5 July 2008, 7:59 am
SEOUL - South Korea police said about 35,000 people gathered in the capital on Saturday for renewed protests against the polices of the new president, especially his U.S. beef import deal.... read more
5 July 2008, 7:28 am
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in South Korea's capital Saturday against U.S. beef imports, as a pro-government group staged a counter rally calling for an end to weeks of sometimes-violent protests.... read more
4 July 2008, 10:30 pm
SEOUL, South Korea - The American colonel, troubled by what he was hearing, tried to stall at first. But the declassified record shows he finally told his South Korean counterpart it "would be permitted" to machine-gun 3,500 political prisoners, to keep them from joining approaching enemy forces.... read more
4 July 2008, 1:34 am
SEOUL (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon received a hero's welcome Thursday as he returned to his native South Korea for the first trip since taking up the post.... read more
4 July 2008, 12:14 am
SEOUL, July 4 (Reuters) - The yield on South Korea's benchmark 5-year treasury bonds ended the week up 30 basis points on Friday, marking the biggest weekly surge in almost two months, on growing worries about accelerating inflation.... read more
3 July 2008, 10:15 pm
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called on South Korea to contribute more foreign aid and peacekeepers abroad, saying Friday his homeland owes the international community for its help rebuilding from the Korean War.... read more
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