Thursday 9th September, 2010
Top 3 to head to Japan
By Kim Jae-kyoung Shinhan Financial Group said Wednesday that its chairman Ra Eung-chan, CEO Shin Sang-hoon and Shinhan Bank CEO Lee Baek-soon will fly to Nagoya in Japan to give to Korean-Japanese...
'Curse of lottery' hits a man
While hitting the jackpot is everybody’s dream, winning a lottery could end up being a curse for some. Forty-nine-year-old Kim had the rare luck of winning a 3.5 billion won lottery but it was th...
Pusan film fest to open with premieres..
French actress Juliette Binoche will visit the 15th Pusan (Busan) International Film Festival next month for the gala presentation of “Certified Copy.” / Courtesy of PIFF
[Exclusive] Turkey could join Korea’s ..
The Korea TimesBy Jung Sung-ki GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province ― Turkey has shown a strong interest in joining Korea’s KF-X fighter development plan, after having already won investment from Indonesia, a ...
Rice aid to North
The Korea TimesHumanitarian cause may help ease tension It is undesirable for Seoul and Pyongyang to remain in confrontation for a longer period over North Korea’s sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan in...
Korean banks not to be affected by Bas..
The Korea TimesBy Cho Jin-seo The higher requirements for the capital base of banks under the so-called Basel III proposition will not affect Korean banks, a government official in charge of the issue said Wednes...
Incheon United FC manager and former national team coach ...
The Korea TimesGM Daewoo & football: Incheon United FC manager and former national team coach Huh Jung-moo, center, pose with GM Daewoo Vice President Ankush Aurora as GM Daewoo presented Huh with the carmaker’s n...
DPRK cherishes memory of Chinese volunteers in Korean War: state media
People's DailyThe people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea still lay to their hearts the great services of Chinese volunteers in the Korean War, the country's official news agency KCNA said Wednesday.The...
DPRK commemorates 62nd founding anniversary
People's Daily　　The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) holds a meeting to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of its founding at the 4.25 Cultural Hall in the capital of Pyongyang, Sept. 8, 2010, in this...
China's Hu extols 'progress' in US ties
Yahoo NewsBEIJING (AFP) – President Hu Jintao on Wednesday extolled "fresh progress" in China-US ties as he met a White House delegation that held talks here on thorny issues including North Kor...
U.S. team to discuss North Korea in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing
Yahoo NewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. government team will travel to Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing next week to discuss North Korea but has no plans to visit the poor, isolated state or meet its officials, t...
North Korea to free South Korean boat
General SourcesKim Jong Il' s discussion with Chinese leaders focused on economic issues. Jin also gave no indication that Kim's son would take center stage at the North Korean communist party's conference in Pyong...
U.S. Navy on alert for N. Korea instability over looming succession+
BreitbartTOKYO, Sept. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A U.S. Navy commander said Wednesday the United States is on alert to respond to any incidents involving North Korea as the country appears to be entering the proc...
DPRK premier calls for faster economic development
People's DailyAccelerating economic development to improve people's living standards was of utmost importance, Premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Choe Yong Rim said on Wednesday.At a nation...
CORRECTED: CORRECTED: Taiwan raided high-tech company over N. Korea shipments: media+
Breitbartshipments: media+ (AP) - TAIPEI, Sept. 7 (Kyodo)—Taiwanese authorities in July raided a company producing proscribed high-tech tools that were being illegally shipped to North Korea via China,...
S. Korea fails to confirm if Kim Jong Il took son with him to China+
BreitbartSEOUL, Sept. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—South Korea's minister in charge of inter-Korean affairs said Wednesday the government has been unable to confirm whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Il took his ...
N Korea Releases S Korean Fishing Boat & Crew, Seeks Aid
Quote.com(RTTNews) - North Korea reportedly released a South Korean fishing vessel and its seven-member crew, seized a month ago for allegedly trespassing into its exclusive economic zone, and sought a recipr...
DPRK top leader attends art performance
People's DailyKim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), recently attended a performance by the art squad of the Korean People's Army (KPA), the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper re...
North Korea releases prisoners in exchange for humanitarian aid
Yahoo NewsSouth Korea on Tuesday recovered a fishing boat and its seven-man crew from North Korea after agreeing to an exchange that analysts see as auguring well for inter-Korean reconciliation – though not ...
N.Korea asks for rice aid from S.Korea: official
Yahoo NewsSEOUL (AFP) – North Korea asked for rice and cement aid from South Korea before announcing the release of a South Korean boat seized last month for illegal fishing, Seoul said Tuesday. The Un...
U.S. official to visit S. Korea, Japan, China to discuss N. Korea+
BreitbartWASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, will travel to South Korea, Japan and China next week to discuss North Korea's nuclear p...
Official confirms raiding firm over North Korea sales
Taiwan HeadlinesThe Taiwanese owner said he was unaware he might have broken the law by shipping tools ordered by a Chinese firm and which ended up in North Korea
North Korea to Release S. Korean Fishing Boat, Crew
General SourcesSept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea said it will release a South Korean fishing boat and crew seized last month when military drills involving the U.S. Navy heightened tensions.
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