South Korea News

The size of government debt still keeps Korea from a sovereign debt crisis, but the alarmingly increased amount of debt raised by government-run corporations is a cause for concern, experts said yesterday.

TELEKOM Smart School Sdn Bhd and Zeal Hi Tech Sdn Bhd signed memorandums of understanding with South Korean e-learning solutions provider, Dunet Inc, on Internet protocol television .

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit the demilitarized zone between South and North Korea on Monday, Harper's aides announced Saturday.

The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property , the U.N. said Monday.

A special envoy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea arrived here Tuesday.

Despite fledgling hopes here for a summit between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , the country is now left to try to decipher a senior U.S. official's remarks, speculated to be hinting at subtle differences in the U.S. stance on an inter-Korean summit.

Fischamend. Lower Austrian transport and logistics firm cargo-partner announced it would expand into South Korea and open a branch in Seoul.

Yonhap news agency says US missionary arrives in China after being freed by NKorea.

Holders South Korea thrashed Hong Kong 5-0 in their opening game at the East Asian championship in Tokyo.

A South Korean company will create 150 solar-module manufacturing jobs at McClellan Business Park, opening its first American headquarters and production facility this September, the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization announced Friday.

South Korea expects to increase alternative energy spending by 52 percent in 2010, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

U.S. Army officials told Camp Casey-area bar owners Thursday that prostitution and human trafficking continue to be problems here, with two local establishments recently put off limits to servicemembers.

South Korea delivered eight light ground attack aircraft Feb. 4 that it gave to Peru for use in border surveillance and counter-drug missions, officials said.

"Today, February 2, Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and World Day for Consecrated Life, a discreet yet important event was held in Changwon, a coastal city in South Korea: the founding of a Don Orione community in this Asian nation." These are words spoken by the Superior General of the Sons of Divine Providence, Fr.

A UN envoy on Saturday said here that he plans to discuss all relevant issues with officials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea during his visit in Pyongyang next week.

A bilateral summit between Korea and Uzbekistan will take place in Seoul on 11 February.

A group of South Koreans will be going home with some ideas about business opportunities here in the desert.

A senior Chinese official is traveling to North Korea on Saturday, a news report said, in what is seen as a mission to jump-start stalled international talks on ending its nuclear weapons programs.

The 21 year old, real name Kwon Ji-Yong, is at the centre of an investi= gation by Seoul authorities after drawing complaints for his reportedly X= -rated performance during a concert in December , which was attended = by many underage fans.

Models pose for photographs with Samsung Electronics' Android 2.1 platform-based smartphone model during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Seoul February 4, 2010.