Busan, South Korea News

"Architecture 101" Director: Lee Yong-joo Cast: Uhm Tae-woong, Han Ga-in Sales: Lotte Entertainment Logline: This melodrama from South Korea's top production house, Myung Film, tells the story of an architect and his first love who reminisce while rebuilding an old house.

Compensation exceeding legal ceiling apparently designed to woo Busan voters Questions have arisen over the fairness and legitimacy of a special bill to compensate the victims of last year's Busan savings banks' bankruptcy beyond the current deposit loss compensation ceiling.

OSK Research Sdn Bhd has reaffirmed its bullish view that AirAsia Japan will be profitable from the first year of operation from the high-yield market.

Korean Marine Equipment Global Service Center , which offers all the information services related to Korean marine equipment, is being watched with keen interest.

The port of Busan is building a 22 million-square-foot distribution park to meet the demand for manufacturing, packaging, and assembly at the South Korean hub.

Film council will back small-scale production houses and distributors; office slated to move to Busan in 2013 The Korean Film Council will be supporting 33 Korean-foreign joint production films this year, as well as small-sale production houses and distributors, its officials announced in a press meeting in Myeong-dong, Seoul, Tuesday.

Moon Jae-in, a surging presidential candidate of the liberal opposition, aims to prove his mettle in Busan.

Container throughput at South Korea's seaports was up 7% last month, from a year earlier, to an all-time high for January, thanks to growth in transhipment cargo, the government said today.

By Fadzli Ramli KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 -- An academician in South Korea, a country known for its K-Pop culture, is a surprising admirer of the Malay jawi script.

However, the container shipping sector as a whole is set to face a tough 2012, which may adversely affect South Korea as a result.

Marriage hunting is not limited to young singles. Anxiety over aging and single life with a small annual pension seem to be driving elderly people to participate in matchmaking parties.

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This is fun. Moon Jae-In has been active in politics lately - he announced to run for a National Assembly seat in Busan, and his appearance on a TV show generally had a positive reception .

South Korean striker and 2002 World Cup star Ahn Jung-hwan announced his retirement from professional soccer at a tearful news conference on Tuesday.

The Korean port of Busan will be the scene for Compaa Sud Americana de Vapores to receive its new containership, Tucapel , tomorrow.

The company's former name was Kyung In Energy Co., Ltd. POSCO Power currently operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of POSCO.

Jan 26 - Fitch Ratings has assigned an expected rating of 'BBB+ ' to Busan Bank's proposed USD-denominated senior unsecured notes.

South Korea will send hundreds of Navy and Marine Corps soldiers to Thailand for a multinational exercise to hone their humanitarian operational skills next month, officials said Thursday.

The changes include new port calls at Qingdao, China, and Busan, South Korea, on the AE20 Service, and suspension of the existing calls at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and La Spezia, Italy, on the AE11 Service.

The 19th general elections are only about 70 days away, but the National Assembly has yet to define constituencies, which constitutes a major rule of the game.