South Korea News Archives

The impact of the Dubai debt crisis on South Korean financial markets will be limited, the nationa s regulator said today.

On December 2 the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, will leave for the Republic of Korea on a four-day official visit at the invitation of the Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Korea, Kim Hyong-O. The delegation headed by Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan comprises the Head of Staff of the National Assembly, Gegham ...

The head of U.S. intelligence visited South Korea earlier in the week to discuss Seoul's Afghan troop deployment plans and North Korea's nuclear standoff, Yonhap News reported on Friday quoting an informed government source as having said.

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

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il took youngest son Kim Jong-Un on a "field guidance" trip as part of his grooming to take over the Stalinist nation, a Japanese newspaper reported on Sunday.

South Korea's navy rescued a North Korean soldier who ended up in the South's waters while fishing and the man wants to be returned home, a report said Monday.

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.

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.

In what seems to be an ironic turn of events, South Korea has discovered that a culture that is pro-abortion will eventually experience a shortage of young people to help care for the elderly.

U.S. intelligence chief Dennis Blair visited Korea this week for discussions on Seoul's planned troop dispatch to Afghanistan and regional security issues including the North Korean nuclear crisis, government sources said yesterday.

In an unexpected move that could point to a breakthrough in stalled inter-Korean talks, officials from the two Koreas will take a joint tour through industrial complexes in China and Vietnam next month to seek ways to improve the Kaesong Industrial Complex north of the border.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited and the Geneva-based Airports Council International today signed an agreement for appointment of GMR Aviation Academy as a global training hub for the Asia-Pacific region.

Several hundred demonstrators carrying banners participate in a protest against the Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference, in the streets of Geneva , Switzerland, Saturday, Nov.

Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, met here Friday with the People's Army Concerto Company of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .

Batsiushka Hanna of Belarus competes during the women's 63kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships in Goyang, north of Seoul, South Korea, Nov.

South Korean president Lee Myung-bak said Friday that he is ready to meet with his DPRK counterpart Kim Jong-il "anytime and anywhere" to resolve the nuclear issue.

A convicted serial murderer on death row died yesterday after hanging himself in his prison cell, government officials said, suspecting he took his own life because of worry over public opinion urging enforcement of death sentences.

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.

The fallout from Dubai's debt crisis rippled across the globe Friday, raising concerns of another wave of financial turmoil and showing how vulnerable the world economy remains despite signs of recovery.

Le Kyu-Hyung, Republic of Korea Ambassador to Armenia . During the meeting, parties discussed issues concerning Armenian Speaker's upcoming visit to Korea, scheduled for December 1-2. Parties agreed that an Armenian senior official's first visit to Korea would contribute to the development of bilateral cooperation.

Jeju Air Co., South Korea's top budget carrier, said Thursday that it will launch a new Japanese route linking Gimpo, a city on the western outskirts of Seoul, with the Japanese city of Osaka, Yonhap news agency reported.

On November 19, 2009 President Obama and President Lee Myung-Bak of the Republic of Korea held a joint press conference.

South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down a decades-old law Thursday that had punished men for making false promises of marriage to engage in sex with women.

The South Korean Ministry of Defence's procurement agency has now accepted the first delivery of six ARTHUR Weapon Locating Radar systems from Saab.

Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , met Liang Guanglie, Chinese Defense Minister, here on Wednesday.

SOUTH Korea is planning to give favors to Chinese tourists to mark the Visit China Year in 2010 and Visit Korea Year in 2012, its tourism authorities said in Shanghai yesterday.

As part of the Seoul government's effort to make the city more accessible for women, it has created thousands of parking spaces just for women.

China and North Korea have vowed to strengthen their defense alliance that was first "sealed in blood" when they fought together in the Korean War.

Kelly Olsen SEOUL, South Korea - The Associated Press Published on Tuesday, Nov.

Pyongyang has apparently suggested the two Koreas hold working-level talks to discuss resuming the suspended tours to Mount Kumgang, but the South Korean government has yet to take a stance on the proposal.

A Swedish automaker has withdrawn its bid to buy the operations. General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson listens to a question during a news conference at the GM Daewoo auto plant in Incheon, South Korea.

Representatives of African nations talk with each other during a South Korea-Africa cooperation forum in Seoul yesterday.

There were only a few hours left before Air Force One was scheduled to depart for the flight home.

"I think the package overall is a very good deal for both of us," Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon said of South Korea's free trade agreement with the United States.

South Koreaa s consumer confidence fell in November for the first time in eight months, reflecting concerns about the sustainability of an economic recovery.

President Lee Myung-bak yesterday pledged to more than double Seoul's official development aid to Africa over the next three years in a meeting with his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade, Cheong Wa Dae officials said.

Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.

The one certainty in unpredictable North Korea is that if the state detonates a nuclear device or leader Kim Jong-il visits a duck farm, Ri Chun-hee will be on TV boasting about the amazing accomplishment.

South Korean model Daul Kim wearing a creation by British designer Alexander Mcqueen.

Seoul News.Net Sunday 22nd November, 2009 Abu Dhabi, Nov 22 The six Gulf Cooperation Council members and South Korea have concluded a three-day technical meeting as part of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two parties, WAM news agency reported Sunday.

Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , has inspected the headquarters of the Ministry of People's Security, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday.

South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.

The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan was identified Sunday as a Chinese national who was believed employed at the shooting range where the deaths occurred.

South Korean demonstrators shout slogans during a rally welcoming President Barack Obama's visit to the country and denouncing North Korea's nuclear program near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Nov.

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Daul Kim, a top South Korean fashion model, was found hanged in her Paris apartment.

South Korea plans to ease domestic investment rules and foreign entry procedures by 2020 in a bid to vitalise tourism, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting the nation's culture minister as saying Friday.

On his trip to Asia, President Obama found China, Japan and South Korea - like many nations these days - in no mood to hear more American lectures.

Isakson Urges Support for United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Also Praises Kia Investment in Georgia WASHINGTON - Citing the benefits to the state of Georgia and the nation, U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today voiced his support for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement as President Obama met with South Korean President Lee ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the six nations dealing with Iran's nuclear program will develop a package of serious new punitive measures in coming weeks.

A top South Korean model who was a fixture at fashion week in Paris and London was found dead at her apartment in Paris, an official said on Friday.

A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said.

China and the United States announced Thursday they will send senior officials to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as nations try to get the DPRK back to negotiations over its nuclear programs.

SOUTH Korea's new low-cost carrier Eastar Jet's inaugural chartered direct Seoul-Kuching-Seoul flight will start Dec 24 this year, Sarawak Tourism and Urban Development Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin said Thursday.

Fifteen seamen from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who were missing after their cargo ship sank off China's coast Tuesday have been saved by a Chinese maritime rescue team.

WAM Abu Dhabi, Nov 18th, 2009 : Chief of Staff of the UAE armed forces Lt.General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi received at his office on Wednesday the South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Tae-young who is currently on a visit to the UAE.

Wu Bangguo , chairman of China's National People's Congress Standing Committee, shakes hands with Speaker of the Republic of Korea National Assembly Kim Hyong-o in Beijing, capital of China, Nov.

South Korea said yesterday it had sent a team to Afghanistan to pave the way for the dispatch of troops and extra aid workers to the war-torn country.

South Korea is pushing to export tangerines to the United States next year, as part of a wider effort to expand the overseas market for its farm products, Yonhap news agency cited the government as saying Wednesday.

SEOUL: The death toll from a blaze at an indoor shooting range in a South Korean city has risen to 11 after a local victim died while being treated for severe burns, hospital officials said Wednesday.

President Barack Obama absorbed history's expanse Wednesday from atop the Great Wall of China, a manmade wonder of such enormity that Obama found himself putting daily life in perspective.

Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing cyberweapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the Internet to conduct war, according to a new report to be released on Tuesday by McAfee.

Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said on Tuesday that South Korea was reviewing a northern province in Afghanistan to set up an independent camp for both soldiers and civilian aid workers.

A delegation of about a dozen representatives from the Busan, South Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with Gwinnett County business and political leaders Monday as part of the county's continued efforts at fostering Asian business.

South Korean petrochemicals, battery, textile stand to lose from trade deals between Taiwan and China, likely to be signed in the coming year, traders said Monday.

Religious men and women in Korea are called to be salt, light, and leaven in society and in this spirit live their mission.

SEOUL: The Republic of Korea's President Lee Myung-bak yesterday urged local media not to overreact to military movements by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , noting there has been no unusual situation since last week's naval clash between the two sides.

The Chinese government has approved a border development zone in the Tumen River Delta to boost the cross-border cooperation in the northeast Asian region, the provincial government of Jilin announced Monday.

North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future despite the upcoming talks with Washington, a former senior US diplomat who recently visited Pyongyang said Monday.

AN OFFICIAL says that a South Korean worker at a joint factory park in North Korea has tested positive for H1N1 flu.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bakon Friday said his government will work together with other countries engaged in six-party talks to actively promote a negotiation strategy with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .

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.

A fire tore though an indoor shooting range in southern South Korea yesterday, killing 10 people, including at least two Japanese tourists, and injuring six.

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's training ship "Zheng He" returned to a naval base here on Sunday after a 20-day visit to the Republic of Korea and Japan.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy 's special envoy to North Korea said Sunday that he had long talks with officials there about sensitive issues including nuclear proliferation and human rights.

