South Korea will join a move by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help low-income nations recover from the coronavirus pandemic, Yonhap quoted Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki as saying on Wednesday.
Hong made the remarks during a virtual meeting (...)
based global company Kiswire and the UAE-based Amzone International Ltd will jointly open a 220,000 square-feet marketing and sales complex in Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (Saif Zone) by the first quarter of 2017.
This $20 million new (...)
sam dies
SEOUL, Safar 09, 1437, November 21, 2015, SPA -- Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam, who was elected to office in 1992 and put an end to more than three decades of military rule, died early on Sunday at the age of 87.
Kim, who had (...)
form Frenchman Victor Dubuisson fired a four-under 68 to take the first-round lead at the Ballantine's Championship as swirling winds made scoring tough in Seoul Thursday.
The 22-year-old compiled eight birdies in a mixed round at the $2.2 million (...)
day conference of representatives from member companies of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) that kicked off in Seoul Wednesday.
Under the MOUs, Yonhap and the six Asian and Middle Eastern news agencies will exchange video (...)
Philippine Friendship Games Bowling Tournament 2008 hosted by the Korean Bowling Group (KGB) turned out to be a big hit.
The event was organized by the Filipino Bowling Group of Riyadh (FBGR), was held under the chairmanship of Jerry Austria, and (...)
bak won South Korea's presidential election Wednesday by a landslide, according to exit polls.
Lee of the conservative Grand National Party received 50.3
percent of the vote, according to an exit poll sponsored
jointly by TV stations KBS and MBC. (...)
Oil Corp., GS Caltex Corp., and SK Corp. The visits were coordinated by Saudi Petroleum Ltd.-Tokyo, which is responsible for Saudi Aramco's sales and marketing support activities in both countries.
The visit consisted of tours of bulk plants, (...)
term, and based on a true partnership.
“I was here when Saudi Aramco started to lay the groundwork for its presence in Korea,” he said. “I lived through the birth and delivery of our small joint venture [with S-Oil] and felt extremely happy to (...)
South Korea has proposed calling the body of water between it and Japan the "Sea of Friendship" so as to end a naming dispute, a presidential official said on Monday.
President Roh Moo-hyun also suggested calling the body of water the "Sea of (...)
China FTA on goods had been completed and came into effect on July 1, 2005.
Negotiations to conclude the services and investment agreements are ongoing.
The FTAs negotiated are comprehensive, encompassing tariff reduction/elimination for goods; (...)
تختزل كوريا الجنوبية الصورة الكاملة لقارة آسيا، وتأخذك في رحلة خيالية تعود منها بذكريات ساحرة لا تُنسى طوال العمر. المكان الأفضل لقضاء أسعد العطلات على الشواطىء الذهبية برمالها الناعمة.إنها أرض المهرجانات والتسوق والإثارة بلا حدود. كما توفر جنة من (...)
U.S. military exercises
Seoul, Aug 13, SPA -- North Korea on Saturday
criticized joint exercises involving the South Korean and
U.S. militaries, saying the maneuvers were a final
preparation for an attack on the communist state, AP (...)
offering middleman role between North Korea and the United States," said Baek Seung-Joo, a researcher of the state-run National Defence University.
Likewise, South Korea has already said it will offer North Korea a huge shipment of energy aid, (...)
making process...more transparency," he said.
Some Asian governments want to turn the web of swaps into a fledgling Asian monetary fund so the region is not dependent on the Western-dominated International Monetary Fund in times of crisis, as was (...)
on-one meetings with U.S. officials - a demand quickly rejected by the White House.
U.S. President George W. Bush has said the United States has no plans to use military forces against the communist state, but stuck with the policy of American (...)