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  • No breakthrough for Samsung Elec despite 11th-hour C-suite visit to union No breakthrough for Samsung Elec despite 11th-hour C-suite visit to union SEOUL, May 15 (AJP) - Top executives of Samsung Electronics failed Friday in an eleventh-hour attempt to avert a looming general strike after visiting the labor union office of the world’s largest memory chipmaker, whose exports alone account for roughly one-fifth of South Korea’s total outbound shipments. Mindful of the government’s determination to prevent a strike at a company whose pro
  • Seoul offers Canadians a real submarine ride in last stretch of submarine race Seoul offers Canadians a real submarine ride in last stretch of submarine race SEOUL, May 15 (AJP) - A South Korean flag-bearing submarine will surface at the Port of Victoria, off Canada's western coast, later this month after a two-month journey with Canadian crew members aboard — sailing from Jinhae in southern Korea in a symbolic outreach as Ottawa weighs Team Korea against Europe for a multibillion-dollar submarine contract. The bid to supply Canada with up to 12 next-gen
  • Asias next harvest held hostage by the drawn-out Hormuz disruption Asia's next harvest held hostage by the drawn-out Hormuz disruption SEOUL, May 15 (AJP) - The Middle East war that began with oil is now squeezing Asia's soil. Nearly three months into the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the disruption that first hit refineries and shipping desks is migrating into rice paddies, urea silos and government budgets across a continent that feeds more than half the world's population. Abo
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