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Fri, 9 May 2008 15:34:00 GMT

Korea's Space Odyssey Cannot Disguise Women's Plight

It was one small step for Yi Soyeon, and supposedly one giant leap for Korean womankind, as Korea's first astronaut - a woman, no less - became the first person from this country to leave Earth's atmosphere. Aboard the Russian shuttle Soyuz, brave
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:34:00 GMT

N Korea Continues To Slam's Korean President

SEOUL, May 8 Asia Pulse - North Korea lashed out again at South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on May 3, despite official statements from Seoul that such actions are counter-productive to bilateral relations. The Rodong Sinmun, newspaper of the North's
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:19:00 GMT

Suspected Bird Flu Case Reported In South Of Seoul

SEOUL, May 8 Asia Pulse - A suspected case of bird flu has been reported at a farm in the upper part of South Korea, officials said Thursday, raising concerns that the deadly disease is spreading across the nation despite the government's stepped-up
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:19:00 GMT

U.S. envoy returns to N.Korea to extract nuclear list

U.S. envoy Sung Kim led a similar delegation to the secretive state about two weeks ago, pressing for an inventory of its fissile material and nuclear weaponry and for answers to U.S. charges that it enriched uranium for weapons and transferred
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:19:00 GMT

US expert heads to NKorea for nuclear talks

SEOUL (AFP) - A top US official left Thursday for North Korea for talks on its long-awaited nuclear declaration, just two weeks after Washington accused Pyongyang of helping Syria build an atomic reactor. A delegation led by Sung Kim, director of the
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:19:00 GMT

SKorean court debates whether adultery should be a crime

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday began considering a petition from a top actress seeking to abolish a law which makes adultery a criminal offence. Ok So-Ri filed the petition in February, claiming the 54-year-old adultery law
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:18:00 GMT

U.S. envoy returns to North Korea to extract nuclear list

SEOUL (Reuters) - A team led by a U.S. State Department nuclear envoy entered North Korea on Thursday to persuade Pyongyang to declare its nuclear activities as called for in a six-country disarmament deal, an official said. U.S. envoy Sung Kim led a
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:18:00 GMT

SKorea's Lee blames US trade pact opponents for mad cow fears

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's president Thursday accused opponents of a free trade pact of spreading scare stories about the dangers of US beef. Lee Myung-Bak's government is grappling with a series of online and street protests citing mad cow disease
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:18:00 GMT

Defector's story of ordeal in NKorea camp to be filmed

SEOUL (AFP) - A defector's book about his decade-long ordeal in a North Korean prison camp is to be made into a film, producers said Thursday. Cinema and I, a South Korean film maker, said it would co-produce with its US partner a movie based on 'The
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:18:00 GMT

SKorea to extradite US murder suspect: court verdict

SEOUL (AFP) - A Korean-American who fled to South Korea a decade ago will be extradited to the United States to face charges of murdering a former policeman, according to a court verdict released Friday. The 31-year-old man, who has been identified only
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT

Bird Flu Outbreak Spreads Throughout South Korea

SEOUL, May 9 Asia Pulse - The government said Friday that the virulent form of bird flu has spread throughout South Korea despite stepped-up quarantine efforts. The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said quarantine experts have
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT

Candlelit protests planned in SKorea ahead of US beef imports

SEOUL (AFP) - Thousands of people will rally across South Korea Friday to protest the planned resumption of US beef imports as the government struggles to dispel a growing scare over mad cow disease, organisers said. Candlelit vigils in the capital and
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT

S Korea's Bulk Carrier STX Pan Ocean To Add 8 Bulk Vessels

SEOUL, May 9 Asia Pulse - STX Pan Ocean Co.(KSE:028670), South Korea's top bulk carrier, said Friday that it plans to spend 300 billion won (US$286 million) to add eight bulk ships to its fleet. Early this year, the shipper said it planned to spend $810
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT

S Korea Aims To Attract 7.5 MLN Tourists In 2008

SEOUL, May 9 Asia Pulse - South Korea is targeting some 7.5 million foreign tourists to visit the country this year, an increase of about 10 per cent form 6.5 million visitors last year. The government is confident of achieving the figure based on year
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:17:00 GMT

