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Police: Couple nurtured virtual child while real baby starved
Mar 7, 2010 10:21am
Police have arrested a South Korean couple whose toddler starved to death while they were raising a virtual child online, authorities said....
South Korea floor the Elephants in friendly
Mar 3, 2010 7:27pm
South Korea beat fellow World Cup finalists Ivory Coast 2-0 in a friendly international at Loftus Road in London on Wednesday....
How's the environment doing? Ask the buildings
Feb 28, 2010 10:14pm
Imagine that you could double the size of your apartment as a reward for saving electricity, water and gas. It's an idea proposed by the Seoul-based design collective Randomwalks and architect Lee Min-soo for the green redevelopment of Incheon, outside the South Korean capital....
Weapons testing turns deadly in S. Korea
Dec 3, 2009 4:49am
An explosion at a state-run weapons research lab north of Seoul killed one person and injured five on Thursday, South Korea's semiofficial Yonhap news agency reported....
Korean navies exchange fire
Nov 10, 2009 3:02pm
North and South Korea said their naval forces clashed Tuesday in disputed waters, and each blamed the other for what is the first such violent incident in seven years....
Eye on South Korea
Oct 30, 2009 6:07am
CNN takes an in-depth look at South Korea, including how the nation is working to become a brand leader on an international scale and on how the nation is recovering from the global economic recession....
South Korean growth at seven-year high
Oct 27, 2009 12:22am
Rising Chinese demand helped drive South Korea's economy to its fastest growth in seven years in the third quarter, underscoring how Asia is leading the global economy and trade out of the worldwide downturn....
Beyond the barbed wire: the accidental paradise of the DMZ
Oct 25, 2009 7:55am
While the world remembers the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago, one frontier of the Cold War remains intact; the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea....
U.S. broadband lags Asian nations
Oct 1, 2009 12:06pm
South Korea leads the world in providing broadband services, according to a study released on Thursday. The United States did not make the top 10....
Long-separated Korean families have reunion
Sep 26, 2009 10:48pm
Some families long separated by the Korean War saw their loved ones Saturday for the first time in years near the border between North and South Korea....
Virtual screens replace greens
Sep 11, 2009 2:16pm
Technology is changing golf in such a way that the next generation of players could be learning their skills on computer screens rather than golf greens....
Border traffic normalized between two Koreas
Sep 1, 2009 3:06am
Cross-border traffic between North and South Korea returned to normal Tuesday, ending eight months of restrictions imposed by the North, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported....
Koreas reach deal to reunite families
Aug 28, 2009 10:48am
North and South Korea reached an agreement Friday on reunions for families separated for decades by the Korean War, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported....
South Korean rocket fails to reach full orbit
Aug 25, 2009 7:29am
South Korea's space program suffered a blow Tuesday after a satellite launched from its first space rocket failed to reach proper orbit, a science official said....
Two Koreas to discuss reunions for split families
Aug 25, 2009 5:32am
North and South Korea will hold three days of talks on reunions for families torn apart by the Korean War and divisions between the two countries, South Korea's Unification Ministry said Tuesday....
Modest Yang savors historic PGA triumph
Aug 24, 2009 11:29am
South Korea's Y.E.Yang is still coming to terms with his historic victory at the PGA Championship where he became the first Asian-born golfer to win a major title....
S. Korean leader gets message from Kim Jong Il
Aug 23, 2009 12:29am
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Sunday met with a visiting North Korean delegation, and received a message from the North's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, according South Korea's state media....
South Korea delays first rocket launch
Aug 19, 2009 11:45am
South Korea's first rocket launch has been delayed because of a technical glitch, the country's official news agency reported....
Former South Korean leader, Nobel winner on respirator
Jul 16, 2009 8:54am
A former South Korea president who won the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering better relations between North and South Korea has been placed on a respirator in a hospital, a news agency reported Thursday....
Cyber attacks touching celebrities, governments
Jul 10, 2009 4:53am
The death of Michael Jackson and Internet attacks in the United States and South Korea share a cyber-crime connection....
N. Korea gives S. Korea ultimatum over industrial complex
May 15, 2009 8:04am
North Korea Friday unilaterally informed South Korea that all contracts relating to a jointly-run industrial complex along their border are null and void, according to South Korean officials....
