The government has decided on four areas for its \"company town\" project; Muan, Chungju, Wonju, and Muju. \"Company towns\" involve fundamentally different methods of development compared to the ind.. [Jul.11,2005 02:16 KST]

The six-party talks on resolving the North Korean nuclear issue are finally set to start the last week of July. That is the combined result of North Korea\'s realistic judgment, the United States\' fl.. [Jul.11,2005 01:41 KST]

A series of terrorist bombings in London, the capital of United Kingdom, has killed or injured close to 1,000 people. There has been a warning that other countries with forces in Iraq and Afghanistan,.. [Jul.9,2005 08:07 KST]

Seoul National University (SNU) is reacting strongly to the education ministry and ruling party's demand that it change its entrance procedures proposal. SNU president Jeong Un Chan says plans will no.. [Jul.9,2005 08:06 KST]

There is a place where "Korea" is a noun associated with prostitution. Kiribati is a small Pacific island nation that barely has 100,000 people, and Korean fishermen are paying girls around the age of.. [Jul.9,2005 02:44 KST]

At a meeting with editors and other newsroom officials at major newspapers Thursday, president Roh Moo Hyun said that he would "give up presidential authority if it would resolve the structural proble.. [Jul.8,2005 08:44 KST]

There is growing criticism that the revision proposal on the "Law on Structural Improvement of the Financial Industry" is about accommodating Samsung. The law requires approval when a financial compan.. [Jul.8,2005 08:43 KST]

The working-level task force responsible for judicial reform proposals has released another proposal for revising the criminal trial law. Much of the prosecution's complaints about the earlier proposa.. [Jul.8,2005 01:58 KST]

For some time now Korean companies active overseas have faced criticism for abusing the civil rights of workers. Some people are even calling Korean capitalism "second-rate imperialism." That is what .. [Jul.7,2005 10:04 KST]

The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development and the ruling Uri Party have decided to block Seoul National University's (SNU) move to use an integrated essay test for its entrance examina.. [Jul.7,2005 02:42 KST]