Provides the latest RSS feeds for South Korea News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Seoul News.Net http://www.seoulnews.net/ en-us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:06:17 -0400 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:06:17 -0400 30 The fastest broadband city in the world is Masan in South Korea, according to an analysis. http://www.seoulnews.net/story/665725 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:20:16 -0400 ANI http://www.seoulnews.net/story/665725 South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Un Chan offered his resignation Thursday over the government's failure to get parliamentary approval to revise the planned relocation of ministries to a newly planned administrative town. http://www.seoulnews.net/story/665662 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:30:01 -0400 IANS http://www.seoulnews.net/story/665662 By Lee Hyo-won Staff reporter Veteran comedian Baek Nam-bong (real name Park Du-sik) passed away Thursday morning after battling lung cancer. He was 71. In 2008, cancer cells were detected whil... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334476&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:49:13 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334476&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Kim Tong-hyung Staff reporter After weeks of media fuss about the iPhone 4’s delayed Korean release, Apple has finally submitted its latest gadget for government approval here, according to t... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334477&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:49:08 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334477&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Sunny Lee Korea Times correspondent PARIS — China’s playing the staunch guardian role for North Korea in response to the Cheonan incident greatly antagonized South Koreans. Some of them... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334479&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:48:55 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334479&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Jeffrey Katzenberg, right, CEO of DreamWorks, checks out Samsung Electronics’ 3D LED-backlit LCD televisions with other unnamed executives on the sidelines of his participation earlier this year at ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334480&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:48:50 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334480&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 An asteroid 560 meters in diameter is forecast to crash to the Earth in 2182, according to a research report. The report by NASA, Spain, Italy and other researchers says it is possible that asteroi... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335997&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:48:49 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335997&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Dale McFeatters Scripps Howard News Service The House vote on an emergency spending bill shows that President Barack Obama faces weakening support among his own Democrats for his determination ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334482&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:48:41 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334482&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Korean stocks finished 0.15 percent lower yesterday led by tech shares, as investors locked in profits after the announcement of disappointing U.S. economic data, analysts said. The local currency fel... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335995&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:31 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335995&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Daelim Industrial, a Korean engineering and construction giant, announced yesterday that it has won a $1.7 billion refinery plant project in the western region of Saudi Arabia from the state-owned Sau... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335999&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:31 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335999&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 CJ O Shopping, the television and online retail arm of food giant CJ Group, has launched a 24-hour shopping channel in India. The channel, called Star CJ Alive, will target middle-class viewers, setti... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334866&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:30 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37334866&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Korean shipbuilding firms may have won an important concession in the application of new accounting rules that threatened to hurt their balance sheets. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335993&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:27 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335993&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Businessmen who are operating factories in the Kaesong Industrial Complex launch a council to hold direct dialogues with North Korean government yesterday at the Banking Center in Myeong-dong, Seoul. ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335989&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:20 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335989&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Sri Lanka is donating 153 rare or endangered animals to Korea, including a pair of elephants, golden snub-nosed monkeys, jaguars and alligators, to thank a nongovernmental organization that helps Sri ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335992&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:20 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335992&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The Air Force said yesterday the crash of an F-5F jet in the East Sea on June 18, which killed two pilots, was caused not by a technical defect with the aircraft but by fog. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335990&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:19 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335990&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Children enjoy skateboards at the campus of Hallym University in Chuncheon, Gangwon, last week, in a youth camp held to celebrate the 1st World Leisure Games, which will start on Aug. 28 in the city. ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335996&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:31:15 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37335996&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Two days of discussions and interventions, coordinated by the Committee for Life and the Committee for Bioethics of the Korean Bishops' Conference, to transform the "culture of death" to a "culture of... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37331819&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:04:39 -0400 Spero News http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37331819&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Kang Hyun-kyung Staff reporter A high-ranking North Korean official visited Libya from June 8 to 10, the foreign ministry confirmed Thursday. Kim Young-joon, vice minister of North Korea’s... