South Korea NewsNews on South Korea continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.South Korea, Australia agree on FTA talks- August 15, 2008 SEOUL: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd agreed Monday with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak to open preparatory talks on a free trade agreement, the president's office said.http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/south-korea-australia-agree-on-fta-talks?fr... South Korean religious sect leader jailed for rape- August 15, 2008 SEOUL - A South Korean court on Tuesday sentenced Jung Myung-seok, the leader of a fringe religious sect, to six years in jail for raping female followers, a court official said.Jung, 63, the leader of the ...http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/south-korean-religious-sect-leader-jailed-f... Eizabethton dog-cloning figure sought on 2005 criminal conspiracy capias- August 14, 2008 Bernann McKinney holds a pup clone on Aug. 5 in Seoul, South Korea. ________ Joyce Bernann McKinney, the woman who made international news last week when she had a South Korean animal hospital clone her dog, is ...http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/eizabethton-dog-cloning-figure-sought-on-20... Surutto Kansai to Issue PiTaPa Cards in South Korea- August 14, 2008 Surutto Kansai said Tuesday it will launch a new smart card in October aimed at Korean businesspeople and tourists coming to western Japan.http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/surutto-kansai-to-issue-pitapa-cards-in-sou... China hails progress of DPRK-Japan dialogue- August 14, 2008 China on Wednesday hailed the progress made during the talks between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Japan in northeast China, calling for more positive results in upcoming talks.http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/china-hails-progress-of-dprk-japan-dialogue... SEOUL : South Korea to reform 41 state firms- August 14, 2008 The South government said yesterday it will sell, merge or restructure 41 of the 305 state-owned companies in the first stage of its public sector reform programme.http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/seoul-south-korea-to-reform-41-state-firms?... South Korea grants pardons to corporate chiefs- August 14, 2008 South Korea announced pardons for three convicted high-profile corporate tycoons Tuesday, part of a traditional presidential amnesty ahead of the country's Liberation Day.http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/south-korea-grants-pardons-to-corporate-chi... A Taste of Failure Fuels an Appetite for Success at South Korea's Cram Schools- August 13, 2008 As the sun was dipping behind the pine hills surrounding this rural campus one recent Monday, Chung Il-wook and his wife drove up with Min-ju, their 18-year-old daughter.http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/a-taste-of-failure-fuels-an-appetite-for-su... South Korea owes U.S. huge debt of gratitude- August 13, 2008 The Associated Press has reported that South Korean investigators have concluded that the U.S. military indiscriminately killed large groups of refugees and other civilians early in the Korean War.http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/south-korea-owes-u-s-huge-debt-of-gratitude... Weapons not beef on Bush agenda- August 13, 2008 Aug 6 - President Bush has held talks in South Korean about ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and promoting free trade.http://www.topix.net/world/south-korea/2008/08/weapons-not-beef-on-bush-agenda?fromrss=1 |