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From Rubiah Mohamed SEOUL, Dec 2 -- South Korea regards Asean as a key political, economic and socio-cultural partner and is committed to further strengthening ties with the 10-nation Southeast Asian grouping.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during the joint press conference with the South Korean defense minister at the defense ministry on October 22, 2009 in Seoul, South Korea.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper stepped off a 20-hour plane ride from Ottawa to Beijing Wednesday afternoon and the first thing he did on Chinese soil was unveil his government's economic action plan back in Canada.

North Korea has revalued its currency for the first time in a half century, reportedly triggering chaos in the impoverished nation by moving to assert state control over a growing market economy.

Help is arriving this week in the shape of Ki, the South Korea midfielder who is set to seal a move to the Hoops - for a reported fee of 2million - from FC Seoul.

The launch of the iPhone in South Korea has so far proven a success, reports say.

Asia Pacific News.Net Tuesday 1st December, 2009 South Korea said ahead of this month's climate summit in Copenhagen that it faces challenges in meeting its proposed emission target.

New Zealand's leading contactless ticketing and payment system - today announced it will be widely available in the Auckland market in 2010, offering its small value payments platform across the retail sector and for most public transport journeys.

There are differences in opinion in the government over whether package tours to the Mt.

European ISP industry body EuroISPA has warned that the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement currently being negotiated behind closed doors in Seoul, South Korea, could "threaten the openness of the internet". The ACTA is being hammered out by the EU, the US, Japan, Australia and several other countries in an effort to combat trade in counterfeit ...

A NUMBER of North Koreans have been arrested and could face execution for leaking information on the movements of leader Kim Jong-Il to South Korean news media, reports and sources say.

YEONGGWANG, South Korea - Just a few years ago, the number of pregnant women in this city had declined so much that the sparsely equipped two-room maternity ward at Yeonggwang General Hospital was close to shutting down.

A South Korean man has been fined one million won for making discriminatory remarks against an Indian professor.

A South Korean supermodel whose apparent suicide in Paris a week ago sent shockwaves through the fashion industry reached out to a friend for help with relationship problems a few hours before she was found dead.

South Korean President, Lee Myung-bak, said he is willing to hold a summit with the DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Il.

A men walk past a securities firm's electronic signboard indicating Japanese stock prices in Tokyo on Nov.

It's time South Korea flexed its 'soft power' 2009/11/28 WHEN Asean nations met in Thailand last month, South Korea was an important presence.

They've escaped the most repressive regime in the world, but for many North Korean refugees, life outside their closed, totalitarian country is still not easy.

NORTH Korea on Wednesday blasted South Korea for ignoring its offer to resume cross-border tours, denying allegations that tourist dollars had been used to develop nuclear weapons.

President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.