Tue. October 07, 2008
North and South Korea:
Daily Times
October 6, 2008
The
Cold War ended when the
Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and is now remembered only as history to most people around the world. The Korean Peninsula ...
A total of almost 1.5 million young soldiers from both North and South Korea face off against each other across the heavily armed Demilitarised Zone. ...
Tehran Times
October 7, 2008
People aged 65 and older in Korea have exceeded five million this year to account for 10.3 percent of the population. According to a news release from the ...
조선일보(영문판)
October 7, 2008
The Ministry of Strategy and Finance says Korea's national credit rating stands between 25th and 33rd in the world from some 90 countries evaluated. ...
Los Angeles Times
October 7, 2008
Won is accused of being the Mata Hari of
North Korea, a temptress who for years used her sensual charms to seduce secrets from South
Korean military ...
Reuters
October 7, 2008
Seoul, Oct 7 (Reuters) - South
Korean regulators are monitoring equities
markets and considering steps to reduce volatility as deepening worries about the ...
Forbes
October 7, 2008
The won's sharp drop will likely dampen investor appetite for bonds by restraining the Bank of Korea from any monetary easing. ...
guardian.co.uk
October 7, 2008
By Cheon Jong-woo
Seoul, Oct 7 (Reuters) -
South Korea's president played down talk of a currency crisis similar to one that nearly broke the economy 10 ...
Forbes
October 7, 2008
Seoul, Oct 7 (Reuters) - A senior official at
South Korea's central bank denied on Tuesday local media reports that it was considering lowering the cash ...
Xinhua
October 7, 2008
Seoul, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) --
South Korea will purchase nearly half of US munitions stockpiled in the country with over 271 billion won (213 million US dollars) ...
Forbes
October 7, 2008
Reuters
October 7, 2008
By Jon Herskovitz and Kim Junghyun
Seoul (Reuters) -
South Korea's foreign minister played down on Tuesday the notion that
North Korea delivered an ...
Asia Times Online
October 6, 2008
By Andrei Lankov
Seoul -
Roh Moo-hyun, former president of
Korea (2002-2007), this month delivered a lengthy speech on the policy he believes Seoul should ...
코리아타임즈
October 6, 2008
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South Korea,
China and
Japan have enough dollar reserves to cope with a liquidity crisis. If they join hands,
Asia will be able to overcome the global ...
동아일보
October 6, 2008
The project will reconnect a 54-kilometer railway linking Rajin of
North Korea with Khasan of
Russia at a cost of 195 million US dollars, 72 million dollars ...
Reuters
October 6, 2008
By Yoo Choonsik
Seoul, Oct 6 (Reuters) -
South Korea said on Monday its banks were having trouble raising foreign currency funds and tried to reassure ...
Forbes
October 6, 2008
... ended up 3 basis points at 5.91 percent, the highest level since April 30, 2001, quotes from the Korea Securities Dealers Association showed. ...
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
October 6, 2008
Voice of America
October 6, 2008
By Kurt Achin
South Korea is taking the lead in creating a prospective pool of money with its cash-rich neighbors to prevent the worst effects of the ...
Hindu
October 6, 2008
Presidential spokeswoman Kim Eun-hye said that Lee told visiting pro-
South Korea residents from
Japan on Monday that ``there should be no concession because ...
Wall Street Journal Blogs
October 6, 2008
BBC News
October 6, 2008
North Korea has bought weapons worth $65m (£37m) over the past five years despite severe food shortages, a South
Korean lawmaker said. ...
Reuters
October 6, 2008
As Asian
markets opened on Monday,
South Korea pledged to use its $240 billion in official reserves to help its banks secure enough foreign-currency ...
Bloomberg
October 6, 2008
South Korea: The government will today sell 1.06 trillion won ($864 million) of three-year bonds. The notes yielded 5.82 percent at the previous auction on ...
Forbes
October 6, 2008
Seoul, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The South
Korean won fell nearly 5 percent to its weakest in six and a half years against the dollar on Monday on deepening ...
Forbes
October 6, 2008
... reversing a firmer opening, as the won's plunge escalated fears of a dollar shortage and undermined hopes for an early rate cut by the Bank of Korea. ...
Bloomberg
October 6, 2008
Korea Development Bank and
Korea Asset Management Corp., who are selling their 50.4 percent stake, may cancel the sale should bidders submit prices below ...
Forbes
October 6, 2008
Seoul, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Most bond dealers surveyed in
South Korea expect the country's central bank to hold key interest rates steady this week for a ...
CNNMoney.com
October 6, 2008
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South Korea's Trade Ministry said Monday, according to Yonhap. Hynix is the world's 2nd largest computer chip maker. Washington made its decision Oct. ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
October 6, 2008
Reuters
October 6, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald
October 6, 2008
When you're preparing to visit
North Korea, the list of things you're not allowed to bring with you is long. Just as long is the list of things that you're ...
Reuters
October 6, 2008
Seoul (Reuters) - A US
aircraft carrier group arrived in South
Korean waters on Monday for a visit likely to upset prickly
North Korea, which has said it ...
Calgary Herald
October 5, 2008
Below him ran the Han river in
Seoul,
South Korea. There were
boats travelling the waterway, and at one point a barge passed by. But
Alberta's Flyin' Bob ...
RedOrbit
October 4, 2008
The Korea Communications Commission said it will expand the verification system whereby users who post comments on websites are required to use their ...
코리아타임즈
October 4, 2008
Mongolia and
Thailand have denied holding any discussion with
South Korea on the possibility of setting up a North
Korean refugee camp in their territories, ...
Xinhua
October 4, 2008
Tehran Times
October 4, 2008
Seoul (Reuters) -
South Korea plans to help obese
children pay for health club membership and other activities that can help them lose weight, ...
Tehran Times
October 4, 2008
TVNZ
October 4, 2008
Federated Farmers is shrugging off
South Korea's decision to ban imports from a
New Zealand dairy company. Tatua Co-operative near Morrinsville suspended ...
Reuters
October 4, 2008
The
Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said 2.38 parts per million (ppm) and 1.78 ppm of the substance were found in M&M's
milk chocolate snack and ...