Stimulated: Does S. Korea offer hope for bailouts?
Apr 24, 2009 6:29am
It was a photo finish, but South Korea surprised market watchers by narrowly avoiding recession....
North and South Korea talks last only 22 minutes
Apr 22, 2009 6:42am
Details emerged Wednesday from the first government-to-government talks between the two Koreas in more than a year....
South Korea edges past North in World Cup qualifier
Apr 2, 2009 2:05am
South Korea scored a late goal Wednesday to defeat North Korea 1-0 in a World Cup qualifying match set amid the backdrop of heightened political tensions in the region....
S. Korea reroutes flights, cites 'threat'
Mar 10, 2009 1:01pm
South Korean commercial airlines have rerouted their planes after North Korea said it could not guarantee the safety of flights near its airspace....
Clinton in South Korea as missile controversy brews
Feb 20, 2009 1:14am
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in South Korea on Thursday on the third leg of her four-nation tour of Asia....
N. Korea preps for satellite launch amid 'space development' claim
Feb 16, 2009 2:57pm
Denying recent intelligence suggesting it is preparing to test a long-range missile, North Korea signaled Monday it is gearing up to launch a satellite, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency....
N. Korea ups ante in standoff with S. Korea
Jan 30, 2009 8:48am
North Korea said Friday it has nullified all political and military agreements with South Korea, an extreme move that could raise tensions between the neighbors and lead to a military clash, South Korean state-run media reported....
S. Korea looks to buy North's nuclear fuel
Jan 13, 2009 8:03am
South Korea has said it will send a delegation of nuclear experts to North Korea this week to survey its unused nuclear fuel rods and possibly buy them....
South Korea automaker files for bankruptcy
Jan 9, 2009 4:49am
Ssangyong Motor Co., South Korea's fifth largest automaker, filed for bankruptcy Friday, citing the company's worsening finances....
SKorea: Kim Jong Il's Health Has Improved
Oct 28, 2008 7:00am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appears to have recovered enough from a stroke to run the country without difficulty, South Korea's spy chief told lawmakers Tuesday....
2 Koreas Hold Military Talks Amid Tension
Oct 27, 2008 2:40am
Working-level military officers from North Korea and South Korea met Monday to discuss improving their lines of communication amid strained ties between the divided nations, officials said....
Six dead in South Korea fish knife frenzy
Oct 20, 2008 8:00am
A financially strapped South Korean man went on an arson and stabbing rampage in Seoul on Monday, leaving six people dead and seven others wounded, police said....
South Korea Sees Nothing Unusual in North Korea
Oct 19, 2008 7:30pm
South Korea's government and private analysts questioned media reports Sunday that North Korea was poised to make an important announcement possibly concerning the health of its leader, Kim Jong Il...
South Koreans Are Shaken by a Celebrity Suicide
Oct 6, 2008 11:00am
The "Nation's Actress" is found dead in her apartment after being attacked by aggressive online rumors...
Blind masseurs jump from bridge
Sep 18, 2008 12:00pm
Police in South Korea have arrested 26 blind masseurs who were threatening to jump from a bridge to protest a government decision they say will rob them of their livelihood....
Boarding house fire kills 6 in S. Korea
Jul 25, 2008 5:35am
A fire at a boarding house early Friday killed five men and one woman, injuring 11 other people, South Korea's Yonhap news service reported....
US Allowed Korean Mass Executions
Jul 6, 2008 5:00pm
The American colonel tried to stall, 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 during the Korean War...
Scores hurt in S. Korea beef protests
Jun 29, 2008 12:21pm
Thousands of protesters battled riot police in downtown Seoul early Sunday morning after a rally opposing South Korea's decision to import U.S. beef turned violent. More than 100 were wounded, the state news agency reported....
S. Korea to resume U.S. beef imports
Jun 25, 2008 2:39am
South Korea's government said Wednesday it would resume imports of American beef this week, hoping to move on from a crisis that battered the pro-U.S. administration with weeks of anti-government protests over food safety....
S. Korea, US Agree on Beef Imports
Jun 21, 2008 2:00pm
All U.S. beef exported to South Korea will come from cattle less than 30 months old, officials said Saturday, in a deal made to placate South Korean protesters...