In his first major address on Asia policy, President Barack Obama said Saturday in Tokyo that the U.S. would seek to increase cooperation with China, and also warned of the "limits" of relying on American consumers and Asian exports to drive global growth.

A South Korean fishing boat flipped over after colliding with a much larger Hong Kong cargo ship, killing four fishermen and leaving three others missing, officials said Sunday.

In 1950, almost 100,000 North Koreans, fleeing Communist troops, fled to the port of Hungnam.

President Barack Obama raised hopes for creating an Asia-Pacific free-trade region by announcing Saturday that the U.S. would seek to join a smaller group seen as a precursor to a broader Pacific Rim agreement.

COLUMBIA MU is in talks with South Korean government agencies to offer at least one degree program through a new university in their country .

Fire raced through a South Korean indoor shooting range Saturday, killing at least 10 people, including seven Japanese visitors and their Korean guide, local media reported.

Seoul - Education-obsessed South Korea rescheduled rush hour and airline flights on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren sat a college entrance examination seen as crucial to their future.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 -- Asean and South Korean relations progressed in many areas since Seoul became a full Dialogue Partner of the 10-member regional grouping in 1991.

World Council of Churches - News Release Contact: +41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org For immediate release - 12/11/2009 16:35:07 >WCC PRESSES FOR US-NORTH KOREA TALKS The World Council of Churches has urged the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to hold bilateral talks within the context of resumed ...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama left for Asia on Thursday with the US economy, jobs and a huge trade deficit with China looming large on his agenda.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office indicted seven senior engineers at Ssangyong on charges of leaking technology essential to develop gasoline-electric hybrid cars.

Peru s President Alan Garcia, left, and Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, pose yesterday at the Blue House in Seoul after Lee presented Garcia with a Grand Order of Mugunghwa, the highest medal given to a foreign head of state, in recognition of his efforts to improve Korea-Peru relations.

Several Chinese firms are seeking to list their shares on the South Korea's secondary stock market on a demand for ample liquidity here, the bourse operator said Tuesday.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea lashed out on Thursday at South Korea for an earlier inter-Korean naval clash, and warned that South Korea would "be forced to pay dearly for the grave armed provocation." An article carried by the official newspaper Rodong Sinmun in the DPRK said the latest naval clash was "not a simple accidental incident ...

WASHINGTON: During US President Barack Obama's visit to China next week, the two countries need to operationalize what they have reached in the past months on developing a positive, cooperative and comprehensive relationship, a US analyst said.

America is leaving itself behind as the rest of the world tries to liberalize trade, says the Wall Street Journal.

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's central bank said Thursday it left its key interest rate at a record low for a ninth straight month as Asia's fourth-largest economy recovers from the global slowdown.

The Vietnam News Agency and its Republic of Korea counterpart, Yonhap, have signed a five-point MoU, focusing on exclusive rights and conditions for a joint TV broadcasting project next year.

A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to North Korea before year's end to try to pull the Koreans back into international negotiations on nuclear disarmament, the State Department said Tuesday.

The Army psychiatrist accused of a mass shooting at Fort Hood has met with his lawyer at a Texas hospital where he's under guard.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will discuss ways to ratify the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama when they meet for a bilateral summit in Seoul later this month, the presidential office said Monday.

The Ministry of Environment is planning to import Siberian tigers directly from Russia to Korea.

French president's special envoy to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea arrived in Pyongyang on Monday, the official news agency KCNA said.

Because what the world needs now is yet another mobile operating system , Samsung has announced its foray into the field with Bada.

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says lingering confusion over Canada's inspection system is to blame for South Korea's longstanding beef ban - and he's calling on the country to put science ahead of blind emotion.

South Korean pop star Rain says he drew inspiration from fellow Asian stars who successfully crossed over to Hollywood when he prepared for his first leading role in an American film.

Uzbekistan News.Net Monday 9th November, 2009 The US and North Korea will hold talks in December, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday citing a senior official here.

Members of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions show their cards during a rally against a government policy near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il - known for shunning air travel - has six luxurious trains equipped with reception halls, conference rooms and high-tech communication facilities, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday.

The United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will likely hold bilateral talks in early December, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency on Monday quoted a senior government official as saying.

State television in communist North Korea has abandoned capitalist-style commercials after leader Kim Jong-Il expressed his anger, a news report here said yesterday.

Animated and live-action comedy sketches, along with live-action performances of "Family Guy" musical numbers, featuring series creator Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein .

MagnaChip Semiconductor LLC emerged from Chapter 11 and the South Korean chipmaker said its second amended plan for reorganization will take effect Nov.

