰 측은 강조했다. 매킨 검사는 "스티븐 김은 자신이 내부고발자(whistleblower)가 아니며, 자신이 행위가 미국을 위험에 처할...
Silicon Valley power-grid attack 'terrorism': regulator

InternationalFeb 8, 2014

A former regulator says a 2013 shooting which nearly knocked out Silicon Valley's power supply was a terror attack, possibly testing for a bigger strike, but others cast doubt on the claim. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday it could not rule anything out, but that the attack on an electricity substation near San Jose was more likely a criminal matter, rather than terrorism-re...
Korean-American man pleads guilty on secret leak charge

North KoreaFeb 8, 2014

A former U.S. State Department arms expert, Stephen Kim, on Friday pleaded guilty to leaking secret information on North Korea to the media. Kim, a Korean-American, is charged with revealing classified information about the possibility of a North Korean nuclear test to a Fox News reporter in 2009. At a U.S. federal court hearing here, Kim pleaded to "one count of making an unauthorized disclosu...
Apple closes gap with Samsung in China market

IndustryFeb 7, 2014

Samsung Electronics’ smartphone market share in China fell in the fourth quarter of 2013 as its rival Apple saw a marked increase. Analysts said Apple would continue to see a rise in the first quarter of this year as it recently signed a new deal with China’s largest telecom carrier China Mobile Communications Corporation. According to research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung’s smartphone marke...
Mobile business boosts Naver

IndustryFeb 6, 2014

A man looks at NHN Corp.’s Naver homepage. (Bloomberg) Naver Corporation, the nation’s largest search portal company, saw a sharp jump in its stock price after posting strong earnings on Thursday. Analysts predicted Naver’s shares would soon outstrip American Internet company Google thanks to its Line messenger service’s continued growth and the possibility of its subsidiary Line Corporation go...
Microsoft says not planning to build data center in Korea

IndustryFeb 4, 2014

A Windows operating system logo sits on display outside Microsoft Corp.’s new store in Germany. (Bloomberg) Despite the calls that the data of Korean Microsoft users should be stored locally, the global tech giant has no plans to build a data center here, Microsoft Korea said Tuesday. “We have no plans to build a data center in Korea for the time being,” a company spokesperson said. And becaus...
KT suffers first quarterly deficit in four years

IndustryJan 28, 2014

KT, the nation’s second-largest telecom operator, on Tuesday reported a deficit in its quarterly operating profit for the first time in four years, mostly on account of its sluggish performance in its communications business, combined with its big spending on handset subsidies. The company’s fourth quarter operating loss stood at 149.4 billion won ($138 million), with a net loss of 300 billion w...
다음 카닥 1분기에 전국으로 확대

Jan 27, 2014

자동차 정비 어플 다음 카닥이 올해 전국 매장으로 확대한다. 이준노 대표는 현재까지 수도권, 대전, 대구, 부산까지 확장했으며 “올해 1분기 안에 전남권, 강원도와 제주도를 포함하여 전국으로 확장할 계획”이라고 코리아헤럴드와의 인터뷰에서 말했다. 올해 1월에 분사한 카닥은 바로 이어 다음에서 투자를 받게 된다. 현재 지분을 보유한 4명의 창립 멤버가 경영권을 갖고 있으며, 다음은 관계사 형태가 된다. 투자 문의도 잇따라고 있다. “카닥의 주요 고객층이 30~40대 수입 차 오너들이다 보니 금융권에서도 투자에 관심을 보인다”는 것이 이대표의 말. 그는 현재 “카닥의 라이벌은 없다”며 자신감을 드러내며 4~5개월 전 네이버나 SK Planet과 같은 동종업체가 수백 억 원을 투자해서 같은 사업에 ...
TV, Smartphone sales boost LG Electronics earnings

IndustryJan 27, 2014

South Korea’s tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said Monday its net loss narrowed in the fourth quarter of 2013 from a year earlier on improved smartphone sales. Its net loss came to 63.4 billion won ($58.76 million) in the October-December period, improving from the 478.1 billion won posted a year earlier, LG Electronics reported in a regulatory filing. Revenue, or sales, edged up 0.8 percent on-...
Slowing smartphone sales cast cloud over Samsung Electronics

IndustryJan 24, 2014

Source: Samsung Electronics The quarterly operating profit for Samsung Electronics, the world’s top maker of smartphones, fell for the first time in two years amid a slowdown in smartphone sales. The tech giant said on Friday its fourth-quarter earnings in 2013 showed sluggish performance, posting 8.3 trillion won ($7.7 billion), down by 18.2 percent from the previous quarter. This is largely d...

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