The Coffee Debate: Coffee Aroma may have Stress-Busting Qualities

Coffee's popular image as the classic stand by of sleep-deprived students studying hard for exams, may have a basis in fact, for its memory-enhancement powers, as well as the caffeine induced alertness has now been...

Rev. Moon Hurt in Helicopter Crash

The founder of the Unification Church was injured when the helicopter carrying him and his family crashed in South Korea."Rev Sun Myung Moon, 88, was among several people on the aircraft when it made an emergency...

Condoleezza Rice to meet North Korean counterpart for nuclear talks

Ending their long held position US has extended olive branch to communist regime of  North Korea after latter abandoned their nuclear programme. Now US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice will meet her Korean counterpart next week to take the discussion further. ...

Hollywood May Make History With Biggest Weekend Ever

"Warner Bros.’ "The Dark Knight" is poised to enter the record books as it opens today -- and the weekend has a shot at being the best on record in overall grosses on the strength of the Batman sequel and...

Samsung boss guilty of tax fraud

Lee Kun hee the sumsung chairman is found guilty of tax fraud.   " Lee, 66, was cleared of the more serious charge of breach of trust. The court in Seoul also fined Lee 110bn won ($109m). Prosecutors had sought a seven-year jail term and 350bn won ($347m) in fines....

Canadian men lose first basketball qualifier to Slovenia

Canada's men's basketball team faces a must-win game against South Korea, after losing its opening game to Slovenia on Tuesday."Canada dropped its opener at the Olympic men's basketball qualifier on Tuesday and now faces a must-win game against South Korea.Jaka Lakovic had a...

North Korea rejects probe into shooting death

North Korean regime has refused to help in investigation into the death of South Korean tourist. This will further worsen their relationship. Ther has been efforts between the two Koreas who are still formally at war because their 1950-53 Korean War ended in an...

South Korea to recall Japan envoy

To protest against the Japan's sovereignty claim South Korean President Lee Myung-bak expressed deep disappointment and regret and recalled its envoy to Japan. " South Korea says it is to recall its envoy to Japan in the latest flare-up of tensions over disputed islands. ...

South Korea recalls ambassador to Japan

South Korea has recalled its ambassador to Tokyo over a territorial dispute over some islets both countries claim. The dispute is long-running, but Japan has renewed its claims, sparking the current feud."South Korea announced on Monday that it was recalling its ambassador to...

North Korea agrees to nuclear checks

North Korea has ofically agreed to nuclear checks, as officials from China, the US, Russia, Japan and North and South Korea all agreed that Pyongyang (the capitla of North Korea) would finish disabling its main...

South Korean 'shot dead in North'

Despite peace efforts between two countries this incident would further deepen tension between two countries. "A South Korean woman has been shot dead by a North Korean soldier while visiting a resort in the North Korean mountains, reports say. The shooting took place at the...

Key N Korea nuclear talks begin

Senior diplomats are meeting in Beijing to thrash out the next move in the long-running mission to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions."US envoy Christopher Hill said talks would seek to agree practical steps to...

Thousands in South Korea beef protest

Around 35,000 people took part today in the latest mass protest in South Korea against their government's decision to allow US beef imports to continue."Waving banners, flags and candles, the crowd gathered in front...

N Korea nuclear talks 'to resume'

After officially declaring their nuclear assets and also the symbolic gesture of blowing up the cooling tower at its Yongbyon reactor  North Korea is resuming Nuclear talks. "Six-nation talks on North Korea's...

North Korea and South Korea continue to drift apart

Despite the effects of family and business, political relations between the two Koreas continue to remain distant. " North Korea rejects any possibility of summit with South Korea 2008-07-08 04:55:08 - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea rejected any possibility of...

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