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South Korea set to launch multi-billion-dollar expo
YEOSU, South Korea, May 10, 2012 (AFP) – After four years of work and $10 billion in investment, an international expo will open Saturday at a glittering hi-tech venue on the site of a former dusty cement terminal in South …
South Korea says US trade pact to take effect in March
SEOUL, February 21, 2012 (AFP) - South Korea and the United States have agreed that their long-delayed free trade agreement will take effect on March 15, Seoul's trade
Most South Koreans dread year-end drinks parties: survey
SEOUL, December 15, 2011 (AFP) - A majority of office workers in hard-drinking South Korea dread the customary year-end drinks parties or banquets hosted by their bosses, according
South Korean teen accused of killing grade-obsessed mum
SEOUL, November 24, 2011 (AFP) - A teenager in education-obsessed South Korea allegedly killed his mother because she hounded him to come top in exams, and then hid
South Korea leader offers deal on US trade pact
SEOUL, November 15, 2011 (AFP) - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak offered Tuesday to seek a re-negotiation of a contentious clause in a free trade agreement with the
South Korea silenced as students sit key college exam
SEOUL, November 10, 2011 (AFP) - Flights were halted, rush hour was rescheduled and parents prayed as hundreds of thousands of students in education-obsessed South Korea sat a
Mission impossible: South Koreans nabbed over Indonesia embassy scam
SEOUL, October 19, 2011 (AFP) - Three South Koreans have been arrested for allegedly trying to sell the site of the Indonesian embassy and pocketing $1.7 million from
South Korea ‘paparazzi’ housewives hound law-breakers
SEOUL, September 28, 2011 (AFP) - At first glance, middle-aged Seoul housewife Jennifer Chung hardly looks like a bounty hunter tracking down lawbreakers. But every morning, after sending her
South Korea to revive stem cell research after scandal
SEOUL, September 19, 2011 (AFP) - President Lee Myung-Bak promised Monday to spend some $89 million restoring South Korea's reputation as a leader in stem cell research, five
South Korea chain opens ‘virtual’ store in subway station
SEOUL, August 31, 2011 (AFP) - A major South Korean retailer owned by British giant Tesco has opened a virtual store in a busy Seoul subway station, for
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