A 68-year-old woman in South Korea has passed the written test for her driving licence after 950 attempts.

In order to be closer to its WorkNC CADCAM customers in South Korea, Sescoi has opened a new branch office in Seoul.

I've never been to Seoul, South Korea, but apparently it's an experience in blinding, neon lights.

Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.

Authorities in South Korea have raided the Seoul office of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche for alleged involvement in illegal sales of its swine flu drug Tamiflu.

Tens of thousands of South Korean workers rallied Saturday to protest the government's plan to begin implementing contentious labor laws.

South Korea must do more to open its market to U.S. cars before President Barack Obama will send a free trade agreement signed in June 2007 to Congress for a vote, the chief U.S. trade negotiator said on Thursday.

South Korea on Friday ratified a free trade deal with India that promises to slash tariffs on goods and services between two of Asia's biggest economies.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak reiterated his earlier stance that he has no interest in an "unprincipled" inter-Korean summit, the presidential office said Friday.

The United States is open to sending an envoy to Pyongyang if North Korea shows it is serious about giving up nuclear weapons, President Barack Obama's top Asia adviser said on Friday.

Alexander Vershbow on September 12, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. PRAGUE a ' Senior U.S. and Czech defense officials held talks Friday to discuss ways for the Czech Republic to participate in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan.

From the NYT ; Today, the mix of envy and loathing of the West, especially of white Americans, is apparent in daily life.

He talks about his new film which documents the imprisonment of young men who refuse to enter the military... and the growing movement against mandatory military service.

4, 2009. Cha has passed the written exam required for a driver's license Wednesday after hundreds of failed attempts over the past four years, police said Friday.

The Korean government is planning a major deregulation of the nation's legal and other professional services markets, the Korea Herald reports .

The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive.

In a recent trip to Seoul and surrounding cities, delivering lectures in some universities, my attention was called to the way South Koreans would behave every time their national anthem is played.

South Korea, the OECD's fastest-growing carbon polluter, has ditched its weakest voluntary 2020 emissions target and will choose one of two stricter options ahead of a global meeting in Copenhagen.

I just had the pleasure of spending two days in Yeosu, Sewarda TMs sister city in South Korea.

JEJU: The World Boxing Council wants to banish once and for all fathers from working their sons' corners during fights after a study showed it could prove fatal.

Tell me something I don't know. Yet there are some serious problems with how the situation is portrayed, for it is neither original nor enlightening, and makes rather grand generalizations about the nation.

A Seoul court on Wednesday ruled that a prominent painting by a deceased Korean artist is genuine, but vindicated a local magazine that raised allegations of forgery, settling a mystery that had plagued the Korean art world for nearly two years, Yonhap News reported.

Kwon Young-soo , chief executive of LG Display, shakes hands with Xue Xiao Feng, chairman of Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District Administration Committee, after signing an agreement on the building of a new LCD plant in Guangzhou.

SEOUL: Singapore's state investor Temasek will pump 284.7 billion won, about US$242 million , to buy shares in South Korean light-emitting diode company Seoul Semiconductor and its affiliate.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was hoping to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula in order to create a peaceful environment for the country's economic construction, an official newspaper said Saturday.

Seoul News.Net Tuesday 3rd November, 2009 South Korea Tuesday raised the swine flu alert level to its highest status due to the rapid spread of the viral disease in the country, officials said.

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SEOUL, South Korea - Former South Korean spy chief Lee Hu-rak, who brokered the signing of a historic 1972 peace document with North Korea following a secret trip to Pyongyang, died Saturday.

SEOUL: Sime Darby Bhd's energy and utilities division, Sime Darby Energy Sdn Bhd, expects to supply 500 million litres per day of groundwater for public consumption by Dec 31, 2012.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit the Republic of Korea from December 6 to 7. "Canada's relationship with the Republic of Korea is grounded in longstanding historical ties and many years of strong political and economic cooperation", Harper said in a press release.

CHENNAI: Hyundai Motor India Ltd. on Monday announced the transfer of its current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer H. S. Lheem to its headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.

A SOUTH Korean court has rejected an attempt to prosecute Seoul taxi drivers for one of their scariest habits - watching television while driving.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Monday reiterated its call for the United States to hold direct talks with it in order to find a solution to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

The first of the two hurdles have been overcome for the upcoming Asean-US summit meeting.

Taiwan golden girl Tseng Yani powered to a share of the lead with South Korea's Choi Na Yeon at the wind-swept USLPGA Hana Bank Kolon Championship on Saturday.

The United States and its ally South Korea have drawn up a contingency plan to cope with emergencies in North Korea, including a possible regime change there, a report said Sunday.

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