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After US, cyber attackers target South Korea >> Posted By altnrg 4 hours, 49 minutes ago in Science & Technology South Korea has been hit by a suspected cyber attack similar to one that knocked out US government websites earlier this week, officials in Seoul said today.

SEOUL, July 8, 2009; Cheon Jong-woo writing for Reuters reported that Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea's top carmaker, on Wednesday launched its first hybrid car in the domestic market to satisfy a growing appetite for fuel-saving vehicles and to improve the image of the company's technology.

North Korea fired four short-range missiles off its eastern coast Wednesday in defiance of United Nations sanctions imposed after a nuclear test, South Koreas military and a U.S. official said.

A North Korean ship tracked by the U.S. Navy because it was suspected of carrying illicit cargo and which reversed course without delivering its load has likely arrived back home, a South Korean official said Tuesday.

A barrage of ballistic missiles that North Korea test-fired over the weekend may have included a new type of Scud missile with an extended range and improved accuracy that poses a threat to Japan, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday.

Twenty-one students and four chaperones visiting South Korea as part of an educational program sponsored by the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council are making up for lost time after being quarantined at the start of their stay.

The next batch of 300 South Korean troops to be deployed to Somali waters conducted an anti-piracy drill Friday, using a mock pirate boat off the southern coast of South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported.

SEOUL: North Korea test-fired a fourth short-range missile off its east coast Thursday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

South Korea and Thailand agreed Tuesday to launch a 50-day joint world culture expo in Bangkok next year to promote bilateral friendship and cooperation and publicize the historic cultures of the two nations, Yonhap News reported.

North Korean state media this month apparently recycled an old photo of leader Kim Jong-il, raising speculation that his health may have worsened, a report said yesterday.

All 21 public high school students and three of the chaperones on the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council trip to South Korea have resumed their travel itinerary after being quarantined over swine flu fears.

With two years under its belt since opening up its doors in Korea, the Nepali Embassy is currently running its first cultural exhibition in downtown Seoul.

Visiting South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso held talks on Sunday, with simmering tensions over North Korea's nuclear programmes topping the agenda.

The history of Meritz Fire and Marine Insurance, which was founded in 1922 as Chosun Fire, is that of Korea's non-life insurance industry.

Ten Hawai'i students and two chaperones remain in quarantine in South Korean hospitals over swine flu concerns and likely will not be cleared until tomorrow or the weekend, officials with the Korean consulate in Honolulu said.

" On June 4th -8th, the Palau Visitors Authority attended the 22nd KOTFA SHOW in Seoul, South Korea.

A group of Hawaii high school students are in quarantine in South Korea because of swine flu fears.

In this Oct. 24, 2006 file photo, North Korean ship, the Kang Nam I, is anchored in Hong Kong waters.

Obama: U.S. Prepared For Any N. Korea Moves Jun 22, 2009 7:31 am US/Central Obama: U.S. Prepared For Any N. Korea Moves 'Proud Nuclear Power' Vows To Hurt U.S. If America 'Ignites The Fuse Of War' On Korean Peninsula 1 of 1 Replicas of North Korea's Scud-B missile and other South Korean missiles are seen on display at the Korea War Memorial Museum ...