"They have to see as many patients as they can to turn a profit, " explains Dr. Choi Bong-joon, who works at Seoul's spanking-new Samsung Medical Center.

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"We've seen around a 20% decrease in business, but it's not too bad, " said Kim Bong-nam, 57, who has been selling hot dogs at the DMZ for 30 years.

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"Before today, the Smart TV industry was a very difficult market for both TV manufacturers and application developers as TV's from different brands used different platforms and technologies, " said Bong-seok Kwon of LG Electronics, President of Smart TV Alliance.

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This three-part film, composed of half-hour segments set in the Japanese metropolis, directed by Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho, is an unfortunate triumph of intelligence over heart.

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Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is tracking Valenciennes' Cameroon international left-back Gaetan Bong.

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Kevin Bong, a Wisconsin-based security researcher and penetration tester, has developed what he calls the Mini Pwner, a spy computer smaller than a smartphone designed to be inconspicuously plugged into an ethernet port to gain access to a corporate network, feeding information back to a nearby hacker over its wifi signal.

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These and slowing export growth - the country sells 50% of its products to Asia - would determine the pace of Korea's recovery, says Ohm Bong Sung, vice president of the Korea Development Institute.

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With house lights dimmed, Lie Sang Bong began his runway with a glowing oval headpiece, which was paired with a crosshatch-patterned sheath inspired by antique Korean windowpanes (watch the June Eleven Films video above to see for yourself).

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