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Seoul shares open higher on shipbuilders

March 8, 2011

South Korean stocks started higher on Tuesday as retail and institutional investors picked up shares of shipyards, analysts said. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 4.13 p...
Seoul wary of Japanese minister’s resignation

Foreign AffairsMarch 7, 2011

South Korea appeared wary Monday of the resignation of Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, an official who had taken a firm position against North Korea and sought strong cooperation with Seoul ...
S. Korea refuses N.K. demand to see 4 wanting to defect

North KoreaMarch 7, 2011

Pyongyang proposes Red Cross talks over repatriation South Korea on Monday rejected North Korea’s demand to meet with the four boat passengers wishing to defect, escalating tensions as the communist...
[News Focus] Two Koreas at odds over return of N.K. citizens

Foreign AffairsMarch 6, 2011

Four North Koreans who have expressed their wish to stay here after their boat accidentally drifted into South Korean waters are becoming the latest source of tension between the two Koreas. North K...
Prosecutors raid former tax chief‘s house over bribery

코리아 헤럴드March 3, 2011

Prosecutors on Thursday raided the house of a disgraced former tax chief and a painting gallery in Seoul, as part of their investigation into allegations against him of bribery, lobbying and peddling...
Seoul officials probed over inter-Korean defense talks leaks

DefenseMarch 1, 2011

South Korean officials who had been involved in the inter-Korean defense talks last month were recently investigated for allegedly leaking too much information to the media and thereby offending the ...
GNP leader suggests new body to retrieve cultural assets

PoliticsMarch 1, 2011

The ruling party’s leader has proposed setting up a private foundation to retrieve Korea’s hundreds of thousands of cultural items on a nongovernmental level. Korea is believed to have more than 117...
‘Lee to stay away from constitutional revision’

PoliticsFebruary 28, 2011

President’s key supporter calls for parliamentary move on amendment to basic law President Lee Myung-bak feels an urgent need to revise the country’s decades-old Constitution but believes the issue ...
U.S. expected to replace ambassador to Seoul

Foreign AffairsFebruary 25, 2011

The U.S. is expected to replace its ambassador to Seoul, considering deputy assistant secretary of state Joseph Donovan as a strong candidate to take the position, reports have said. The reports com...
P.M.: Seoul has no intention to ‘absorb’ N.K.

PoliticsFebruary 25, 2011

South Korea has no intention to achieve unification by absorbing the North and is keeping up efforts to resume inter-Korean dialogue, Seoul’s prime minister said Friday, as tensions linger after the ...
S. Korea, U.S. united on N.K., FTA: envoy

Foreign AffairsFebruary 24, 2011

South Korea and the U.S. are “on the best of terms” regarding a shared belief to remain firm against North Korea’s nuclear activities and activate their free trade deal at the earliest possible date,...
China again calls for 6-party talks soon

Foreign AffairsFebruary 23, 2011

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi again emphasized the need for the resumption soon of the stalled multinational talks on North Korea’s denuclearization, indicating the lingering opinion ...
Seoul issues stronger travel alert on Libya

Foreign AffairsFebruary 22, 2011

The Foreign Ministry issued an alert against traveling to all regions of Libya on Tuesday, strengthening its previous warning as anti-government protests have been spreading across the northern Afric...
S. Korea envoys in Seoul for annual discussions

Foreign AffairsFebruary 21, 2011

South Korea opened an annual conference of its diplomatic mission chiefs Monday, with hundreds of senior diplomats gathering in Seoul to discuss “business diplomacy” plus other topics prepared to fam...
S. Korea alerts nationals against traveling to Libya

Foreign AffairsFebruary 21, 2011

S. Korea issued an alert against travelling to Libya. (Yonhap News) South Korea on Sunday issued an alert against traveling to Libya, asking its nationals to defer nonessential trips to the northern...