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37332527&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:32:05 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37332527&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Lee Hyo-sik Staff reporter The nation’s highest court ruled Thursday that the current Medical Law, which bans unlicensed individuals from practicing acupuncture and other alternative medical ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37332528&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:32:00 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37332528&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Park Si-soo Staff reporter The Constitutional Court Thursday ruled that a law giving visually impaired people exclusive right to work as licensed masseurs was constitutional in a 6-3 decision. ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37332529&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:31:56 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37332529&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Citi’s cool summer: Citibank Korea CEO Ha Yung-ku, left, gives sliced watermelon to a citizen at Cheonggyechoen Plaza in central Seoul, Thursday, as part of its summer promotion. / Courtesy of Ci... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37331092&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:31:28 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37331092&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Park Si-soo Staff reporter The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that a lawmaker does not have the right to post the registry of the teachers’ union on the Internet. The ruling dealt a s... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329172&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:16:09 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329172&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Lee Hyo-sik Staff reporter The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will hire qualified foreign nationals as heads of its overseas branch offices as part of its efforts to recruit more capable tour... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329173&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:16:05 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329173&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Theft, jellyfish, being overcharged could ruin your vacation By Lee Hyo-sik Staff reporter Vacationers should take extra caution this summer if they do not want to ruin their long-awaited holid... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329174&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:16:00 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329174&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Park Si-soo Staff reporter Popular actor Kwon Sang-woo, 34, was slapped with a 7 million won ($5,890) fine by a Seoul district court for a hit-and-run. The penalty was 2 million won higher t... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329176&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:15:55 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329176&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Kwon Mee-yoo Staff reporter Foreigners living in Seoul suggested drinking makgeolli, taking a bath at a "jjimjilbang," shopping at Myeong-dong and enjoying the nightlife around the Hongik Unive... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329175&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:15:51 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37329175&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 North Korea that its aggressive behavior must stop," General Walter Sharp, commander of the 28,500 US troops in South Korea, said in a statement released by the US Forces Korea. The aircraft carrier U... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37318962&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:41:49 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37318962&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, July 29 (AP) - (Kyodo)—South Korea's ruling Grand National Party won in Wednesday's by-elections, according to results released by the National Election Commission on Thursday. The re... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37319615&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:26:02 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37319615&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Actress Angelina Jolie signs autographs for fans as she arrives for the South Korean premiere of her movie "Salt" in Seoul July 28, 2010.[Photo/Agencies] http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37318717&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:16:58 -0400 SINA http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37318717&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 South Korea's ruling Grand National Party (GNP) won five out of the eight parliamentary seats that has been contested for in the Wednesday's by-elections, Seoul's national election watchdog said. Acco... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37316954&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:02:43 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37316954&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Japan as a threat to its territorial integrity. Beijing's indignation appears calibrated to push back at U.S. dominance in the region. As far as Beijing is concerned, the U.S.-South Korean joint ai... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313294&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:32:26 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313294&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Japan as a threat to its territorial integrity. Beijing's indignation appears calibrated to push back at U.S. dominance in the region. As far as Beijing is concerned, the U.S.-South Korean joint ai... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313207&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:32:21 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313207&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Japan as a threat to its territorial integrity. Beijing's indignation appears calibrated to push back at U.S. dominance in the region. As far as Beijing is concerned, the U.S.-South Korean joint ai... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313298&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:32:10 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313298&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Japan as a threat to its territorial integrity. Beijing's indignation appears calibrated to push back at U.S. dominance in the region. As far as Beijing is concerned, the U.S.-South Korean joint ai... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313297&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:32:09 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313297&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Japan as a threat to its territorial integrity. Beijing's indignation appears calibrated to push back at U.S. dominance in the region. As far as Beijing is concerned, the U.S.-South Korean joint ai... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313296&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:32:04 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313296&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Japan as a threat to its territorial integrity. Beijing's indignation appears calibrated to push back at U.S. dominance in the region. As far as Beijing is concerned, the U.S.-South Korean joint ai... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313265&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:31:57 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313265&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Japan as a threat to its territorial integrity. Beijing's indignation appears calibrated to push back at U.S. dominance in the region. As far as Beijing is concerned, the U.S.-South Korean joint ai... