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The Samsung Sandwich

The Korean giant pumped billions of dollars into China and came to dominate its smartphone market. Now, it’s closing factories. What happened? By Geoffrey CainThe

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Alibaba.com: Supermarket for torture devices?

SEOUL, South Korea — It’s yet another booming market that China dominates: electric shock shields, spiked batons, electric shock stun batons, thumb cuffs, neck restraints and the like.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 8, 2014

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US announces crackdown on shady puppy imports

SEOUL, South Korea — Every year an untold number of dogs, raised in cramped and inhumane commercial breeding grounds known as “puppy mills,” make their way from South Korea and elsewhere into your local kennel for re-sale at premium prices, a GlobalPost investigation revealed in June.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Sep 2, 2014

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Can kimchi cure Ebola?

SEOUL, South Korea — It’ll smack you in the face the instant you walk into any decent Korean restaurant: the pungent smell of kimchi — the piquant pickled cabbage whose bold tanginess is increasingly exalted by Western foodies.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Aug 18, 2014

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