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Zuckerberg Tours Samsung: Is a Facebook Phone Coming?

News of Mark Zuckerberg's trip to South Korea is resulting in widespread speculation that Facebook is working with Samsung, the world's largest smartphone-maker, to build a phone specifically tailored for the social network.

'Yuna Kids' aim to continue Korean star's legacy

SEOUL (Reuters) - Life as one of the 'Yuna Kids' demands sacrifices few 16-year-olds are willing to make, but for budding South Korean starlets Kim Jin-seo and Kim Hae-jin the chance to learn from the "mother of figure skating" is worth every second of a childhood spent on skates.

Iran 'in heaven' as soccer team qualifies for 2014 World Cup

DUBAI (Reuters) - Tehran's streets were filled with young revelers for the second time in four days on Tuesday after the Iranian national soccer team qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil with a win over South Korea.

2014 World Cup: 3 More Nations Secure World Cup Qualification through Asia

The qualifying groups for the 2014 World Cup came to a conclusion Tuesday, booking places in next summer's tournament for three more nations.

In Group B, Australia's 1-0 victory over Iraq clinched a place in the top two for the Socceroos, winning them automatic qualification.

That Super-Fast Samsung S4 And The Coming Of iOS 7

The stories coming out of South Korea at the moment give a pretty mixed picture of Samsung and its battle to sustain the market in expensive smartphones.

LG Optimus G Pro tops 1 million sales in South Korea

LG doesn't lead the sales charts quite like Samsung, but it does have something to crow about today: it just racked up its millionth Optimus G Pro sale in South Korea.

Samsung Boasts Of Double-Data Speed Galaxy S4 Smartphone

Aside from churning out impressive, feature-packed technology that dominates the smartphone industry, Samsung is also adept at stirring up interest in what it has up its sleeve.

Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 smartphone

SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.

Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 smartphone

SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.

Man of Steel breaks box office records on US release

The Superman reboot has made $125m on its opening weekend in the US, lining it up to be the year's highest-grossing film

Superman reboot Man of Steel looks on course to be one of the year's highest-grossing movies after securing a gravity-defying $196,7m (£125,7m) global box office opening