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SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 'The 8th RFID/USN Korea 2012', International Exhibition & Conference, was opened today on 25th. This exhibition is held from 25th, Sep to 27th under the theme 'Accelerate IT Convergence with Smart Sensing !' at COEX, KOREA by Ministry of knowledge Economy, Ministry of public administration and security and Korea Communications Commission. With 'RFID/USN Korea 2012' related products and services are gathered at one spot. 'The 8th...
MUMBAI, India, September 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New facility in Troy, Michigan to create local employment opportunities For picture, please visit http://www.mahindra.com/News/Press-Releases/1348031089 Left to Right: Rajan Wadhera, Chief Executive Technology & Product Development Automotive and Farm Sectors, Mahindra Group; Janice Daniels, Mayor, City of Troy; Michael Finney, President & CEO of MEDC, and Prashant Kamat, CEO...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- YG Entertainment and Live Nation announce the first ever U.S. tour dates by world famous Korean group BIGBANG. Two concerts have been confirmed in the United States, part of the BIGBANG ALIVE GALAXY GLOBAL TOUR 2012, including November 3rd at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and November 9th at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Tickets for both shows go on sale at 10:00 am (ET/PT) Saturday, September 22, 2012 at...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISSI) today announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced tender offer for Chingis Technology Corporation ("Chingis") for cash consideration of $34 million, or $15 million net of the approximately $19 million in cash on Chingis' balance sheet. Chingis shares representing 94.1% of total Chingis shares outstanding were successfully tendered. Chingis will now operate as a...
HONG KONG, Sept. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Celestial Tiger Entertainment (CTE), one of Asia's largest vertically integrated independent entertainment companies, announced today that it has expanded its content distribution business with Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, to cover all of East Asia. In addition to representing Lionsgate exclusively in Greater China and Southeast Asia, CTE will now be distributing all Lionsgate television content as well as...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MEL Telecom (Daejeon, Korea for Headquarters; Brea, California for USA) announces the signing of a strategic business contract with AEPONyX (Montreal, Canada) for initiating sales and marketing of the world's first Carrier Ethernet platform based on WDM-PON technologies. After nearly two years of design and manufacturing followed by actual field deployment, the two companies entered a contract designed to promote effective distribution of...
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Korea was unchanged in July at 119.2 (2004 = 100), following a 0.7 percent decline in June, and a 1.1 percent decline in May. At the same time, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for Korea, a measure of current economic activity, increased 0.3 percent in July to 118.1 (2004 = 100), following a 0.4 percent decrease in June, and a 0.6 percent increase in May. The...
WASHINGTON and SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Partners of Sughrue Mion PLLC , a global intellectual property law firm, recently addressed the impact of new U.S. patent legislation on international markets at the 2012 BIO KOREA Health for Humanity Conference held in Seoul, Korea on September 12-14. The 7(th) Annual BIO KOREA Conference focused on a diverse range of applications and areas such as medical care, food, agriculture, energy, chemicals, and the...
VISTA, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Building Products, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOB) is pleased to announce that Eco Red Shield(TM )lumber protection combined with a new generation of seismic and high-wind engineered shear wall elements known as Smart Components® developed and licensed by Trussed, Inc. are currently on display this week at Korea's 2012 BMC Exposition. As realized through our product's presence this week in Korea, Eco Red Shield is rapidly gaining product...
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In commemoration of the 60th Korean War anniversary, war veterans Joseph C. Tirrell and Jason W. Bowling will finally make their long journey back to the land of the morning calm, a war-torn country they left nearly 60 years ago. Tirrell with his wife and Bowling with his daughter Karen L. Healy, the grand prize winners of the essay contest "Korean War Veteran's Enduring Legacy", received a once-in-a-lifetime trip to South...
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The long-tailed goral (Naemorhedus caudatus), also known as the Chinese gray goral, is a species of wild goat that can be found in northern and eastern Asia. Its range includes China, Russia, and Korea. It prefers a habitat in mountainous regions with little vegetation and rocky ground. This species lives near crevices, which it uses for safety and shelter. Occasionally, these goats can be found in the area of evergreen or deciduous forests. The long-tailed goral differs in size depending...
The Sea Pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi) is an edible species of tunicate. It is known as the Meongge in Korea and the Hoya or Maboya in Japan. This creature lives in shallow water, usually attached to rocks and artificial substrate. It is adapted to cold water temperatures between 36 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit, but prefer temperatures close to 54 degrees F. This creature is known for both its peculiar appearance, described by journalist Nick Tosches as “something that could exist only in...
White Forsythia or Nakai (Abeliophyllum distichum) is a species of flowering plant of the family, Oleaceae. It is the only species in its genus. It is endemic to Korea, where it is endangered in the wild. It is known as Abelialeaf in Korea. It is related to the Forsythia, but differs in having white, not yellow, flowers. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in Europe and North America. It is a deciduous shrub that grows to 3.25 to 6.5 feet tall. The leaves are simple, 2.33 to 4 inches...
The Northern Pika, Ochotona hyperborea, is a species of pika found across northern Asia, from the Ural Mountains to northern Japan and south through Mongolia, Manchuria, and northern Korea. There are several subspecies of this pika. An adult Northern Pika has a body length of 5 to 7.33 inches, and a tail less than a half inch. The pika sheds its fur twice annually, bearing a reddish-brown coat in the summer and grayish-brown in the winter.
The Baikal Teal (Anas formosa) is a dabbling duck measuring on average 39 and 43 cm. It is slightly larger and longer-tailed than the Common Teal. Breeding habitat includes the forest zones of eastern Siberia from the Yenisey basin eastwards to Kamchatka. It is a migratory species, wintering in Japan, Korea and northern and eastern China. The breeding male is unmistakable, with a striking green, yellow and black head-pattern and a white vertical line at the side of the breast....
