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  • July 2008

    • Rev. Moon Hurt in Copter Crash

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 19, 08 10:05 AM CDT

      Rev. Moon Hurt in Copter Crash

      The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church and leader of the so-called Moonies, was among 16 people injured today after his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in South Korea, the BBC reports. The controversial religious leader—traveling with his wife, 11 family members and three crew members when heavy rains forced down the craft—reportedly has slight injuries. More »

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      South Korea  • crash  • helicopter  • Unification Church  • Reverend Sun Myung Moon

    • Ex-Samsung Boss Convicted in Tax Case

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 16, 08 6:20 AM CDT

      Ex-Samsung Boss Convicted in Tax Case

      A South Korean court convicted former Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee of tax evasion today, but handed the country's iconic business figure a 3-year suspended sentence, leaving him free from prison, reports the AP. The Seoul court found Lee, who resigned in April when the charges were brought, guilty of not paying about $46 million in taxes and fined him $109 million. More »

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      South Korea  • trial  • Samsung  • tax evasion  • Lee Kun-hee

    • S. Korean Tourist Shot Dead by N. Korean Soldier

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 11, 08 11:24 AM CDT

      S. Korean Tourist Shot Dead by N. Korean Soldier

      A North Korean soldier shot and killed a South Korean tourist when she wandered into a restricted area today, Reuters reports. The 53-year-old had been visiting the Mount Kumgang resort, just north of the border. The shooting could jeopardize thawing North/South relations, which had taken a huge step this morning, when South Korea offered a new food aid package to the North. More »

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      South Korea  • North Korea  • shooting  • tourists  • resorts

  • June 2008

    • US, S. Korea Reach Beef Deal

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 21, 08 10:46 AM CDT

      US, S. Korea Reach Beef Deal

      All US beef imported into South Korea will come from cattle less than 30 months old, officials said today, in a deal made to placate South Korean protesters worried about mad cow disease. Nonetheless, thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Seoul, calling for a complete renegotiation of an April agreement to resume imports of American beef. More »

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      business  • South Korea  • beef  • US exports  • food industry  • beef industry  • imported food

    • Leader Offers Fresh Start as Korea Protests Snowball

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 11, 08 9:29 AM CDT

      Leader Offers Fresh Start as Korea Protests Snowball

      South Korea's president is battling for his political life as swelling protests continue to rock the country, the New York Times reports. At least 100,000 people joined a massive anti-government rally in Seoul yesterday as Lee Myung-bak—himself a former participant in a pro-democracy student movement—pledged "a new beginning," just 4 months after taking office. He has asked his main political rival to become prime minister, reports Reuters. More »

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      protests  • South Korea  • Seoul  • beef industry  • Lee Myung-bak  • Koreans

    • S. Korean Cabinet Offers to Resign Over US Beef Imports

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jun 10, 08 6:08 AM CDT

      S. Korean Cabinet Offers to Resign Over US Beef Imports

      The entire South Korean government has offered to resign in the face of a popular protest triggered by the lifting of import restrictions on US beef. The Korean government withdrew a ban introduced to prevent mad cow disease, setting off demonstrations expected to bring a million people onto the streets today. The original agricultural dispute has expanded into a wider movement against Lee Myung-bak, the former construction executive elected president 4 months ago. More »

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      protests  • South Korea  • beef  • beef industry  • Lee Myung-bak  • mad cow disease

    • FTC Opens Antitrust Investigation of Intel

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 6, 08 2:47 PM CDT

      FTC Opens Antitrust Investigation of Intel

      The FTC has opened a formal investigation of Intel over allegations of monopolistic business practices, the Wall Street Journal reports. The world's biggest semiconductor company, which denies any wrongdoing, received a subpoena this week. Intel also learned that it faces a $25.4 million antitrust fine from South Korea, even as it prepares to fight competitor AMD’s private antitrust lawsuit in Delaware’s District Court. More »

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      South Korea  • Intel  • antitrust  • competition  • microprocessors  • monopoly  • Advanced Micro Devices  • monopolistic practices

  • April 2008

    • Torch Protests Continue in S. Korea

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 27, 08 10:30 AM CDT

      Torch Protests Continue in S. Korea

      The Olympic torch again met with a clash of protesters today as it arrived in South Korea, Reuters reports. Some South Koreans are angered by Beijing’s human rights record, but the majority are pro-Chinese, wearing their country’s flag and chanting, “No politics, only Olympics.” Despite 8,000 police officers, the rallies turned briefly violent when Chinese students kicked a South Korean protester and threw stones at anti-China demonstrators. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • South Korea  • North Korea  • Olympic torch  • Olympic protests  • torch relay

    • Samsung Chairman Resigns

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 22, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Samsung Chairman Resigns

      The chairman of Samsung, Korea's leading exporter, has resigned after being indicted on multiple counts of tax fraud and breach of duty. Lee Kun-hee, whose resignation speech was carried live on all of South Korea's TV networks, has controlled the Samsung consortium since 1987. Lee, his wife, his son, and nearly a dozen other execs have been implicated in the scandal. More »

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      South Korea  • corruption  • Samsung  • tax fraud  • Lee Kun-hee

    • US to Press N. Korea on Nukes: Bush

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 19, 08 6:25 PM CDT

      US to Press N. Korea on Nukes: Bush

      President Bush challenged rumors today that Washington will go easy on North Korea's nuclear program, the AP reports. Pyongyang must "provide a full declaration of its nuclear programs" and disable its reactor, Bush said at US talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. "Some people are precluding, you know, jumping ahead of the game," Bush said. More »

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      South Korea  • North Korea  • Pyongyang  • nuclear disarmament  • economic sanctions

