Korea NewsWire
Here’s a range of headlines which are out there on the web right now. This page is work in progress, and if anyone can recommend any other sources of rss feeds for Korean news, please leave a comment below.
Posted 4 hours ago: SEOUL: South Korean police claimed to have arrested nine people, including two Indians, for trying to smuggle tonnes of chemicals for heroin production to Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents. Poli... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan says North Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army during the rule of President Pervez Mush... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: Buddhists including monks and nuns (front) take part in a Buddhist memorial service to demand the full-scale renegotiation of the U.S. beef import deal and the resignation of South Korean President Le... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: SEOUL, July 4 (Reuters) - Unionised workers of GM Daewoo Automotive and Technology Co, a unit of General Motors (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), will walk off the job for two hours next w... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: July 4 (Reuters) - South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co (042660.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday it had received a 2.44 trillion won ($2.34 billion) order for 16 con... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: 279 words US Fed News Alexandria, Va. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- Jin Yong Ahn, Chang Sup Ryu and Suk Hyeon Cho, all from Daejeon, South Korea, Cheol Seong Hwang and Sung Kun Kim, both of Seoul, South ... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: SEOUL -- North Korea said Friday it won't take further steps to dismantle its nuclear program until the U.S. and its other negotiating partners award fuel oil and political benefits promised under an ... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: Police yesterday arrested a 42-year-old college lecturer at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies for posting a false confession he disguised as being written by one of the riot police officers who cla... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it had done more than its part under a disarmament deal by blowing up the cooling tower at its nuclear plant last week and called on other parties to live ... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: The so-called 'screen golf cafs' are rising hot spots in South Korea, a nation fanatically in love with the sport. Some 5,000 cafes mostly situated in business districts are connected online nationwid... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korean shares tumbled nearly 2 percent on Friday, with the KOSPI skidding for a seventh straight day, as investors fretted over the growing risk of global stagflation... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: North Korea on Friday accused the US and its other nuclear negotiating partners of being too slow to award fuel oil and political benefits promised under an aid-for-disarmament deal. The North Korean ... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: By Bae Ji-sook Staff Reporter Progressive and conservative groups said Friday that they will both hold rallies in central Seoul today. Progressives are continuing their protests against the resump... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: SEOUL, July 4 (Reuters) - South Korea's Il Jin Electric Co Ltd (015860.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Friday it has won a $250 million order to build electricity facilities from Aus... [
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Posted 6 hours ago: Police on Friday busted a large drug ring near Seoul with apparent ties to the Taliban, arresting eight people on charges of smuggling tons of a chemical agent used in making heroin to Afghanistan. ... [
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Posted 17 hours ago: Is it possible to solve all the issues before President Bush leaves office in January 2009? Although the Bush administration acknowledged that complete denuclearization would be an extremely difficult process... [
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Posted 19 hours ago: Hard to believe but there was news other than the candlelight protests. The ruling Grand National Party elected Park Hee-tae as the new chairman. Park promised better relations with the Blue House and among party... [
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Posted 41 hours ago: Since we had that conversation, measures taken against the protesters have hardened. The government has said it cannot tolerate "violent, illegal rallies." They have tried to hinder the protest by... [
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Posted 42 hours ago: This investigation dispatch is extremely unusual and it shows that Amnesty International considers the current situation in Korea to be very urgent. This past May 28, the Korean bureau of Amnesty International held a press conference regarding its annual country report... [
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Posted 3 days ago: ChoJoongDong are private companies but as media outlets they also have characteristics of public institutions. Media produces news for profit but they also provide public benefits. In reality, the media represents... [
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Posted 3 days ago: Currently, the police have received arrest warrants for Baek, as well as Park Won-seok, the team leader of The Anti Mad Cow Organization who were both suspected of promoting the beef protests and the candlelight vigil... [
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Posted 4 days ago: Members of human rights monitoring groups also did not escape the steel car parts thrown by the police. The scene was filled with calls for medical help and hurt and bloodied people. That day, the government crossed a line... [
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Posted 4 days ago: As the Candlelight Vigil ended last Saturday night, people started marching along Taepeong Road and Jong Road thanks to the barricade of police cars in front of the Press Center. The situation felt different... [
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Posted 5 days ago: The eventual blame fell upon a scapegoat, the chief army engineer in charge of the bridge at the time, Colonel Ch'oe Chang-sik. Colonel Ch'oe was executed by a firing squad on Sept. 21, 1950. A later investigation revealed... [
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Posted 5 days ago: If there's a downside, it's that the intimacy is buried in the pizzazz. Maybe it's the beer, but the opening minutes of this Sunday evening quartet feels like watching a dying art, though not on account of the music... [
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Posted 7 days ago: Korean bloggers are relatively young, and write mainly about everyday life. The bloggers are very passionate, but are not providing so much depth. People often separate blogs from media, calling it "alternative media."... [
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Posted 7 days ago: Na observed how media was only scratching on the surface of the events. He felt that there was a need to show more and started a webcast diary. Many times, he found himself present when no other media was present... [
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Posted 11 days ago: "Sometimes we have to stop and think," said one of the organizers and started counting down. The audience followed, and on zero, the lights of Seoul Tower was shut down step by step. At other places in Seoul... [
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Posted 16 days ago: Undoubtedly, migrant workers are part of the growing spectrum of international life in Korea. Many are even contributing significantly to the general community by filling previously unoccupied niches of society... [
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Posted 16 days ago: Although his basic policies are right overall for the nation's competitiveness, there will always be some people who are negatively affected by it. Thus, their protests should not be taken lightly... [
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Posted 49 minutes ago: Canada-based communications company Bell has announced that it will introduce the Samsung Instinct, a touch-screen mobile phone, on August 8, 2008.Already launched in the US last month, the Samsung Instinct offers easy touch or stylus navigation on its [
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Posted 109 minutes ago: SINGAPORE: North Korea on Friday pledged to permit international verification of its nuclear declaration, but insisted the onus for any further progress towards its denuclearisation would lie squarely with its dialogue partners. The interlocutors are the [
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Posted 109 minutes ago: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's army under President Pervez Musharraf supervised a shipment of uranium centrifuges to North Korea in 2000, the disgraced architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program said Friday. The claim is the most [
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Posted 109 minutes ago: Architect of country's nuclear program changes story, but charges denied Anonymous / AP The founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan. Khan's claims contradict his 2004 confession that he was solely responsible for spreading nuclear [
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Posted 109 minutes ago: Architect of country's nuclear program changes story, but charges denied Anonymous / AP The founder of Pakistan's nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan. Khan's claims contradict his 2004 confession that he was solely responsible for spreading nuclear [
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Posted 109 minutes ago: Pakistan's army under President Pervez Musharraf supervised a shipment of uranium centrifuges to North Korea in 2000, the disgraced architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program said Friday. The claim is the most controversial leveled by Abdul Qadeer [
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Posted 109 minutes ago: Posted by: Press Releases Andrew Johns | Dede Griesbauer | Matt Reed | Petr Vabrousek Bookmark This| | Send To A Friend Electronics and appliance leader Samsung is sponsoring a select group of Professional Triathletes ranging from Olympians to Ironman [
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Posted 110 minutes ago: NEW DELHI: South Korean steel giant Posco?s $12 billion project in India, one of the largest investments proposed by an overseas company, may finally get going with the government expected to give nod to its proposal for iron ore mining lease and [
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Posted 5 hours ago: North Korea said Friday it could not discuss the next stage of denuclearization until its negotiating partners fulfill their duties. 'Only when other (more) North Korea said Friday it could not discuss the next stage of denuclearization until its [
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