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 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:33:15 -0400 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:33:15 -0400 30 To get 'Yoduk Story' produced, the director had to put his kidney up for collateral. Fortunately for Jung Sung San , South Koreans liked the idea of a musical about the horrors of North Korea's prison... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030608&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:14:33 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030608&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 In the next 10 days, the UN food aid agency is expected to ask South Korea to provide emergency food aid to North Korea. According to Radio Free Asia, a World Food Programme spokesman said the agency ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030606&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:14:32 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030606&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 More Korean women are suffering from cancer, according to a survey by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service Tuesday. The number of Korean females affected by cancer topped 188,000 last ye... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030607&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:14:32 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030607&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The city of Seoul announced the expansion of childcare services from the current 15 districts to 22 districts. Organized by the district office, they send trained professionals to working mother's hom... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030605&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:14:31 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030605&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The Seoul City government will go ahead with controversial plans to open two special middle-schools mostly holding classes in English. The municipal office of education on Tuesday announced details of... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030603&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:14:30 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030603&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The average Korean owns more than three credit cards, according to the Bank of Korea. The figure, which works out as 3.8 cards per person, is two to three times higher than averages in France and Germ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030602&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:14:29 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030602&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The Bush administration is working for congressional approval of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement by the end of this year. Washington is cranking up efforts to push for ratification of the KOR-U.S... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030611&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:28:25 -0400 Chosun http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17030611&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Despite recent progress made in resuming U.S. beef exports to South Korea, some protesters continue to voice and act out their displeasure regarding the agreement. Early on Saturday, South Korean poli... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024800&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:39:50 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024800&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Samsungs NV cameras all look and feel very similar, with only relatively minor cosmetic differences apparent from the outside. Cameras of this size cant compete with those with bigger sensors and lens... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024801&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:39:49 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024801&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 TOKYO (AFP) - South Korea 's chief envoy on the nuclear disarmament of North Korea called Tuesday for patience with the communist state, hoping for 'concrete' action in the coming months. Kim Sook hel... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024799&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:39:52 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024799&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Korea has temporarily halted all pork imports from Chile after finding cancer-causing dioxins above permissible levels in shipments from three Chilean exporters since early July. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024357&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:51 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024357&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The Northeast Asian History Foundation was created in 2006 to examine, promote scholarly dialogue and respond to disputed issues in modern and contemporary history of Korea and the region. The BGN con... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024812&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:47 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024812&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 In an inspection of 46 such institutions, the board confirmed 29 cases in which in-house audit boards had been lenient to violators. According to the report, the Incheon city government gave only a l... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024809&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:46 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024809&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 A 38-year-old man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of having thrown several bottles filled with hydrochloric acid at a group of police officers during an anti-government rally earlier this month. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024808&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:45 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024808&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Lee Hyo-sik Staff Reporter Hwang Tae-hee, 29, who graduated from university five years ago, is still out of work even though she has applied to over 100 companies and has had numerous interview... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024815&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:15 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024815&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The Financial Supervisory Service and industry sources said yesterday that banks earned 700 billion won ($668.6 million) in commission from selling stock fund products in the first five months of this... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024803&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:55 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024803&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 BEIJING -- Seven seconds after today's opening tipoff, Lisa Leslie scored on a power move inside. Freeze that image. Repeat it. And you have an idea of how the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17023721&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:52 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17023721&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Kang Hyun-kyung Staff Reporter Rep. Park Jin of the governing Grand National Party was elected chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee Tuesday. Park, 52, defe... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024817&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:12 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024817&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Kospi lost 4.48 points, or 0.28 percent, to 1,567.71. Volume was thin at 255.3 million shares worth 3.35 trillion won ($3.21 billion), ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024805&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:36:03 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024805&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Art for Life is an Italian restaurant and concert house run by a Korean flutist-oboist couple. The two quit their cushy jobs as leading musicians with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and opened this ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024806&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:36:07 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024806&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 BEIJING (AP) — Sylvia Fowles and the U.S. women's basketball team were too big for South Korea to handle. Fowles scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the U.S. to a 104-60 rout of Sout... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17023730&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:37 -0400 Deseret News http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17023730&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The ousted chief of national public broadcaster KBS will be indicted this week for breach of trust charges, prosecutors said yesterday, as KBS unions began a campaign to prevent the appointment of a p... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024807&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:44 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024807&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Sunny Lee Korea Times Correspondent BEIJING ― Curious about what China's future looks like? Then pay attention to the word, ``ba ling hou,'' which literally means ``the generation born after ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024814&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:08 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024814&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 An 87 percent majority of foreign logistics companies located in Korea want the central government to cut red tape and give them more benefits, according to a recent survey. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024811&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:35:51 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024811&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Zi Corporation (TSX: ZIC) (NASDAQ: ZICA), (the 'Company' or 'Zi'), a leading innovator of mobile discovery & advertising solutions and Samsung Electronics (KRXS:005930, (KRXS: 005935), (LSE: SMSN)... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024798&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:39:58 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024798&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Michael Ha Staff Reporter North Korea is making an unlikely pitch to the organizers of the Gumball Rally to hold a race crossing the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone. Maximillion Cooper, chie... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024813&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:06 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024813&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 South Korean gymnast Yoo Won-chul competes on the men's parallel bars at the Beijing Olympic Games, Tuesday. Yoo scored 16.250 points to earn the silver medal. / Yonhap http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024816&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:04 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024816&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Normalcy almost returned to the National Assembly yesterday after the ruling and opposition parties agreed on an amendment to a livestock disease law, a major hurdle that created an 82-day legislative... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024819&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:58:42 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024819&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 North Korean men perform taekwondo as they march with the national flag alongside over 100,000 participants performing in the Mass Games in Pyongyang on Aug. 13. [AP] http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024818&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:58:39 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17024818&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 (MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., has posted its fifth consecutive quarter, selling 45.7 million handsets in the quarter, 22 per cent higher than the same period in the previous y... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019159&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:53 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019159&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Myanmar has planned to export rubber to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as part of the two countries' bilateral economic cooperation program following the re-establishment of diplomat... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019158&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:46 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019158&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 It may be Australia's sixth largest partner when it comes to two-way trade but the relationship between Australia and South Korea doesn't enjoy the sameprofile as its Northern Asian neighbours. But no... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019164&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:44 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019164&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL -- The Pusan festival unveiled a slimmed-down, more Asian-centric selection for the 11th running of its Pusan Promotion Plan project market.PPP unveiled 30 projects, down from 35 last year, but ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019163&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:52 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019163&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Sylvia Fowles, who finished with 26 points, chases a loose ball in front of South Korea's Jung Sunmin. The unbeaten Americans won by 44 points. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17017839&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:23:28 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17017839&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The North Korean government did not attend South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's inauguration early this year because its demand for a special invitation was not met, a news report said Tuesday. The ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019162&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:56 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019162&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Aug. 19 - Hyundai Motor Co is considering introducing its i10 model, a small hatchback produced in India, to the U.S. market. An ANI report. No videos currently selected. Click on any video below, fro... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019160&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:56:54 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019160&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 from a blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism, saying there has not been sufficient progress made in finding ways to verify the nuclear declaration. A Japanese foreign ministry statement said Saik... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019171&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:10:06 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17019171&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The South Korean won turned down to hit its weakest in over six weeks against the dollar on Tuesday, as local shares fell on renewed credit woes and the authorities were not ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013715&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:31:25 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013715&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's corporate default rate went up in July as more companies in the service sector became insolvent, the South Korean central bank said Tuesday. According to the B... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013718&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:31:14 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013718&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of major South Korean newspapers on Tuesday, prepared by Reuters in Seoul. Reuters has not checked the stories and does not guarantee their accurac... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013717&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:31:19 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013717&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL -- Hundreds of staff at a South Korean-operated resort in North Korea have been ordered to lea ve amid sour relations over the fatal shooting of a Seoul tourist, officials said Monday. Unificati... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013722&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:31:07 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013722&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) today opened upbeat and boisterous, as the KSE-100 index was seen shooting up by 300 points.Sources said that the trading today started in a positive environment,... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013720&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:31:09 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013720&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Kang Shin-who Staff Reporter Two international middle schools will pick students through lotteries this year. The Seoul Metropolitan Education Office announced Tuesday that Younghoon Middle ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013725&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:27:41 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013725&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Golden boy: U.S. swimmer and all-time Olympian Michael Phelps poses exclusively for the Aug. 25 edition of Sports Illustrated in this photograph taken in Beijing, Sunday. / Reuters-Yonhap http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013726&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:27:36 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013726&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 BEIJING - Ko Young-min's two-run single in the fourth tied the game and Cuba also committed a costly two-run error that inning, and South Korea rallied past the defending champion Cubans 7-4 on Tuesda... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17012771&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:44:29 -0400 TSN http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17012771&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Korean food popular in Hong Kong: Visitors enter a hall devoted to Korean foodstuff at the Food Expo in Hong Kong, the world's largest exhibition of its kind. Korean products got a favorable reception... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013727&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:08:27 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013727&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 -(Dow Jones)- The South Korean government is revising rules to allow companies to go public more easily while tightening delisting criteria to encourage activity in the stock markets. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013728&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:59:41 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17013728&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 DOW JONES NEWSWIRES August 18, 2008 10:32 p.m. DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Hyundai Motor Co. (005380.SE) and its union were holding last-minute negotiations Tuesday to seek a compromise on a pay deal, with wo... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009524&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:39:35 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009524&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL -- Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit South Korea next week for talks on strengthening rel ations and persuading North Korea to scrap its nuclear programme, the presidential office said Mond... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009522&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:39:31 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009522&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Dr. Hong Waun-ki, head of the Cancer Medicine Division at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. In an interview with the Chosun Ilbo, Dr. Hong Waun-ki, head of the cancer medicine divis... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009526&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:39:36 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009526&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Seoul shares tumbled more than 2 percent on Tuesday with renewed U.S. credit market worries sending exporters and financials such as Samsung Elec http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009520&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:39:29 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009520&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - South Korean government bond prices inched up in early Tuesday trade, with a modest rebound in the won and prospects for the slowing economy renewing interest in long-dated d... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009521&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:39:29 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009521&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Kim Se-jeong Save the Children Korea, founded in 1953, has no direct AIDS projects in South Korea due to the nation's relatively low caseload: Just 744 new HIV infections were diagnosed last year, bri... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009527&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:39:34 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009527&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL: South Korean Buddhists are taking President Lee Myung Bak's six-month-old government to task for a perceived religious bias against them. But analysts say religious harmony in the country is un... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17007995&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:14:39 -0400 The Straits Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17007995&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 President Lee Myung-bak walks with Chinese President Hu Jintao to a welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during his official visit to China in late May. http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009530&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:01:36 -0400 Chosun http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17009530&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Thomson Financial News SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Seoul shares are set for a weak start on Tuesday with losses in U.S. markets on the back of renewed credit worries likely to dampen sentiment, but easi... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004921&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:24 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004921&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Doosan Group has dropped its bid for Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. The bidding war over the biggest M&A market offering in the second half of this year will be waged by three rivals onli... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004918&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:18 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004918&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The South Korean Ambassador to Australia is hoping a recent visit to Seoul by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will help improve bilateral relations.South Korea is Australia's sixth largest partner when it c... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004917&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:14 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004917&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Shares in Doosan Group units climbed on Monday on market talk that the South Korean heavy industry group would drop its bidding interest for Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engi... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004910&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:08 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004910&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 President Lee Myung-bak on Monday warned North Korea will continue to attempt to sow ideological dissent in the South in a bid to prevent it from pooling its national capabilities. Lee made the remark... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004908&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:05 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004908&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Some 72.7 percent of Koreans think President Lee Myung-bak is the most influential person in the country, an annual survey by the weekly Sisa Journal shows. Lee was followed by former Samsung Group ch... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004923&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:02 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004923&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The Korean Olympic baseball team clinched a berth to the semifinal with a perfect record, beating Taiwan in its fifth win. In the fifth game of the seven round-robin games, Kang Min-hos tie-breaking R... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004922&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:16 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004922&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Korea's space industry is almost ready to rocket. The lower half of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 arrives at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Jeolla Province. The propulsion system for the f... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004906&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:01 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004906&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Tokyo shares opened lower on Tuesday, mirroring losses on Wall Street overnight after media reports said the government might need to bail out mortgage financiers Fannie Ma... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004915&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:13 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004915&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 TOKYO — The top Japanese and South Korean nuclear negotiators will meet in Tokyo on Tuesday afternoon to discuss how to proceed with the six-party talks on North Korea’s denuclearization ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004045&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:41:49 -0400 Japan Today http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004045&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Domestic investment has plummeted in the face of restrictions, while corporations invest overseas. During the first half of the year, corporations' domestic investment grew by just 0.5 percent, but ov... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004920&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:17 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004920&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 A leak this weekend by TmoNews suggests that T-Mobile's US division will have a second iPhone rival after the Android-based HTC Dream. Known as the Samsung Tocco in Europe, the t919 would drop the fro... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004914&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:12 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004914&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Here's something for those who want an environment friendly device. Check out Samsung's new Ecophone, a mobile phone that's partially made from bioplastics. But before we continue, let's discuss biopl... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004913&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:11 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004913&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The South Korean won gained slightly against the dollar early on Tuesday as lingering caution over dollar-selling intervention by the authorities offset renewed credit crunch... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004916&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:13 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004916&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Hyundai Motor said Monday that overseas production this year exceeded exports from domestic plants for the first time ever, reflecting efforts by South Korea's top automaker to go global. In the seven... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004909&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:49:07 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004909&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The government will announce measures aimed at revitalizing the local real estate market before Chuseok, or Korean thanksgiving, begins on Sept.14. Presidential officials say the measures are aimed a... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004928&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:10:46 -0400 Chosun http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004928&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Use of public transportation in Seoul has increased by nearly 3 percent year on year in July. City government says high gas prices are the main reason behind the recent surge in public transportation... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004926&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:10:44 -0400 Chosun http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=17004926&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 MEXICO CITY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks extended sharp losses on Monday amid new fears that the U.S. government will need to prop up the two largest mortgage finance companies in the United Sta... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16999920&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:34:13 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16999920&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 PYONGYANG, North Korea -- Acrobats on cables flying across a giant stadium. Hundreds of performers executing synchronized martial arts punches and kicks. A giant globe signifying unity as a grand fina... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16999921&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:34:12 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16999921&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission said it has cleared Robert Bosch GmbH. and Samsung SDI's proposed lithium ion battery joint venture. No financial details were disclosed. The 50-... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16999922&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:34:11 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16999922&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 US Economic News European Economic News Asian Economic News All Economic News FX Top Stories Currency Alerts Mkt Sensitive News Politics European Mkt Updates Asian Mkt Updates Treasury Mkt Updates Dai... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16999924&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:34:09 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16999924&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Starbucks Coffee Korea will sell tteok, or rice cakes, in five different flavors, the company said yesterday. The menu includes steamed buckwheat rice cakes in strawberry, wormwood, green tea or pump... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994307&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:28:35 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994307&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Interest rates on bank deposit products have picked up lately as the Bank of Korea hiked the benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage point for the first time in a year. But a bigger yield on deposits also... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994308&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:28:32 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994308&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Customers look at steel disks and other tools in a store in the Seoul Guro Industrial Tools Commercial Complex. The complex has over 1,770 stores selling hardware ranging from bolts to power drills an... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994310&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:28:30 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994310&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Na Jeong-ju Staff Reporter Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Seoul Aug. 25-26 for a summit with President Lee Myung-bak, Cheong Wa Dae announced Monday. In their third summit, the two l... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994314&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:59:11 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994314&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 This is the eighth in a series of articles highlighting Dokdo's history, environment, old maps and folklore, possibility of the international court decision on the East Sea islets and law of the sea. ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994315&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:59:07 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994315&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 For example, the Korea SW Industry Promotion Agency, Korea Institute for Electronic Commerce and the Institute for Information Technology Advancement, which are all under the Ministry of Knowledge Eco... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994311&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:28:28 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994311&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 The new generation of similarly sized mini-notebooks do more and cost less than the , putting another nail in the UMPC coffin. Credit: Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium from CNET.co.uk... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994303&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:31:59 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994303&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 According to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, or Kotra, the nation exported $24.3 billion of goods to the U.S. in the first half of this year, down 0.02 percent from a year earlier. Its ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994309&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:28:32 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994309&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea accused the United States on Monday of using human rights to block progress in a six-nation agreement on eliminating nuclear weapons in the communist country.President... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994305&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:32:03 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994305&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 (Adds more detail) BRUSSELS, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Robert Bosch [ROBG.UL] and Samsung SDI (006400.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) won approval from the European Commission on Monday to form a h... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994304&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:32:02 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994304&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Kim Jae-kyoung Staff Reporter Korea is grappling with weakening growth potential, with the nation's investment expanding at a snail's pace in the first half of this year, recording near-zero gr... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994313&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:59:04 -0400 The Korea Times http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994313&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 In Ulchi Freedom Guardian, as the joint Korean-U.S. exercises are called, the American military will take a supporting role for the first time since 1975, when the exercises began. The command change ... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994317&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:44:38 -0400 JoonAng Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16994317&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 South Korea steamrolled Austria 3-1 Monday to capture the men's team bronze medal at the table tennis touranment of the Beijing Olympic Games. South Korea pitted 15th-ranked Oh Sang Eun, Ryu Seung Min... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16988124&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:03:42 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16988124&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 By Kamran HaiderISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, who came to power in a coup nine years ago and was a key U.S. ally in its campaign against terrorism, quit office on Monday... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16988132&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:53:20 -0400 Swiss Info http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16988132&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 A spokesman for the Korean People 's Army (KPA) denounced Monday the U.S.-South Korean joint military drill as aiming to "launch a new invasion," demanding it to stop at once. The military m... http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16989419&cat=3f5c98640a497b43 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:50:21 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.seoulnews.net/?rid=16989419&cat=3f5c98640a497b43