The Korea Herald

FMD spreads through central S. Korea

Social affairsJan 3, 2011

South Korea's foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has continued to spread through the central part of the country despite nationwide quarantine efforts, the government said Monday. The farm ministry said a...
Soompi.com shows Hallyu where to go

TelevisionJan 3, 2011

Soompi.com is the world’s biggest English-language online community dedicated to Korean pop culture. It boasts some 1.4 million visitors daily. More importantly, 90 percent of its members are non-Ko...
Lee’s aide mentioned N.K. collapse and ‘interim entity’: leaked cable

North KoreaJan 2, 2011

Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan hinted that the South Korea might allow for an “interim entity” if the North collapsed and said China’s role should be considered when he talked with a top U.S. diploma...
S. Korea reports another 5 cases of FMD

Social affairsJan 2, 2011

South Korea confirmed five additional foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks at two beef cattle farms and a milk cattle farm in provincial areas on Sunday despite nationwide quarantine efforts to con...
Police continue search for suspect in armored van robbery

Social affairsJan 2, 2011

Police continued their search on Sunday for a man suspected of stealing 530 million won (US$472,760) in cash from a armored van in this southeastern city on New Year's Eve. The suspect, thought to b...
Smoking rate in S. Korea down in 2010

Social affairsJan 2, 2011

(Bloomberg) The smoking rate in South Korea fell in 2010 from a year earlier, the nation's health ministry said Sunday, but it still maintains a higher-than-average rate compared to other advanced O...
Jogye Order expands temple stay Web site to 6 languages

Social affairsJan 2, 2011

A business arm of South Korea's largest Buddhist sect said Sunday it has expanded its Web site on temple stay programs to support Chinese, Japanese and three other foreign languages as well as Englis...