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President Lee Myung-bak yesterday pledged to more than double Seoul's official development aid to Africa over the next three years in a meeting with his Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade, Cheong Wa Dae officials said.

Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.

The one certainty in unpredictable North Korea is that if the state detonates a nuclear device or leader Kim Jong-il visits a duck farm, Ri Chun-hee will be on TV boasting about the amazing accomplishment.

South Korean model Daul Kim wearing a creation by British designer Alexander Mcqueen.

Seoul News.Net Sunday 22nd November, 2009 Abu Dhabi, Nov 22 The six Gulf Cooperation Council members and South Korea have concluded a three-day technical meeting as part of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two parties, WAM news agency reported Sunday.

Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , has inspected the headquarters of the Ministry of People's Security, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday.

South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.

The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan was identified Sunday as a Chinese national who was believed employed at the shooting range where the deaths occurred.

South Korean demonstrators shout slogans during a rally welcoming President Barack Obama's visit to the country and denouncing North Korea's nuclear program near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Nov.

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Daul Kim, a top South Korean fashion model, was found hanged in her Paris apartment.

South Korea plans to ease domestic investment rules and foreign entry procedures by 2020 in a bid to vitalise tourism, China's Xinhua news agency reported quoting the nation's culture minister as saying Friday.

On his trip to Asia, President Obama found China, Japan and South Korea - like many nations these days - in no mood to hear more American lectures.

Isakson Urges Support for United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Also Praises Kia Investment in Georgia WASHINGTON - Citing the benefits to the state of Georgia and the nation, U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today voiced his support for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement as President Obama met with South Korean President Lee ...

SEOUL, South Korea -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that the six nations dealing with Iran's nuclear program will develop a package of serious new punitive measures in coming weeks.

A top South Korean model who was a fixture at fashion week in Paris and London was found dead at her apartment in Paris, an official said on Friday.

A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said.

China and the United States announced Thursday they will send senior officials to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as nations try to get the DPRK back to negotiations over its nuclear programs.

SOUTH Korea's new low-cost carrier Eastar Jet's inaugural chartered direct Seoul-Kuching-Seoul flight will start Dec 24 this year, Sarawak Tourism and Urban Development Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin said Thursday.

Fifteen seamen from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who were missing after their cargo ship sank off China's coast Tuesday have been saved by a Chinese maritime rescue team.