Monthly Archives: March 2010
Busan News for Monday, March 15th, 2010
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Busan News for Friday, March 12th, 2010
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World’s richest man shares thoughts…
William Henry Gates III better known as “Bill Gates” is the world’s richest man (at least for now) according to Fortune Magazine. Many people are fascinated about the man who’s accrued more wealth than anyone else for most of the years Fortune has compiled their list for the past 20 or so years. I’ll admit I also wonder what the richest person in the world thinks and wonder if what he says and thinks that may inspire me to do the same.
So, where can we find these profound thoughts? He wrote “The Road Ahead” in 1995. So, here’s the first chance beyond his emails and communication to his coworkers and friends that the public could read about what he was thinking. He followed up in 1999 with “Business @ the Speed of Thought. ” Of course Gates is profiled in the media quite often, but since that’s unpredictable when he’ll be quoted, there’s a few other ways to follow this very successful individual. Continue reading
Busan News for Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
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Busan News for Monday, March 8th, 2010
Middle School Student Murder in Busan
Now that the body of the missing middle school girl, Lee, has been found in Busan, police are concentrating their full efforts on arresting the murder suspect.
Lee’s body was found around 9:30 pm on the 6th in a water tank on the roof of a one-story house only 50 meters from her house.
She was stripped naked and her clothes and shoes were placed in a plastic bag and hidden under lime powder and construction tiles in the tank. Continue reading
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Busan News for Friday, March 5th, 2010
Accident Rate in Busan is the Highest among 7 Largest Korean Cities
Reports show that Busan has the highest rate of death by accidents of the 7 largest cities in the country and the economic loss from those deaths amounts to more than 1 trillion 11 billion won.
The results were revealed through a diagnosis of the safety of local communities and were presented by a team led by professor 배정이. The analysis, which is based on 2008, showed that accidents killed nearly 60 out of every 1 thousand people in Busan, compared to 45.5 in Seoul, 49.7 in Ulsan, 57.1 in Daegu, and 57.3 in Incheon. Continue reading
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Busan News for Thursday, March 4th, 2010
East Busan Tourism Complex Sites to be Sold
Sites at the DongBusan tourism complex will be will be divided and sold separatedly now that the project has been delayed for a short time due to a lack of investors. The Busan Metropolitan Corporation said that it is hard to more forward with the project because it has yet to draw in a massive resource of capital. The corporation said that it would find investors by slicing up the complex into individual units and facilities. The entertainment and beach zones will be divided into 185 square meters plots first and investors will be sought after until the 25th. This new tactic has increased the voices of concern about the project now that it is proceeding in a way without unity.
Busan to the North Pole: Discussions Start Continue reading
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Busan News for Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Plans to Enhance Gaming Industry in Busan
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Busan News for Monday, March 1st, 2010
Today’s Samil Jul (삼일절), a national holiday here in Korea. So, the staff downstairs at KNN aren’t here to write some Busan specific news for all of you to read. So, I scoured the Internet for any “Busan” specific news stories. Not much was available today unfortunately.
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