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Samsung raises profit target to $26 bil. this year | By Kim Yoo-chul | Samsung Electronics has revised up its cumulative operating profit target for the year to 30 trillion won ($26 billion). | Analysts and Samsung officials told The Korea Times that ... (photo: WN / Geeta) Korea Times Electronics Korea Photos Profit Wikipedia: Samsung Electronics |
Philippines rewards the poor as Asia's income gap widens | MANILA (Reuters) - Fe Capco and her five children live in a shack with no running water along a dirt track in eastern Manila. She earns about $100 a month washing clothes and her husband used to bri... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) Hartford Courant Asia Manila Philippines Photos Wikipedia: Philippines |
Mali's military leaders 'repel counter coup' | Mali's ruling military leaders have said in a message aired over state television said that they are in control of the state broadcaster building, the airport, and the milit... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera Africa Democracy Mali Photos Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état |
Dissident Chen Guangcheng's case complicates U.S.-China ties WASHINGTON — Even before a blind human rights lawyer slipped away from house arrest in rural China last week, Washington and Beijing were each trying to navigate a turbulent time in their intern... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung) The Los Angeles Times China Photos Politics US Wikipedia: Chen Guangcheng |
U.N. panel prepares to expand North Korea sanctions: envoys | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, South Korea, Japan and European nations have submitted to the U.N. Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee lists of individuals and firms the... (photo: AP / Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tae) Daily Press N. Korea Nulear Photos UN Wikipedia: North Korean missile tests |