S. Korean beef protests force government shake-up
Jun 16, 2008 5:56am
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak plans to shake up his cabinet this week after massive protests, triggered by a deal his government reached to resume U.S. beef imports, the state news agency reported Monday....
South Korea backs off importing U.S. beef
Jun 3, 2008 3:58am
No U.S. beef will exported to South Korea until the countries agree on limiting shipments to meat from cattle of a certain age, South Korea's agriculture minister said Tuesday....
South Korea to resume U.S. beef imports
May 29, 2008 7:08am
South Korea will open its market to most U.S. beef, a senior government official said Thursday, according to state media....
S. Korea leader 'baffled' by mad cow fears
May 22, 2008 9:50am
South Korea's president has apologized on national television for failing to take on board concerns in his country about mad cow disease....
North Korean officer defects to South Korea
Apr 28, 2008 4:37am
A North Korean soldier defected across the demilitarized zone and sought asylum in South Korea on Sunday, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman....
South Korea to Resume U.S. Beef Imports
Apr 18, 2008 1:10pm
South Korea agreed to resume U.S. beef imports that had been halted over mad cow disease, clearing a key hurdle to a broader trade deal with Washington...
Report: S. Korea, U.S. reach beef deal
Apr 18, 2008 4:29am
Hours before a U.S.-South Korean summit, the two nations have reached an agreement that could clear the way for South Korea to resume imports of U.S. beef, a South Korean news agency reported Friday....
North Korea: South Korea driving relationship to 'catastrophe'
Apr 3, 2008 6:00am
North Korea cut off dialogue with South Korea on Thursday, claiming the peninsula was on the brink of another war....
What is telematics?
Mar 13, 2008 4:09am
In South Korea, telematics is big business. If it sounds like a buzzword to advertise the latest purveyor of high-tech must-have gadgets, its etymology is no less firmly rooted: "tele" means remote; "matics" means information. Cruising right alongside wireless broadband and DMB (Digital Media Broadcast) cell phones, telematics refers more...
'Wired' South Korea is underexposed
Mar 13, 2008 4:06am
South Korean Chang Won-kim was always a writer and a tech-head, so he quite naturally entered the blogosphere in 2005. His English-language, technology-themed, Seoul-based blog Web 2.0 Asia was inspired by both the need and the personal ambition to convey the evolving state of South Korea's all-too-domestic online industry to...
Can South Korea's President Deliver?
Feb 25, 2008 11:15am
While he was mayor of Seoul, Lee Myung Bak was known for thinking big. He'll need his ambition more than ever as President...
Question of the Week: Energy sources
Jan 8, 2008 12:48am
With oil peaking at $100 a barrel, the world energy crisis continues to push countries to develop alternatives to handle depleting fossil fuel sources....
Warehouse blaze claims 40 lives
Jan 7, 2008 2:40pm
A massive fire swept through a newly constructed warehouse in Icheon, South Korea Monday, burning for several hours and setting off a series of explosions that killed 40 workers inside, fire officials have told CNN....
Internet groups forging a community of charity
Dec 28, 2007 5:33am
South Korea has long enjoyed some of the fastest and most widely available broadband Internet access on the planet. Top online gamers are bona-fide TV celebrities, and long before MySpace, there was South Korea's Cyworld, a social networking site launched back in 1999....
Report: 14 sailors missing
Dec 25, 2007 3:25am
Fourteen seamen were missing Tuesday after a ship carrying nitric acid sank off the coast of South Korea in rough seas, maritime police said, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency....
South Korea straddles the politics of change
Dec 21, 2007 7:12am
South Korea's last presidential election, in December, 2002, took place against a backdrop of escalating tension on the Korean peninsula over North Korea's nuclear program and the Bush administration's refusal to negotiate with Pyongyang....
A Win for South Korea's 'Bulldozer'
Dec 20, 2007 12:00am
Lee Myung Bak sweeps to victory in South Korea's presidential election on promises to revitalize the economy...
Koreans Struggle to Clean Oil Spill
Dec 9, 2007 2:00pm
Thousands of people used shovels and buckets in a massive operation Sunday to clean up the South Korea's largest oil spill, which blackened beaches along the country's western coast....