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313295&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:31:57 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37313295&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The government is set to delay the planned release later this week of its annual report on national defense policies, as it seeks to avoid inflaming a territorial dispute with South Korea ahead of a k... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37310087&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:02:10 -0400 Japan Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37310087&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 South Korea's conservative ruling party swept to victory yesterday in parliamentary by-elections, giving President Lee Myung-Bak a major political boost midway through his five-year term.The Grand Nat... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37306348&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:27:08 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37306348&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 (CNN) -- In South Korea, the launch of "StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty" is more than just a follow-up to one of the PC industry's top-selling games -- it could shake up what many see as the ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37306199&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:02:41 -0400 CNN Asia http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37306199&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The husband of the late actress Jang Jin-young unveiled their wedding pictures to help her fans be reminded of her. Kim Young-kyun on Sunday posted eight wedding photos on his homepage that had yet... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303531&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:03:43 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303531&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 It is sizzling hot. The temperature has risen to the point that everyone, whether young or old, only wishes to take off their already-thin attire to cool off. Yet there is one man who, despite the hea... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303530&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:03:38 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303530&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Chang Kyung-ho was crushed when he heard that funding for his research department at Saehan Technological Research Center was being cut in early 2001. He and his team were close to a breakthrough in d... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303533&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:13 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303533&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The Korean economy seems to be recovering quickly, and that pace is thanks in part to its shipbuilders, which are among the largest and most advanced in the world. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303534&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:12 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303534&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Korean stocks finished 0.29 percent higher yesterday as foreign investors picked up shares of retailers and financial companies on upbeat earnings outlook, analysts said. The local currency fell again... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303527&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:10 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303527&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 As the worldwide market for electric vehicles grows, three Korean companies - LG Chem, SK Energy and Samsung SDI - are locked in a race to supply rechargeable batteries for the next wave of green auto... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303532&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:10 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303532&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Nexon Co., the largest online game maker in Japan by revenue, is aiming to list its shares on the Japanese bourse next year as it hopes to secure capital for long-term growth, its president said yeste... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37302837&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:09 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37302837&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The average rate for new loans extended to households and companies reached 5.32 percent last month, down 0.08 percentage point from a month earlier, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). It marked th... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303526&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:09 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303526&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The surplus of $5.04 billion in June, up from a revised $3.82 billion in May, was third largest ever recorded by Korea after a surplus of $6.64 billion in March 2009 and $5.38 billion in June 2009, th... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303525&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:06 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303525&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Lee, a 65-year-old former three-term lawmaker, left politics in 2008 after a humiliating defeat in Eunpyeong B by Moon Kook-hyun, then leader of the minor opposition Creative Korea Party. In an atte... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303520&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:04 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303520&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 A group of 10 elementary and middle school students from Ulleung Island in the East Sea will compete in an international jump rope competition in the U.K. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303523&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:02 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303523&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Over 1,000 scholars, writers and attorneys from Korea and Japan asked the Japanese government for a formal apology for the annexation of Korea ahead of its 100-year anniversary next month. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303522&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:01 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303522&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The Uzbek government has requested the extradition of an ethnic Korean Uzbek, Vladimir Choi, 46, who is a primary suspect in a big fraud case in the country. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303524&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:01 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303524&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 WASHINGTON - A group of liberal South Korean activists told U.S. officials and lawmakers they doubted a North Korean torpedo attack sunk a South Korean warship in March, but got a frosty reception. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303521&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:47:00 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303521&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 It was the beginning of a romance between a South Korean bachelor and a woman from the North who had crossed the border. The party where the two met was organized by the city of Anseong, Gyeonggi, to ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303528&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:46:59 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=37303528&cat=3f5c98640a497b43