South Korea hails its first export of an atomic reactor, saying its deal with Jordan will spur future overseas sales of nuclear technology. Government officials said a South Korean consortium has won a deal worth about $173 Million to build a five megawatt multi-purpose...
Canadian Prime Minister Harper will soon be visiting South Korea, in one of his many recent international trips. First, the APEC meeting in Singapore Nov 15, where he spend an hour with Russian President. Then off...
South Korean mothers are selling their unborn children on the market. Some are high school teenagers who cannot afford to raise their babies, others want to pay off debt by selling their unborn child. Though they...
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Let see what happens to this Obama plea, at a guess not a lot. " US President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Lee Myung-bak, have urged North Korea to return to international nuclear negotiations....
The naval patrols of North and South Korea exchanged fire in disputed waters on Tuesday morning. "“Our high-speed patrol boat repelled the North Korean patrol boat,” the South Korean Office of the Joint Chiefs...
For the first time in nearly two years, South Korea has given humanitarian aid to North Korea. South Korea says the move has nothing to do with the recent attempts at nuclear disarmament by North Korea. There are speculations that millions of people in North Korea are...
Paper batteries gets better and better with every update. "Rocket Electric of Korea unveils its newest invention, the paper battery. As the name goes, it is made of paper which makes it very thin and flexible. Contrary to other batteries, the paper battery is not prone to...
Park Jaebum (also spelled in English-language sites as Park Jae Beom or Jaebeom) has quit the popular boy band 2PM following inflammatory remarks posted to his Myspace page when he first moved to South Korea from...
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North Korea and South Korea agreed today to resume a reunion program at the end of September for families who were separated by the Korean War more than half a century ago. After three days of discussion, Red...
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South Korea has launched its first ever satellite aboard the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) on Tuesday. However, the authorities had to admit after the launch that the satellite missed orbit. South...
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Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung (김대중, 金大中) died August 18, 2009 in hospital of complications from pneumonia, at age 85. Kim Dae-jung was the first South Korean Nobel Peace Prize laureate...
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North Korea is to ease border restrictions with South Korea to allow for more travel tours and family reunions, according to the Korean Central News Agency. Border crossings will now be easier for business and...
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25 Chinese women had difficulty re-entering China after they returned from having plastic surgery in North Korea. The 25 Chinese women were friends and went to South Korea as a group for plastic surgery....
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Street food. Chances are, if you’ve ever lived in or visited a major city on vacation or business, you’ve enjoyed the taste and convenience of local street food from a cart, stand, market stall, or outdoor...
The Korean Federation of Trade Unions in South Korea called for a general South Korea strike from July 22 to July 24, 2009 in response to a violent clampdown on a strike at Ssangyong Motors Pyeongtaek Plan by the South Korean riot police on July 20, 2009. The South...
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