Youkyung Lee

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A woman visits the Samsung Electronics Co.'s showroom in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Samsung Electronics Co. said operating profit declined to a two-year low in the second quarter, hit by the strong local currency and slowing demand for smartphones in China.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Samsung earnings hit by slowing China sales

Youkyung Lee · July 8, 2014 9:00 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping greets children during a welcome ceremony at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Xi's choice to meet with South Korean President Park Geun-hye over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un upends the practice since Beijing and Seoul forged diplomatic ties in 1992 of Chinese presidents choosing to make Pyongyang their first official destination on the Korean Peninsula. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-ji, Pool)

China, South Korea agree to boost economic ties

Youkyung Lee · July 3, 2014 11:23 am

Samsung to build $1B display factory in Vietnam

Youkyung Lee · July 3, 2014 11:01 am

Owner of sunken ferry blamed for 5 earlier crashes

Youkyung Lee · June 30, 2014 7:15 am

FILE - In this April 17, 2014 file photo, Kim Han-sik, CEO of Chonghaejin Marine Co. Ltd., which owns the sunken ferry Sewol, is escorted by helpers to hold a press conference at Incheon Port International Passenger Terminal in Incheon, South Korea. Kim, 71, did not deny that the ferry was overloaded with cargo and had been redesigned, but contended that it was questionable whether those factors led to the sinking, according to his lawyer, Kang Seok-won. Prosecutors on Friday said the CEO and four employees of the operator of the sunken ferry caused the accident by overloading the ship with poorly stowed cargo after a risky redesign and neglecting safety by spending less than $2 last year on crew training. (AP Photo/Yonhap, File) KOREA OUT

S. Korean ferry operator CEO blamed for sinking

Youkyung Lee · June 20, 2014 12:07 pm

CEO of South Korean ferry operator to enter plea

Youkyung Lee · June 20, 2014 5:33 am

South Korean ferry crew face hostile crowd, judges

Youkyung Lee · June 10, 2014 9:02 am

HOLD FOR USE WITH STORY SLUGGED SOUTH KOREA DIGITAL LIFE GADGET WATCH LG LIFEBAND TOUCH BY YOUKYUNG LEE, A reporter wearing LGâs Lifeband Touch, shows for the photograph in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Gadget Watch: LG Lifeband Touch needs a purpose

Youkyung Lee · June 6, 2014 7:31 am

Workers clean windows of a building in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, June 5, 2014. South Korea's economic growth hit its highest level in three years in the first quarter, boosted by new home construction and exports of electronics. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korea’s 1Q growth hits 3-year high

Youkyung Lee · June 5, 2014 2:12 pm

In this May 16, 2014, HOLD FOR USE WITH STORY SLUGGED SOUTH KOREA SHIP SINKS DEMONIZED CREW BY YOUKYUNG LEE, middle school students bow during a memorial service for South Korean ferry Sewol chief officer Yang Dae-hong at a hospital in Incheon, South Korea. The letters at a banner read Sewol ferry chief officer Yang Dae-hong was not a coward to the end". (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Can South Korea conduct fair trial of ferry crew?

Youkyung Lee · June 1, 2014 7:02 am

Daum Communications Corp. CEO Choi Sae-hoon, left, and Kakao Corp. CEO Sirgoo Lee listen to reporter's question during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 26, 2014. Mobile messenger service Kakao Talk is seeking a backdoor listing on the South Korean stock exchange by combining with the country's second largest Internet portal. Daum Communications Corp. and Kakao Corp. said Monday that Kakao shareholders will get 1.556 Daum shares for each Kakao share they own. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Kakao eyes backdoor listing by combining with Daum

Youkyung Lee · May 26, 2014 7:50 am

Samsung apologizes to sickened chip workers

Youkyung Lee · May 14, 2014 12:26 pm