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September 2008
- S. Korea's Blind Masseurs Protest Threat to Livelihood
  
  CNN | Sep 19, 08 12:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Blind masseurs in South Korea are protesting what they see as the end of a way of life—and their livelihood, CNN reports. Police arrested 26 yesterday who gathered on a bridge and threatened to jump because the government is for the first time allowing sighted people to become licensed masseurs. Two actually did jump, but neither were injured. The massage profession had been restricted to the legally blind since 1963. More »
August 2008
- Korean 'Mata Hari' Was More Likely a Patsy
  
  Associated Press | Aug 17, 08 9:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In the thick of Cold War suspicion in 1950, South Korean socialite Kim Soo-im was executed as a wily seductress who passed secrets from her US army lover to another in North Korea. But the hasty trial and execution of the 'Korean Mata Hari' was based on charges trumped up in an anticommunist frenzy, reports the AP in a new look through six-decade-old documents. More »
- Bush Warns Korea on Nukes
  
  Bloomberg | Aug 6, 08 6:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - President Bush urged North Korea to keep its pledge to end its nuclear program ahead of a looming American deadline, reports Bloomberg. Speaking in Seoul alongside South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Bush said that Pyongyang must either "verifiably do what you say you are going to do, or you'll continue to be the most sanctioned regime in the world." More »
July 2008
- Rev. Moon Hurt in Copter Crash
  
  BBC | Jul 19, 08 10:05 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
- Ex-Samsung Boss Convicted in Tax Case
  
  Associated Press | Jul 16, 08 6:20 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - 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 »
- S. Korean Tourist Shot Dead by N. Korean Soldier
  
  Reuters | Jul 11, 08 11:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
June 2008
- US, S. Korea Reach Beef Deal
  
  Associated Press | Jun 21, 08 10:46 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - 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 »
- Leader Offers Fresh Start as Korea Protests Snowball
  
  New York Times | Jun 11, 08 9:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
- S. Korean Cabinet Offers to Resign Over US Beef Imports
  
  Bloomberg | Jun 10, 08 6:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - 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 »
April 2008
- Torch Protests Continue in S. Korea
  
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S. Korea's Blind Masseurs Protest Threat to Livelihood

Korean 'Mata Hari' Was More Likely a Patsy

Bush Warns Korea on Nukes

Rev. Moon Hurt in Copter Crash

Ex-Samsung Boss Convicted in Tax Case

S. Korean Tourist Shot Dead by N. Korean Soldier

US, S. Korea Reach Beef Deal

Leader Offers Fresh Start as Korea Protests Snowball

S. Korean Cabinet Offers to Resign Over US Beef Imports

Torch Protests Continue in S. Korea