N. Korea hands over plutonium documents to U.S.

North Korea has turned over documents to a U.S. diplomat visiting its capital Pyongyang which relate to its plutonium-based nuclear program, the State Department said Thursday. The documents were handed over by North Korean officials to Sung Kim,
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:15:00 GMT

US envoy in N Korea for nuclear talks

A team led by a US State Department nuclear envoy entered North Korea yesterday to persuade Pyongyang to declare its nuclear activities as called for in a six-country disarmament deal, an official said. US envoy Sung Kim led a similar delegation to the
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:04:00 GMT

Aid group says North Koreans dying of starvation, warns of massive famine

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Koreans are dying because of food shortages in rural areas, and a massive famine is just a matter of time, a South Korean aid group said Friday. The food situation was as bad as the famine that hit the country in the
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:04:00 GMT

Bears squeeze 160 points from KSE

pulling KSE-100 Index down by 160 points to 14,228.The market analysts said the stock market reacted to the volatile currency market.With Pak rupee sinking to new lows, dealers said investors were in frenzy as a fall in rupee's value, erodes the net
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:01:00 GMT

Introducing the New Eight Seat People Carrier the Hyundai i800

The New Eight Seat People Carrier the Hyundai i800 Big families, small businesses and anyone with lots of friends can rejoice ? at last there is a classy way to carry eight people and luggage in a car that costs less than £20,000. Unlike most MPVs,
Fri, 9 May 2008 15:01:00 GMT

S Korea to allow hedge funds next year

South Korea plans to allow hedge funds next year to provide more investment opportunities and promote the development of financial techniques, said a South Korean official on Friday. 'We are now looking at introducing hedge funds in 2009 after drawing
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:58:00 GMT

Samsung's latest feature-packed printers

Today at Bali, Indonesia, Samsung showcased 26 printers and printing applications targeted at SOHOs and enterprises. Some of these devices were seen earlier at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany. Size seems to be one of the major considerations when the Korean
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:51:00 GMT

Aid group says North Korea faces massive famine

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Koreans are dying because of food shortages in rural areas, and a massive famine is just a matter of time, a South Korean aid group said Friday.The food situation was as bad as the famine that hit the country in the
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:47:00 GMT

Hot South Korean Trend: Coupons Via Mobiles

SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - Young, tech-savvy South Koreans are making coupon clipping a thing of the past and turning to their mobile phones instead. Some of the fastest-growing mobile phone services in the country let retailers send discount coupons and
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:43:00 GMT

South Korea may demand revision of U.S. beef accord

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Fri, 9 May 2008 14:41:00 GMT

US awaits 'complete' NKorea report: Negroponte

0 What's this TOKYO (AFP) - The United States is still awaiting a complete report from North Korea on its nuclear activities, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Friday, after the communist state handed over documents. 'We still await more
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:38:00 GMT

Samsung Launches 26 Innovative Printing Devices

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Fri, 9 May 2008 14:31:00 GMT

North Korea gives U.S. nuke papers

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Fri, 9 May 2008 14:24:00 GMT

South Korea's Retail Sales up 8.5% in March

SEOUL, May 7 Asia Pulse - Retail sales in South Korea grew 8.5 per cent in March from a year earlier, as consumers spent more on food and car fuels, a report showed Wednesday. South Korea's retail sales amounted to 20.9 trillion won (US$20.4 billion) in
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:21:00 GMT

SKorea to stick to US beef deal despite wave of criticism

South Korea's government insisted Wednesday it would not backtrack on an agreement to open its market to US beef, despite an Internet-driven tide of public criticism. But President Lee Myung-Bak vowed to stop the imports if public health is threatened,
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:20:00 GMT

S Korean Brewer Jinro's Q1 Profit Jumps, Raising Relisting Hopes

SEOUL, May 8 Asia Pulse - Jinro Ltd., South Korea's largest distiller, reported Thursday a nearly 30 per cent jump in its net income for the first quarter of this year, boosting hopes that its plan to relist its shares could gain momentum. Jinro, an
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:19:00 GMT