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Bangladesh S. Korea climbers die while descending Everest
Two climbers have died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest on Monday night, officials confirmed. The climbers have been identified as Mohammad Khalid Hussain of Bangladesh and Sung Ho-Seo of South Korea. Khil Lal Gautam, official at Tourism Ministry, said that Ho-Seo, who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen, refused to put on oxygen mask on returning to tent as ...
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Asia Markets Tokyo stocks soar as Sydney Seoul retreat
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Australian and South Korean stocks dropped Thursday on worries the Federal Reserve could downscale its bond purchases, while Japanese shares marched to fresh multiyear highs as several exporters got a lift from the weakened ...
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Seoul shares may retreat from 7-wk highs on Fed worries
SEOUL | Wed May 22, 2013 7:36pm EDT SEOUL May 23 (Reuters) - Seoul shares may pull back from 7-week highs on Thursday after Wall Street declined on concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may start to roll back its stimulus programme in the coming months. "The share market will probably start off in negative territory. Investors will likely behave more defensively," said Bae Jae-hyun, ...
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Seoul World Design Capital
In 2010, Seoul held the title of World Design Capital for the year, a coveted acknowledgment of the city’s progress in the development of its design-oriented industries and a foundation for the implementation of further development projects in preparation for 2010.
Seoul is a thriving global city of over 12 million people and the capital of South Korea, a country that has seen rapid development over the last few decades to become one of the newly emerged first world countries of the late 20th century. Read more
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