South Korea

South Korea Grows at Moderate Pace

Dismal (Free subscription) | yesterday

But signs of a slowdown are clear.

Patrick J. Buchanan on South Korea and Empire

西儒 ─ The Western Confucian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

"Can someone explain why we keep 30,000 troops on the DMZ of a nation whose people do not even like us?" asks the great man — Honorable Exit From Empire . Citing recent events around the world, Mr. Buchanan suggests that "opportunity has come anew for America to shed its imperial burden and become again the republic of our fathers." However, citing also the "politicians, diplomats, generals, journalists...

Soccer Roundup: U.S. Women Triumph in South Korea

DATA news (Free subscription) | yesterday

Angela Hucles scored the game’s only goal in second-half injury time as the United States women’s national team defeated Canada, 1-0, to win the Peace Queen Cup on Saturday.

Nearly a Third of Phones Sold in South Korea are 3G Models

cellular-news (Free subscription) | yesterday

The market share of handsets supporting WCDMA and HSDPA networks increased remarkably in South Korea in 2007.

• 3G and 3.5G Handsets Increasing Rapidly in South Korea - All About Mobile Phone

Gonzo Travel: Surviving The Beef Riots In South Korea

Brave New Traveler (Free subscription) | yesterday

Robin Esrock reports on angry democracy in action.

Shin Jung Hyun and the Men - Woman of the Evening Sun (1972 South Korea)

Prog Not Frog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Woman of the Evening Sun has a lot more singing in it than the follow up. The psychedelic vibe is in full effect; this sounds like a Korean Doors band. It's more slower paced though. The second album is faster paced too and more progressive in a sense. The music is heartfelt and very nature-esque. Beautiful Rivers and Mountains definitely portrays that well. Review by SelfmonarchThast a first album...

Motorola Unveils Updated PEBL in South Korea

PC World (Free subscription) | yesterday

Motorola unveiled on Thursday in South Korea a new version of its PEBL cell phone with a outer display that's hidden under the...

South Korea: History of Traveller's Complaint

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Picking up the discussion on “Why expats in Korea complain so much?” Matt from Gust of popular feelings quotes texts from century-old history books on traveller's complaint about Korea.

South Korea: Temporary Worker Protection

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Korean women worker association has an article about a symposium on Temporary Employee Protection Act.

South Korea and Mexico: Kidnap

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

Robert Koehler from Marmot's Hole discusses about the kidnapping of 5 Koreans in Mexico. There are still a number of unanswered questions.

South Korea's First Rocket Launch Might Be Put Off

Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Seoul, Korea (XNA) Jul 24, 2008 - South Korea's first rocket launch may be put off until 2009 due to delays in the arrival of the main booster rocket and other key parts from Russia, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said Wednesday.

South Korea: Cat may have died of H5N1

H5N1 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Via Chosun Ilbo: Cat may have died of bird flu. Excerpt: Quarantine authorities are investigating whether a cat died of bird flu in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, where a highly pathogenic strain of the disease broke out in April. If...

Motorola PEBL U6 announced in South Korea

All About Mobile Phone (Free subscription) | 46 minutes ago

Motorola has announced the release of the popular PEBL series, which debuted back in 2005 with the PEBL U6 model, and is marketed to the female crowd.

SK Telecom to share Radio Bandwidth with rivals (South Korea)

Wireless Federation (Free subscription) | yesterday

The nation’s antitrust watchdog said that SK Telecom (South Korea top mobile carrier) must share its highly efficient radio frequency bandwidth with rival companies as part of its obligations entailed in a deal to take over a fixed-line Internet service operator. Last year, SK Telecom acquire 38.89 percent stake in Hanarotelecom Inc. (nation’s second-largest Internet service [...]

South Korea 2008 Olympic Football Squad

SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

South Korea’s Olympic Football squad for Beijing 2008: Coach: Park Sung-Hwa Goalkeepers: Jung Sung-Ryong (23) (Seongnam Ilhwa) Song Yoo-Geol (23) (Incheon United) Defenders: Shin Kwang-Hoon (21) (Pohang Steelers) Kim Dong-Jin (26) (Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia) Kang Min-Soo (22) (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) Kim Chang-Soo (23) (Busan I’Park) Kim Jin-Kyu (23) (FC Seoul) Kim Geun-Hwan (22) (Kyung Hee University)...

Bharatbook.com is proud to announce the new report “Commercial Banking Report South Korea”

rupali | 05/14/2008

South Korea Commercial Banking Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, banking associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the Commercial Banking industry in South Korea. The Report has just been researched at source, and features latest-available data covering production, sales, imports and...

Petrochemicals Report South Korea - bharatbook.com

hrishikesh | 03/01/2008

Bharatbook.com announces a new market research report “Petrochemicals Report South Korea” ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=19010 ) Independent 5 year Petrochemicals industry forecasts for South Korea. Original Petrochemicals market research and Petrochemicals sector trend analysis for the South Korea Petrochemicals industry. Competitive intelligence , South Korean Petrochemicals company rankings

Oil & Gas Report South Korea - bharatbook.com

hrishikesh | 02/29/2008

Bharatbook.com has announced the addition of “Oil & Gas Report South Korea” ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=18653 ) to their offering. Independent 5-year oil and gas industry forecasts for South Korea. Original oil and gas market research and oil and gas sector trend analysis for South Korea’s oil and gas industry. Competitive intelligence , South Korean oil and gas company rankings and