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KBS website goes offline for unknown reason

The Website of South Korea's public broadcaster KBS suffered a series of malfunctions on Wednesday for an unidentified reason, officials said. The broadcaster's Website went off line from 8:00 p.m. ...

April 10, 2013
Industry
Online transactions of NongHyup Bank paralyzed

NongHyup Bank, the banking unit of South Korean financial holding company NongHyup Financial Group Inc., said Wednesday its online and smartphone banking system was paralyzed for an unknown reason. ...

April 10, 2013
Finance
Daelim headquarters, factory raided over fatal explosion

YEOSU -- Police raided the head office of a Seoul-based major chemical company and its plant in this provincial city on Monday as part of efforts to determine the exact cause of an explosion last wee...

March 18, 2013
Social affairs
U.N. refugee chief sees increase in Syrian refugees

The U.N. chief for refugees says the number of refugees from Syria could increase by “two or three times” the present level by the end of the year if the country's conflict doesn't end. U.N. High Co...

March 10, 2013
World News
Park to hold first Cabinet meeting Monday

President Park Geun-hye plans to hold her first Cabinet meeting on Monday as soon as the minimum number of ministers needed for such a meeting is met following their parliamentary confirmation proces...

March 10, 2013
Politics
Japan PM: 'severe' sanctions over N. Korea nuke test

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan 's prime minister says the world should impose tough new sanctions against North Korea if it goes ahead with plans for a nuclear test. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a televi...

January 29, 2013
World News
Park praises EU efforts on N. Korea, seeks closer biz ties with India, Middle East

South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye praised the European Union (EU)'s efforts to resolve the humanitarian crisis in North Korea, and expressed hope for closer economic ties with India and the...

January 15, 2013
Politics
U.S. wants 'strongest possible' ties with S. Korea's new government: Campbell

The top U.S. diplomat on East Asian policy, Kurt Campbell, voiced hope on Tuesday that Washington wants to maintain the "strongest possible" relationship with Seoul 's new government, a day bef...

January 15, 2013
Politics
Park's transition team expresses regret over opposition criticism

President-elect Park Geun-hye's transition team expressed regret on Saturday over opposition criticism that the team is filled largely with conservatives. Park finalized the lineup of her transi...

January 5, 2013
Politics
India gang-rape victim's friend recounts attack

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The suffering of a university student and her male friend who were brutally attacked aboard a bus in India's capital did not end after the woman was gang-raped and both were savage...

January 5, 2013
World News
Credit card firms suspend interest-free installment purchases

Local credit card firms have suspended interest-free installment purchases for card-accepting businesses with annual sales over 100 billion won (US$93.9 million) following a revised financial act,...

January 5, 2013
Business
Former gang boss Kim Tae-chon dies in hospital

Kim Tae-chon, former boss of South Korea's noted criminal syndicates in the 1970s and 1980s, died early Saturday at a hospital in Seoul after about a year of treatment for diseases. He was 64. The...

January 5, 2013
Social affairs
KCNA unveils renovated web site before Google head's trip

WASHINGTON -- Apparently, North Korea has something new to show off to Google chairman Eric Schmidt -- a renovated website for its main propaganda apparatus. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...

January 5, 2013
North Korea
Two liberal candidates to hold TV debate for single candidacy

Running against time, two leading liberal opposition presidential hopefuls agreed on Monday to hold a TV debate as part of their efforts to merge their candidacies in December's election. The TV deb...

November 19, 2012
Politics
Unification Church delegation did not discuss inter-Korean ties: businessman

PAJU -- A delegation of Unification Church officials who visited North Korea to accept condolences over the death of church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon did not discuss inter-Korean ties with the ...

September 8, 2012
North Korea

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