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US Japan South Korea urge meaningful denuclearisation
The US, Japan and South Korea Wednesday called for "meaningful" steps on denuclearisation by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties with them, Xinhua reported. After their envoys concluded a trilateral meeting here on issues related to North Korea, the three countries said: "We agreed a path is open for the DPRK (North Korea) toward improved relations with the United States, Japan and the ROK ...
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S. Korea gets tough on sex crimes
A set of toughened sex crime laws went into effect Wednesday, ushering in big changes in meting out punishment to sex offenders, protecting traumatised victims and overseeing ex-convicts. The most significant and welcome change is the abolition of the personal accusation system that made the prosecution of sex offenders impossible without the victims first filing a complaint. Under the old ...
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South Korea star Park Ji-Sung dating TV host
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's most famous footballer Park Ji-Sung, and one of its most eligible bachelors, used a packed press conference Thursday to announce he was dating a local TV sports presenter.The 32-year-old former national captain and Manchester United star said he had been in a relationship with presenter Kim Min-Ji, 27, for several months.Park enjoys superstar status in South ...
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Seoul shares hit 7-mth low after Fed comments
SEOUL, June 20 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:13pm EDT SEOUL, June 20 (Reuters) - Seoul shares hit a 7-month low in early Thursday trade, tracking falls on Wall Street after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled a likely pullback in stimulus measures later this year. Falls were led by key market heavyweights, with Samsung Electronics, the biggest component of the main KOSPI, sliding ...
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Thailand Skal visits South Korea
Skal International (SI) National President for Thailand, Mr. Andrew J. Wood, recently visited Seoul and took the opportunity to meet executives of SI Korea. South Korea successfully hosted the Skal Asian Area Congress in 2009 and the Skal World Congress in 2012. South Korea has 2 Skal Clubs - Incheon and Seoul. Skal International will hold its 74th World Congress in New York this year from ...
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FIFA World Cup Qualifying Wrap Australia Iran South Korea qualify
Australia, Iran and South Korea secured their places at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in the last round of AFC qualifying on Tuesday. Iran secured their fourth finals appearance thanks to a 1-0 win over South Korea in Ulsan. Ahead of the game, each team knew a win would secure their place in Brazil, with Uzbekistan hoping to overtake the losers. With the Koreans going into the game a point clear, ...
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China North Korea call for new six-party talks on nuclear issues
Kim Kye Gwan , North Korea's senior nuclear negotiator, and Zhang Yesui, China's vice foreign minister, called Wednesday for a restart of six-party talks. The two met in Beijing, CNN reported. While few details were released, they issued a statement saying the talks should resume to "peacefully solve nuclear issues through dialogue." The meeting comes at a time when ...
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K League all-star game to take place in Seoul next week
K League all-star game to take place in Seoul . JUNE 15, 2013 04:23. ...
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Pyongyang threatens action against defectors spreading Hitler story
North Korea threatened Wednesday to punish defectors who claim the Communist country's leaders have attempted to spread Nazi ideology. Security Ministry officials said in a statement they would take "substantial measures to physically remove" people spreading the slander, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. The statement cited a report by an Internet news service ...
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Dolphin Drilling Ltd unveils new deepwater drillship
The ceremony for the 751ft long ultra deepwater asset - now known as Bolette Dolphin - took place at the Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea, where it is currently being ...
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Russia S.Korea Singapore sign nanotechnology cooperation deal
Russia, South Korea and Singapore signed a cooperation deal on developing nanotechnology Thursday.A memorandum of understanding signed Thursday on the sidelines of the 2011 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum broadens investment in the Asia Nanotechnology Fund, which was set up last September by the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnology (RUSNANO), the Singaporean Economic Development ...
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Personal data of some 35 mln hacked in S Korea
Personal information on some 35 million users of Nate and Cyworld, a portal site and a web community site operated by SK Communications in South Korea, was hacked by outside sources, local media reported Thursday.SK Communications, a unit of the country's conglomerate SK Group, said on Thursday that it suffered a leakage of users' personal information on July 26.Nate is the ...
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Torrential rain kills at least 41 in S Korea
Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have left 41 people dead and 12 missing in South Korea as of Thursday morning, the National Emergency Management Agency said.At least 15 people were killed after a wave of mudslide engulfed residential areas at the foot of Mount Umyeon in southern Seoul on Wednesday.The death toll from a landslide in Chuncheon, about 110 kilometers ...
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Sharjah International Book Fair impresses in Seoul
WAM SHARJAH, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- A delegation from the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is participating in the Seoul International Book Fair, taking place at COEX in Seoul from the 19th to the 23rd of June which was inaugurated by Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea. Headed by Ahmed Al Ameri, SIBF Director, and including Salim Omar Salim, Head of Sales and Marketing at SIBF, ...
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S.Korea media blame Iran for angry World Cup scenes
Iran players celebrate victory over South Korea in a World Cup qualifier in Ulsan, Korea, on Tuesday. South Korean media blamed Iran Wednesday for angry scenes at a tense World Cup qualifier which ended with fans pelting debris on to the pitch and the visiting coach under fire for a rude ...
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S.Korea to buy European missiles
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will buy European bunker-busting missiles as the United States refused to sell the same kind of weapons to the country, the state procurement agency said on Wednesday.At a meeting presided over by Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin, the Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) approved a plan to purchase air-to-ground missiles with a 500-kilometre (312.5 mile) range ...
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Khrunichev Centre ready to continue cooperation with South Korea
LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Centre is ready to continue cooperation with South Korea if the Republic of Korea asks for this, Director-General Alexander Seliverstov said on Wednesday. The Khrunichev Centre and South Korea launched three KSLV boosters, Seliverstov told journalists within the Paris Air Show. "The ...
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Seoul Delays Decision on WMD Initiative
Almost half of the households in Seoul now consist of just one or two people, according to a survey on 49,785 residents by the Seoul Metropolitan Government late last year. Some 46.8 percent of households consisted of one or two ...
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Seoul shares slip on foreign selling techs as Fed awaited
Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:03am EDT * Drop in Samsung Electronics, tech stocks weighs * Hyundai Motor gains for a second day on earnings hopes SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - Seoul shares slipped on Wednesday as foreign investors were net sellers for a ninth straight session as the market awaited the results of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting for clarity on its stimulus programme. No immediate ...
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Drug smuggling on the rise in S. Korea
It is worrisome that drugs smuggled into Korea or trafficked through it have been increasing rapidly in recent years. The number of drug-smuggling cases uncovered by the Korea Customs Service rose from 150 in 2009 to 232 last year. Recent figures from the KCS augmented the perception that the country could no longer be recognised as a place relatively free of narcotics. For the first five ...
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Ethiopian Airlines inaugurates new flight to Seoul
The Ethiopian Airlines, one of the fastest growing airliners in Africa, on Tuesday launched its new destination to Seoul, South Korea. The inaugural flight to Seoul coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and South Korea. The Ethiopian Airlines made the inaugural flight with Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Incheon International Airport in ...
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Seoul shares drop Samsung Elec dips after gains
SEOUL, June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:17pm EDT SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - Seoul shares fell in early Wednesday trade as Samsung Electronics shares turned lower after posting their biggest gain in 2-1/2 weeks in the previous session. Samsung has been battered as analysts readjust their expectations for its smartphone growth, but managed to climb 1.5 percent on Tuesday. The Korea Composite ...
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Seoul World Design Capital
In 2010, Seoul held the title of World Design Capital for the year, a coveted acknowledgment of the city’s progress in the development of its design-oriented industries and a foundation for the implementation of further development projects in preparation for 2010.
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