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Samsung forecasts record fourth-quarter profit, but still misses analysts’ expectations

sudshr47 January 9, 2018

Samsung Electronics expects to post another record profit for the final quarter of 2017, but it results may still fall a bit short of analysts’ expectations. In earnings guidance issued today, Samsung said it estimates operating profit of about 15.1 trillion won (or $14.13 billion) on sales of about 66 trillion won. Read More

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Crunch Report | South Korea Announces New Cryptocurrency Regulations

sudshr47 December 29, 2017

South Korea announces new cryptocurrency regulations coinciding with the drop in bitcoin prices, YouTube gets pulled from Fire TV and SoftBank will now own about 15 percent of Uber. All this on Crunch Report. Read More

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Here’s how ‘Old Boy,’ a 2003 film, deviates from the original manga in just a few very meaningful ways

sudshr47 December 22, 2017

It made our list of favorite adaptations of all time, so here’s a deep dive into the bonkers story of a man locked away for years, and his struggle to get revenge. Park Chan-wook’s incredible 2003 film deviates from the original manga in just a few V…

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K-pop boy band star Jonghyun dies at age 27

sudshr47 December 18, 2017

Kim Jong-hyun, frontrunner of K-pop boy band SHINee, died on Monday, according to South Korean media reports. His death is believed to be a suicide.
The 27-year-old, known as Jonghyun, was reportedly found unconscious at an apartment in southern Seou…

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BTS scored Asia’s ‘golden tweet’ for 2017, to no one’s surprise

sudshr47 December 5, 2017

BTS, the current reigning kings of K-pop are also the kings of social media.

Twitter announced on Tuesday that the South Korean boy band tweeted Asia’s “golden tweet” of the year, with a video that broke a million in engagement — 778,000 likes and 374,000 retweets, to be specific.

웃음참느라 진짜 힘들었다 후하후하 pic.twitter.com/OYw2sIfTIv

— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) July 10, 2017

The video shows one of the boys, Jungkook, asleep while another bandmate stuck a french fry in his mouth.

The seven-man group most recently made its U.STV debut at this year’s American Music Awards, where it lit up social media after its live performance. Read more…

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Samsung picks up another AI firm to boost Bixby’s brains

sudshr47 November 29, 2017

Samsung’s not giving up on Bixby, despite initial lukewarm responses to its AI assistant.
Bixby is the South Korean firm’s answer to other voice assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa. But when it debuted, fans found it just wasn’t as smart …

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A North Korean defector flees to freedom under a barrage of gunfire

sudshr47 November 22, 2017

Warning: Some viewers might find the above video disturbing.

It’s the stuff of action movie climaxes, but IRL.

A new video captured by the United Nations Command depicts a North Korean soldier defecting by crossing the “Joint Security Area” (JSA) of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The gunfire that the escape attempt drew is a violation of the truce between North and South Korea, the first such violation since a similar escape attempt in 1984.

In the video, the former soldier flees by military jeep. But when he gets stuck in a ditch right on the border, the soldier — whose last name is Oh, according to Stars and Stripes — sprints from the driver’s seat and attempts to run. His former fellow soldiers rain bullets on him, and he gets shot multiple times. South Korean soldiers eventually crawl through the JSA and drag him to safety. Read more…

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Some poor guy had to sit between Trump and South Korea’s president for a ‘casual’ meal

sudshr47 November 9, 2017

Oh man, imagine having to be this guy.

On Tuesday, U.S. president Donald Trump stopped by military base Camp Humphreys for lunch, during his official visit to South Korea.

For some reason, they sat one single soldier between Trump and South Korean president, Moon Jae-in. So that guy sat awkwardly while Trump and Moon talked across him.

A video clip of the incident has been picked up on South Korean TV, highlighting the poor guy’s stunned expression as he sat between the two world leaders, apparently too terrified to eat. Read more…

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