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Bloomberg
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:00:40 -0700
By Sungwoo Park - Thu Jul 21 07:44:40 GMT 2011 South Korea , Asia's third-biggest buyer of base metals, bought 4000 metric tons of aluminum in a tender at the same premium as paid in the last tender in May, according to a state agency. ...
Billings Gazette
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:08:37 -0700
Young Kim from South Korea and Mohammed Aldarrak from Saudia Arabia atttend Montana State Universiy Billings. The number of foreign students is expected to increase from 80 to about 130 this fall. Coming from a Saudi Arabian city of about 5 million to ...
Twice
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:41:40 -0700
By Steve Smith -- TWICE, 7/21/2011 Seoul, South Korea - LG Display reported lower sales and a dramatic drop in net profit in its fiscal second quarter, ended June 30. Sales in the quarter were 6.01 trillion won, down from 6.45 trillion won in the same ...
ESPN
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:10:30 -0700
By John Symms Last week, Pyeongchang, South Korea earned the winning bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. This is big news, of course, for everybody in South Korea , and it's particularly big news for South Koreans interested in freeskiing events. ...
The financial
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:18:15 -0700
On the latest list of four nations, most Americans are only willing to defend one country, South Korea . The latest national telephone survey finds that 59% of American Adults say if South Korea is attacked, the United States should provide military ...
San Francisco Chronicle
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:26:33 -0700
South Korea's biggest mobile-phone operator said this month it will bid for a stake in Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the computer-memory chipmaker rescued by its lenders in 2001. The decision comes after Seoul-based SK Telecom lost an auction to buy ...
e GMCar Tech
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:03:48 -0700
The winners of this year's contest were students from Seoul's Hongik University, which I'm not exactly surprised with considering the automotive success to come from South Korea as of late. Second place was given to IED of Turin and third place to ...
Voice of America
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:49:57 -0700
July 21, 2011 Japan, South Korea At Odds Again Over Territorial Dispute Steve Herman | Tokyo South Korean government officials say they will react with unspecified but various a countermeasures a if a group of conservative Japanese lawmakers attempts to ...
Bloomberg
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:03:45 -0700
By Jonathan Burgos and Toshiro Hasegawa - Fri Jul 22 03:26:26 GMT 2011 A man using his mobile phone walks past the Samsung Electronics Co. logo at the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea . Samsung Electronics Co., the world's biggest maker of ...
Bloomberg
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:05:50 -0700
By Yumi Teso - Wed Jul 20 09:16:14 GMT 2011 South Korea's won and the Philippine peso led gains in Asian currencies as better-than-exp ected US housing figures brightened the outlook for exports and a rally in global stocks fanned demand for riskier ...
AFP
Sun, 17 Jul 2011 23:15:00 -0700
SEOUL a US and South Korean troops will stage an annual joint exercise next month to improve their combat-readines s, military authorities said Monday amid high cross-border tensions. The 10-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise will begin on August 16, ...
Bloomberg
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:45:39 -0700
By Saeromi Shin - Thu Jul 21 00:30:00 GMT 2011 Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in South Korea trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of 9:20 am in Seoul. The Kospi Index (KOSPI) fell 8.27, or 0.4 percent, ...
Yonhap News
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:27:47 -0700
SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea urged its people Friday to reduce electricity consumption as a recent surge in demand threatens its power supply and raises blackout fears. The call comes as power use has been fast rising amid a heat wave and ...
Bernama
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:22:48 -0700
SEOUL, July 22 (Bernama) -- Bilateral relations between Malaysia and South Korea , including the aspect of trade, has shown a significant improvement. This said Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, stems from the ...
Jakarta Post
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:00:39 -0700
For years the international community, especially Japan and South Korea , have demanded that Pyongyang abandon its nuclear adventures; various threats have been issued and economic sanctions imposed against the reclusive communist leader, ...
Jakarta Post
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:00:00 -0700
Foreign direct investment in Indonesia rose 21.1 percent to Rp 43.1 trillion (US$5.04 billion) in the second quarter of this year from Rp 35.6 trillion in the same period last year, with South Korea becoming the fifth-largest investor during the period ...
The Guardian
Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:10:13 -0700
Teddy Tamgho, who would have had a leading chance of a gold medal in South Korea , has broken an ankle. Photograph: Steven Paston/Action Images The French triple jumper Teddy Tamgho has been ruled out of the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea , ...
The Economist
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:36:32 -0700
Thanks to South Korea's culture of age-based hierarchy, it was especially hard for younger players to opt out. The clubby atmosphere discouraged whistle-blowing against higher-ups. What is more, many football players are relatively hard-up. ...
Worcester Business Journal
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:32:29 -0700
By Livia Gershon Advanced Cell Technology Inc. of Marlborough has reached an agreement with South Korean biotechnology company CHA Bio & Diostech Co. Ltd. to deepen their collaboration in an existing joint venture. Under the agreement, the joint ...
Bellingham Herald
Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:32:22 -0700
SEOUL, South Korea His emotional pressure valve apparently blew: The distraught South Korean Marine Corps corporal decided he'd endured enough abuse from his peers at an isolated base outside Seoul, authorities say. The 19-year-old allegedly went to an ...
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South Korea ( listen) is a sovereign state located in the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is also called the Republic of Korea (ROK, Hangul: 대한민국; listen), and is described in a 1948 U.N. resolution as the only lawful government in Korea. The English name Korea came from old dynasty Goryeo in the period of which many western people noticed the existence of the dynasty in Korean Peninsula. The Korean name Daehan Minguk can be translated as Republic of Great Han. Han is the name of the peoples distributed in Korean peninsula and some parts of Manchuria. This name of the peoples came from the name of the ancient only God of Korean peoples, called Hananim.
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