South Korea Travel News

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The Seoul city government has been providing tour guides in red outfits to offer directions and other assistance to foreigners traveling in the city.

A little more than 200 Swiss people living here have chosen to make Korea their home, but none have set up house in as unique a way as Swiss artist Gregory Chapuisat.

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.

A South Korean intelligence officer posted to Seoul's embassy in Tokyo was fired for allegedly leaking "secret" information to the Japan Coast Guard and Japanese reporters, according to South Korean media reports.

N. Korea: The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency will visit South Korea this weekend to discuss developments in North Korea after the death of its leader Kim Jong-Il, a report said Wednesday.

RIYADH: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held wide-ranging talks with Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi in Riyadh on Tuesday in a renewed bid to boost cooperation in the oil sector.

South Korea's presidential office said in a statement on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia would "actively consider" support including additional crude supplies if requested by Seoul, as it looks for alternatives to Iranian oil.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Looking for an item in a large department store or mall can be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but that could change thanks to a hybrid location-identification system that uses radio frequency transmitters and overhead LED lights, suggested by a team of researchers from Penn State and Hallym University in South ... (more)

Troops from two South Korean army units stationed near the North Korea border were recently ordered to delete applications from their smartphones that were deemed pro-North Korean or critical of South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, according to the Ministry of National Defense.

Kolkata, Feb 6: As the volume of two-way trade between India and the Republic of Korea is all set to touch the 30 billion USD mark from the current volume of 17.10 billion USD within the next 24 months, efforts are underway to relax the present stringent visa rules.

YEONGJU, South Korea - When he looks out from the time-frozen world of South Korea's oldest private Confucian academy , Park Seok-hong sees the rest of the country "turning into a realm of beasts." He points to recent news reports: young people swearing at elderly subway passengers and children jumping to their deaths to escape bullying or the ... (more)

About 30 students from Ulleungdo, South Korea have been staying with host families within the Tucson Unified School District during the month of January.

Nancy Sattler, dean of the Liberal Arts and Public Services Division at Terra State Community College, has been chosen to attend the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education in Seoul from July 8 to 15.

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Bethlehem High student and Empire State Youth Orchestra member Aria Shi speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Jan.

Mary Viena Tolentino Park with her husband Park Jong Woong and mother-in-law Son Sok Cha in Seoul SEOUL, South Korea - Filipinos have immense talent in singing but carrying a tune in a different language is another story altogether.

Until the 1990s, Sinchon district in northwestern Seoul was the "in" place to hang out for young Koreans, but nowadays the Hongik University area is the hip part of town.

The Chinese economy might be heading for a slowdown and Chinese consumers might be reining in spending .

Grand Ambassador chef and Australian native Wayne Golding serves fish and chips to AustCham executive director Rod Rothwell at Australia Day on Jan.