News Topic - South Korea

Soldier arrested for plot to kill wife in Oklahoma
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. Army soldier wanted in a murder-for-hire plot in Oklahoma has been arrested in San Francisco after arriving on a flight from South Korea where he was deployed. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers say 26-year-old Michael Crawford was arrested Tuesday at San Francisco In ... more »
NewsOK.com  –  Nov 27, 2008 01:54 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Local: Oklahoma: Oklahoma City

Soldier arrested for plot to kill wife
SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. Army soldier wanted in a murder-for-hire plot in Ada has been arrested in San Francisco after arriving on a flight from South Korea where he was deployed.
KXII.com  –  Nov 27, 2008 12:56 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Asian technology stocks gain as Wall Street extends rally
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets advanced early Thursday, with technology shares such as Kyocera Corp. and Hynix Semiconductor among gainers after U.S. stocks took a rally into a fourth straight day. The Nikkei 225 Average jumped 2.7% to 8,423.54 and the broader Topix index added 2.1% to 835 ... more »
MarketWatch.com  –  Nov 27, 2008 12:26 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Feast on Fido? Dog meat a delicacy in Korea
Dog meat is eaten in Asia. South Korea, mindful of criticism attached to eating dogs in the West, has made the practice more discreet and better regulated,but isolated North Korea attaches no public stigma to consuming the meat.
MSNBC.com  –  Nov 26, 2008 3:03 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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South Korea considers undersea pipeline
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- South Korea may opt for an undersea pipeline to receive Russian natural gas if North Korea refuses an overland route, says the state-run gas company's head.
United Press International  –  Nov 26, 2008 11:23 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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South Korean tangible assets' value rise
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- South Korea's tangible assets such as land, buildings and equipment were worth $4.43 trillion in 2007, up from $4.08 trillion in 2006, the government said.
United Press International  –  Nov 26, 2008 11:18 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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South Korea seeks to jail actress for adultery
Reuters - South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a popular actress who tried to overturn the country's law that criminalises adultery be thrown in jail for a year and a half for having an affair, local media reported.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 26, 2008 08:09 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Bank, metals stocks rally but growth fears remain
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A financial sector rally lifted Hong Kong and South Korea stock markets on Wednesday following an $800 billion Federal Reserve effort to bolster U.S. lending, while the aftermath of BHP Billiton's dropped bid for Rio Tinto gave a boost to metals shares.
Reuters  –  Nov 26, 2008 07:07 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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South Korea to pull officials from North on Friday
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean officials will clear out of an industrial enclave in North Korea on Friday, a few days before the communist state said it would clamp down on border crossings between the rivals, an official said on Wednesday.
Reuters  –  Nov 26, 2008 06:59 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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SKorean staffers to leave NKorea economic office
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea said Wednesday it would withdraw the last remaining staffers from its economic cooperation office at a border industrial complex in North Korea this week after Pyongyang demanded the office shut down amid deteriorating ties....
AP  –  Nov 26, 2008 04:50 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
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