South Korea's Cloudy Campaign
Dec 5, 2007 2:00pm
The front-runner in the country's presidential race is cleared of fraud allegations, thus averting a setback that could have cost him the upcoming election...
South Korean cinema struggles with High Definition
Nov 21, 2007 2:04am
As South Korea's Pusan International Film Festival -- widely recognized as Asia's most important film showcase and market -- wraps up its 12th year, one thing has become apparent, at least for the domestic industry: High Definition filmmaking hasn't quite reached the omnipresent proportions many believed it would have by...
Eye on South Korea: Your e-mails
Oct 21, 2007 2:27am
South Korea is reputed to be the most wired country in the world. CNN has asked readers to weigh in on the topic. How is technology affecting daily life in South Korea, and influencing the rest of the world? Below is a selection of responses, some of which have been...
South Korea: CNN video coverage
Oct 19, 2007 12:35am
South Korea is reputed to be the most wired country in the world -- broadband Internet in almost every household and every primary, junior and high school; free television broadcasts on cell phones; professional online gamers with rock-star status; humanoids replacing hosts, clerks, nannies and sentries; 17 million members on...
Future tech and puppy love in South Korea
Oct 1, 2007 5:44am
With its anonymous skyline and mind-numbing traffic, Seoul may not seem like a sci-fi city. And yet it's blazing one very high-tech trail....
S. Korea scandalized by fake degrees
Aug 22, 2007 4:44am
South Korea's top universities said this week they will set up a system to detect academic fraud after a disc jockey, a revered Buddhist monk and an aging actress were swept up in a fake-degree scandal....
U.S., South Korea pledge relief to North
Aug 17, 2007 3:41am
North Korea's neighbors and international aid agencies sought Thursday to help the impoverished country cope with floods that have decimated large swaths of farmland, endangering citizens already struggling with food shortages....
Web-based tutorials take off in South Korea
May 14, 2007 3:55am
When the school day is over in South Korea, thousands of students head straight back into the classroom....
U.S., South Korea agree trade deal
Apr 2, 2007 7:44am
The United States and South Korea reached agreement on a bilateral trade deal that could increase trade between the two countries by 20 percent....
S. Korea-U.S. summit comes at critical moment
Sep 13, 2006 8:59pm
South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun sits down for a summit meeting with President George W. Bush on Thursday at a time when the security alliance between the two countries that has helped maintain stability in Northeast Asia for more than half a century faces unprecedented challenges....
South Korea can 'surprise' at cup
May 11, 2006 5:13am
South Korea coach Dick Advocaat named 10 World Cup veterans Thursday in his squad for the finals in Germany and hopes to repeat the semifinal showing of four years ago....
South Korea striker to miss finals
Apr 14, 2006 5:14am
South Korea's World Cup preparations have suffered a setback with star striker Lee Dong-Gook ruled out of this summer's finals with a knee injury....
S. Korea to pull troops from Iraq
Nov 18, 2005 2:49am
South Korea -- a major supporter of President Bush's Iraq policy -- has announced plans to pull a third of its troops out of Iraq in 2006, a National Security Council spokesman said Thursday....
8 troops die in S. Korea rampage
Jun 18, 2005 10:58pm
A South Korean soldier stationed along the Korean demilitarized zone has gone on a shooting rampage, killing 8 of his colleagues, the nation's defense ministry has reported....
N. Korean ship docks near Seoul
May 22, 2005 8:24am
For the first time in over two decades, a North Korean ship docked in a South Korean port Sunday, the start of a series of voyages to pick up fertilizer donated to North Korea by the South Korean government....
Cloning success hailed, feared
May 21, 2005 6:49am
A breakthrough in human embryonic stem cell research by scientists in South Korea has been hailed as ground-breaking, with the potential to fight a host of ailments, but some people have raised ethical concerns....
South Korea keeps rates on hold
May 12, 2005 1:58am
South Korea's central bank on Thursday kept the country's official interest rates on hold for the sixth straight month....
S. Korea asks North to return boat
Apr 13, 2005 6:03am
South Korea's military will ask North Korea to return a small boat that ignored warning shots and crossed into Northern waters....
Superstar gamers hot property
Mar 31, 2005 1:17pm
It's a cold Tuesday night in South Korea and tens of thousands of people are staying indoors to watch online gaming matches on television....
