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Now playing Next South Korea Choi Soon-sil, at centre of political storm over Presidential ties in South Korea, is arrested The woman at the centre of a political scandal in South Korea which threatens the leadership of the country has been jailed. 01/11/2016
Now playing Next South Korea South Korean president's friend faces questioning over influence-peddling scandal South Korea’s president is under pressure to resign, and the woman at the centre of the political storm faced a swarm of angry protesters demanding her arrest. 31/10/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Samsung Electronics vows to regain trust as Note 7 costs slam profits Samsung pledges to work hard to earn back the public's trust after the Galaxy Note 7 disaster which lowered its third-quarter mobile earnings by 96%. 27/10/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Samsung launches future discount offer for Galaxy Note 7 owners Samsung steps up efforts to retain South Korean customers after the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco by offering discounts on the future 8 series handset. 24/10/2016
Now playing Next Business Line Samsung's reputation burned by Galaxy Note 7 disaster In Business Line we look at the hit to Samsung's bottom line and its reputation from the scrapping of the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7. 19/10/2016
Now playing Next South Korea Galaxy Note 7: Samsung offers replacement phones on flights out of Seoul Following the decision by a number of airlines to ban the carriage of Samsung Galaxy Note 7s aboard their planes, the South Korean tech giant is now offering alternative phones to affected users flyin 17/10/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Samsung gives latest cost estimates for Note 7 disaster Samsung says will take a hit to its operating profit of about 2.7 billion euros in the next two quarters from scrapping the Note 7 smartphone. 14/10/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Samsung launches Note 7 refund programme Trying to keep customers after the Galaxy Note 7 disaster Samsung is offering larger cash incentives to those who stay with the brand. 13/10/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Samsung abandons production of Note 7 In a statement, the company says it has made a "final decision" to stop making its star product. It comes in the wake of reports of devices spontaneously catching fire. 11/10/2016
Now playing Next South Korea Samsung announces total halt in production of Galaxy Note 7 Samsung halts production and sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and urges users to turn off the device amid renewed reports of fires. 10/10/2016
Now playing Next South Korea Samsung suspends production of Note 7 - reports News comes after reports of fires in replacement devices. Sources have not specified if specific problems identified or when production was halted. 10/10/2016
Now playing Next South Korea LG Electronics seeks to revive mobile fortunes with V20 smartphone South Korea’s LG Electronics has unveiled its new V20 smartphone, seeking to recover from a series of losses in the mobile market. 07/09/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Samsung shares rise despite massive Note 7 smartphone recall Samsung Electronics' shares rose on Monday despite the anticipated losses from the recall of 2.5 million Note 7 smartphones in 10 countries after the batteries in some caught fire or exploded. 05/09/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Smartwatch revolution? As Apple Watch sales slide, can the eSIM that is fitted in Samsung's smartwatch offerings offer hope for the future of wearables? 29/08/2016
Now playing Next South Korea North Korea threatens nuclear strike on joint US-South Korean military exercises North Korea has slammed the joint South Korean-American annual military exercises as provocative, and has threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike. 22/08/2016
Now playing Next South Korea South Koreans protest deployment of US anti-missile defence system Hundreds of South Koreans have had their heads shaved in protest over a government decision to install a US manufactured anti-missile defence unit. 15/08/2016
Now playing Next Business Series South Korea suspends Volkswagen sales over emissions scandal South Korea has suspended sales of most Volkswagen models for allegedly forging documents on diesel engine emissions or noise-level tests. They will now have to be re-certified. 02/08/2016
Now playing Next no comment Protests over South Korea's 'comfort women' deal with Japan Student protesters in South Korea show their anger over a Japanese government-funded foundation to support “comfort women” – females who were forced to work in Japan’s wartime… 29/07/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Samsung Q2 profit better than expected Samsung has reported better than expected quarterly profit but warned earnings from phones will weaken in the rest of the year. 28/07/2016
Now playing Next no comment Shaving heads, another way to protest in South Korea Thousands of residents of South Korea’s southern county of Seongju held a rally on Thursday (July, 21) in Seoul to protest against the government’s decision to choose their town as a site where a… 22/07/2016
Now playing Next Sport 'Soohorang' and 'Bandabi' unveiled as Pyeongchang 2018 mascots The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games’ organising committee have officially unveiled the mascots for the next Olympic and Paralympic games, “Soohorang” and… 18/07/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Smartphones set to take Samsung to profit rebound Samsung is set for its best quarterly profit in more than two years thanks to robust sales of its flagship Galaxy S7 smartphones. 05/07/2016
Now playing Next South Korea Shock election defeat for South Korea ruling party For the first time in 16 years, South Korea’s ruling conservative party has lost control of parliament. The centre-right Saenuri Party of President 14/04/2016
Now playing Next South Korea Seoul announces new sanctions after North Korea's latest nuclear threats Seoul says 40 individuals and 30 entities suspected of having links to North Korea's weapons programme are facing sanctions 08/03/2016
Now playing Next Cinema Spirits Homecoming: an homage to South Korea's sex slaves Spirits Homecoming is a South Korean film about comfort women and is based on the horrors experienced by so-called sex slaves in Japanese military 04/03/2016
Now playing Next no comment South Korea: Hologram rally A human rights group used holographic images of protesters in an offbeat rally to demand freedom of assembly. Amnesty International South Korea made 25/02/2016