    • S. Korea Culls 3M Birds in Flu Fight

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 17, 08 8:35 AM CDT

      S. Korea Culls 3M Birds in Flu Fight

      South Korea has sent in soldiers to kill and bury birds as bird flu spreads rapidly throughout the country, Reuters reports. More than 3 million farm birds have been culled so far, but fresh cases continue to be reported and the disease is heading for the capital. The entire country has been put on its second-highest alert level, although no human infections have yet been reported. More »

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      South Korea  • outbreak  • bird flu  • avian flu  • H5N1  • cull  • poultry

    • Samsung Head Indicted for Tax Fraud

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 17, 08 6:43 AM CDT

      Samsung Head Indicted for Tax Fraud

      The chairman of electronic giant Samsung will stand trial for tax evasion and breach of duty after special prosecutors alleged corruption in South Korea's largest industrial corporation. Lee Kun-hee was indicted in Seoul today for evading $114 million in taxes and for incurring losses at Samsung while installing his son in leadership positions, Bloomberg reports. Nine other execs at Samsung were also charged with crimes. More »

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      South Korea  • corruption  • consumer electronics  • Samsung  • tax fraud  • Lee Kun-hee

    • South Korea's First Astronaut Docks at ISS

      newser  |  Space.com  |  Apr 10, 08 6:38 PM CDT

      South Korea's First Astronaut Docks at ISS

      South Korea’s first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station today, and her country must be relieved—having paid $25 million to get her there, Space.com reports. The South Korean president called So-yeon Yi’s mission a “stepping stone” in that country’s fledgling space program; lacking ships of their own, they paid the Russians to take her on an 11-day spin. More »

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      NASA  • International Space Station  • South Korea  • astronauts  • satellite  • Russian space program

    • Dubai Is the New Mecca for Theme Parks

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 3, 08 3:56 PM CDT

      Dubai Is the New Mecca for Theme Parks

      The big US amusement companies—Six Flags, Universal, SeaWorld, Warner Bros., MGM—have all seen the future, and it's in Dubai. That's where the world's largest playland—a sprawling $64-billion collection of theme parks, golf courses, museums and hotels—is going up, but it's only the most dramatic of projects in the works all over the Middle and Far East, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      South Korea  • Dubai  • Abu Dhabi  • Singapore  • DreamWorks  • Universal Studios  • Shanghai  • amusement parks  • Six Flags  • theme park

  • March 2008

    • Irked North Korea Fires Test Missiles

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Mar 28, 08 3:50 AM CDT

      Irked North Korea Fires Test Missiles

      North Korea test-fired a number of short-range missiles into the waters off its west coast, according to South Korean officials, in an apparent show of anger at Washington and the new government in Seoul, Reuters reports. "We are monitoring the situation," said a South Korean presidential spokesman. The development comes at a key moment in the effort to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons, writes Bloomberg. More »

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      South Korea  • North Korea  • nuclear program  • Kim Jong Il  • nuclear disarmament  • Lee Myung-bak  • Six nation talks

    • North Korea Boots Officials from S. Korea

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Mar 27, 08 1:48 PM CDT

      North Korea Boots Officials from S. Korea

      South Korean officials left North Korea this morning, after receiving their eviction notice from Pyongyang. Relations have soured between the Koreas since the South demanded the North cease its nuclear activities, but the South said it was “undaunted” by the expulsion of its men. “We will deal with this issue in a pragmatic way,” said a government spokesman, without elaborating. More »

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      South Korea  • North Korea  • nuclear disarmament  • diplomats

    • South Korea to Back UN on North Korea

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 26, 08 9:57 AM CDT

      South Korea to Back UN on North Korea

      South Korea is set to vote in favor of a United Nations resolution that criticizes the "systematic, widespread, and grave violations" of human rights in North Korea, the AP reports. The South's new president, Lee Myung-bak, is changing a decade of precedent: earlier administrations have either abstained or been absent when the UN considers issues relating to the North. More »

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      United Nations  • South Korea  • North Korea  • human rights  • human rights violations  • Lee Myung-bak

    • South Koreans Turn to Cambodia to Buy Wives

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 25, 08 1:15 PM CDT

      South Koreans Turn to Cambodia to Buy Wives

      A clampdown on marriage brokers in Vietnam has made neighboring Cambodia the new destination for South Korean men seeking to buy wives, the AP reports. About 2,500 Cambodian women have married Koreans this way in the past four years in a process in which men choose from as many as 100 mainly poor women—and which is denounced as "human trafficking" by officials. More »

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      South Korea  • Vietnam  • Asia  • Cambodia  • human trafficking  • arranged marriage

    • United Grounds 7 Jumbos

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 21, 08 6:23 AM CDT

      United Grounds 7 Jumbos

      United Airlines has grounded seven Boeing 747s to check the cockpit instruments that indicate altitude during flight. The decision was prompted by the discovery that equipment at a facility in South Korea where the instruments had been checked were improperly maintained, the Wall Street Journal reports. The FAA uncovered the lapse and informed United. More »

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      South Korea  • safety  • FAA  • United Airlines  • inspection  • Boeing 747  • maintenance

  • February 2008

    • Korea's Kimchi Ready for Lift-Off

      newser  |  International Herald Tribune  |  Feb 28, 08 8:56 AM CST

      Korea's Kimchi Ready for Lift-Off

      South Korea spent millions to make sure its first astronaut is well-prepared for his mission—by perfecting a space-safe kimchi, reports the International Herald Tribune . South Koreans put down 1.6 million tons of the national dish each year, and Ko San will blast off April 8 for a 10-day stint at the International Space Station with his share of fermented cabbage in tow. More »

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      International Space Station  • South Korea  • astronauts  • space missions

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