Dialing up to do business
Mar 31, 2005 11:29am
Big money is changing hands every day in South Korea, and a large percentage of it is happening at the touch of a cellphone button....
Buck the falling dollar
Mar 21, 2005 2:01am
In late February when South Korea's central bank said that it was planning to shift some assets out of U.S. Treasuries and into other currencies, the disclosure set off a day of panic selling in th......
U.S. helicopter down in S. Korea
Feb 26, 2005 4:53am
A U.S. soldier died and a second was wounded when a military helicopter crashed on Saturday while conducting a training exercise in South Korea, officials said....
Dollar tumbles, bonds slide
Feb 22, 2005 9:15am
News that a number of central banks indicated they would diversify their reserves out of Treasuries and into other investments such as the euro sent the dollar tumbling Tuesday, and pressured bonds as well....
South Korea again leads Asia
Nov 24, 2004 5:03am
South Korea has again led Asian share market gains Wednesday, with Seoul's Kospi index closing 1.4 percent higher....
S. Korea cuts rates to record low
Nov 11, 2004 11:43pm
South Korea's central bank has unexpectedly cut interest rates to a record low of 3.25 percent, shifting its policy focus to growth from inflation as exports slow and domestic demand remains weak....
South Korea falls again
Sep 22, 2004 11:04pm
Asian markets are weaker Thursday, with South Korea adding to the previous day's 2.5 percent decline....
S. Korea selects new capital site
Aug 11, 2004 6:12am
South Korea has confirmed it will move its future seat of government to a rural site south of its capital Seoul....
Japan, South Korea head higher
Aug 10, 2004 4:30am
Markets in Japan and South Korea closed with modest gains Tuesday as Asia went through a choppy trading patch ahead of the U.S. interest rate decision....
Mystery as more defectors land
Jul 28, 2004 1:45am
A second wave of defectors believed to be North Koreans has arrived in the South in a secretive mass defection that has seen the refugees flown in from an unidentified Southeast Asian nation....
S. Korea leads Asian falls
Jul 26, 2004 11:47pm
Asian markets are mainly lower at midday Tuesday, with South Korea down about 1 percent....
S. Korea: No changes to troop plan
Jun 20, 2004 11:47pm
South Korea says it will go ahead with its plan to deploy thousands of troops to Iraq despite a televised threat from militants to kill a South Korean hostage....
S. Korea outlines Iraq dispatch
Jun 18, 2004 6:31am
South Korea will begin deploying more than 3,600 troops to the Erbil region of northern Iraq in August....
Moody's upgrades S. Korea outlook
Jun 11, 2004 1:55am
International ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has lifted South Korea's ratings outlook to stable from negative over what is sees as diminished tensions linked to North Korea's nuclear weapons program....
Koreas agree to military hotline
Jun 4, 2004 12:39am
North and South Korea have agreed to set up a military hotline in a step towards easing tensions along their heavily fortified border....
Asia struggles as oil tops $40
May 31, 2004 10:57pm
Asian stocks are struggling at midday Tuesday, with only Japan and South Korea managing to stay in the black as oil prices move back above $40 a barrel....
S. Korea, Taiwan power ahead
May 18, 2004 11:54pm
Asian markets are continuing their strong recovery Wednesday, with the biggest gains coming in South Korea and Taiwan....
U.S. confirms S. Korea troop cut
May 17, 2004 7:18pm
The United States has notified South Korea and Japan it plans to move about 3,600 troops from South Korea to Iraq, senior Pentagon officials confirmed to CNN....
S. Korea eyes political stability
Apr 15, 2004 11:23pm
South Korea's government has pledged economic and political stability Friday, a day after parliamentary elections which saw the pro-government Uri Party win a slim majority....
S. Korea backs pro-president party
Apr 15, 2004 6:14am
South Korea's main opposition Grand National Party conceded defeat in the country's parliamentary election Thursday to the pro-government Uri Party, which is allied with impeached President Roh Moo-hyun....
S. Korea leaves rates on hold
Apr 8, 2004 1:38am
South Korea's central bank has left interest rates on hold at a record low of 3.75 percent and says the economy is showing signs of a gradual upswing....
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