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...party members of accepting bribes, and Ahn Hee Jung, a presidential aide who is currently on trial for allegedly funneling $166,000 from a faltering commercial bank into a private political research institute set up by Roh. Meanwhile, investigators from the Supreme Public Prosecutors' Office recently raided offices at Samsung Electro-Mechanics, part of the Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate; Hyundai Capital, the auto finance arm of automaker Hyundai Motor; and LG Shopping, an online shopping subsidiary of Korea's No. 2 conglomerate. Prosecutors are seeking evidence that the companies gave contributions illegally to political campaigns, including...
...cash-advance service. LG was bailed out last week with a $1.69 billion emergency loan package provided by its creditors, mainly banks. LG isn't the only issuer in trouble. Of South Korea's nine major card companies, eight lost money in the first half of 2003; losses at Samsung Card, the country's second-largest issuer, totaled $850 million in the first nine months of the year. Two banks, Korea Exchange Bank and Woori Financial, recently announced rescue plans for their stricken card units. A chain of collapses is unlikely. But to some observers, the situation is disturbingly like...
...first cell phones to let you access your regular Outlook e-mail as well as offer personal-information management and multimedia features typically found only on PDAs. Running Windows Mobile software, it's available in two models: the Motorola MPx200 ($300 from AT&T) and, shown at left, the Samsung SCH-i600 ($400 after rebate from Verizon). The phones come with a Windows media player for listening to music and playing back songs, and they accept Secure Digital memory cards with up to 256 MB of data. You can even send instant messages. Microsoft claims you can do full...
...flat-panel televisions are getting a lot of attention these days, but the better value may be rear-projection sets. A quick price check proves the point: a 56-in. Digital Light Processing (DLP) TV from Samsung costs $5,000, Philips' 55-in. Cineos lists for $4,200, and Sony's 60-in. LCD Grand WEGA is $4,000. By comparison, a 50-in. plasma set, while handsome and sleek, will run you $15,000. And rear-projection TVs have significantly slimmed down their rears, compared with older models, so you don't need a weight lifter...
...hottest new category in home entertainment. The guts of these systems--the DVD player and amplifier--come packaged with the speakers and subwoofer needed for surround sound. Our top choice this season is the Panasonic SC-HT1000 ($999, left), which both plays and records DVDs. Another favorite is the Samsung HT-DB660 ($799, right), with front speakers that reflect sound off your back wall for the effect of full-range surround sound without the fuss of wiring up rear speakers...