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US first lady Melania Trump meets South Korean students to promote sports for girls

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — U.S. first lady Melania Trump attended a launch event on Tuesday (November 7) to encourage increased participation of girls in sports programs ahead of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. She arrived in South Korea earlier in the day for a two-day trip, where U.S. President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in are expected to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. Melania Trump said boys and […]

Samsung Electronics posts record Q3 profits of $10 bn

by Jung Ha-Won Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics logged a record profit of 11.2 trillion won — $10.0 billion — in the July to September period, it said Tuesday, its best for any quarter. The world’s biggest memory chip and smartphone maker has had its de facto leader jailed for bribery and faced a recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device. But its net profits soared […]