Torrential rain kills at least 41 in S Korea

People's Daily - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain have left 41 people dead and 12 missing in South Korea as of Thursday morning, the National Emergency Management Agency said.At least 15 people were killed after a wave of mudslide engulfed residential areas at the foot of Mount Umyeon in southern Seoul on Wednesday.The death toll from a landslide in Chuncheon, about 110 kilometers ...

Sharjah International Book Fair impresses in Seoul

WAM - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

WAM SHARJAH, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- A delegation from the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is participating in the Seoul International Book Fair, taking place at COEX in Seoul from the 19th to the 23rd of June which was inaugurated by Park Geun-hye, President of South Korea. Headed by Ahmed Al Ameri, SIBF Director, and including Salim Omar Salim, Head of Sales and Marketing at SIBF, ...

S.Korea media blame Iran for angry World Cup scenes

Fox News - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Iran players celebrate victory over South Korea in a World Cup qualifier in Ulsan, Korea, on Tuesday. South Korean media blamed Iran Wednesday for angry scenes at a tense World Cup qualifier which ended with fans pelting debris on to the pitch and the visiting coach under fire for a rude ...

S.Korea to buy European missiles

West Australian - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea will buy European bunker-busting missiles as the United States refused to sell the same kind of weapons to the country, the state procurement agency said on Wednesday.At a meeting presided over by Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin, the Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) approved a plan to purchase air-to-ground missiles with a 500-kilometre (312.5 mile) range ...

Khrunichev Centre ready to continue cooperation with South Korea

Itar Tass - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Centre is ready to continue cooperation with South Korea if the Republic of Korea asks for this, Director-General Alexander Seliverstov said on Wednesday. The Khrunichev Centre and South Korea launched three KSLV boosters, Seliverstov told journalists within the Paris Air Show. "The ...

Seoul Delays Decision on WMD Initiative

Chosun - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Almost half of the households in Seoul now consist of just one or two people, according to a survey on 49,785 residents by the Seoul Metropolitan Government late last year. Some 46.8 percent of households consisted of one or two ...

Seoul shares slip on foreign selling techs as Fed awaited

Reuters - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:03am EDT * Drop in Samsung Electronics, tech stocks weighs * Hyundai Motor gains for a second day on earnings hopes SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - Seoul shares slipped on Wednesday as foreign investors were net sellers for a ninth straight session as the market awaited the results of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting for clarity on its stimulus programme. No immediate ...

Drug smuggling on the rise in S. Korea

Asia News Network - Wednesday 19th June, 2013

It is worrisome that drugs smuggled into Korea or trafficked through it have been increasing rapidly in recent years. The number of drug-smuggling cases uncovered by the Korea Customs Service rose from 150 in 2009 to 232 last year. Recent figures from the KCS augmented the perception that the country could no longer be recognised as a place relatively free of narcotics. For the first five ...

Ethiopian Airlines inaugurates new flight to Seoul

Global Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The Ethiopian Airlines, one of the fastest growing airliners in Africa, on Tuesday launched its new destination to Seoul, South Korea. The inaugural flight to Seoul coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and South Korea. The Ethiopian Airlines made the inaugural flight with Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Incheon International Airport in ...

Australia Iran and South Korea head for Brazil

Business 247 - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Mehrdad Oladi, Masoud Shojaei, Mohammad Noori and Gholam Raza Rezaei of Iran celebrate qualifying for the 2014 Fifa World Cup following the World Cup Qualifier against South Korea at Munsu World Cup Stadium on June 18, 2013 in Ulsan, South Korea. ...

Seoul shares drop Samsung Elec dips after gains

Reuters - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

SEOUL, June 19 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:17pm EDT SEOUL, June 19 (Reuters) - Seoul shares fell in early Wednesday trade as Samsung Electronics shares turned lower after posting their biggest gain in 2-1/2 weeks in the previous session. Samsung has been battered as analysts readjust their expectations for its smartphone growth, but managed to climb 1.5 percent on Tuesday. The Korea Composite ...

$5 Million Went to Rohs Son

Chosun - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Foreign migrant workers in small or medium-sized firms in Korea are earning up to 11 times what they used to make in their own country, a survey released Monday suggests. They earn an average of W1.62 million including overtime pay and bonuses a ...

Iran and South Korea Classify for World Soccer Cup

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Seoul, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Iran beat South Korea 1-0 and both teams are now classified for the 2014 World Soccer Cup in Brazil, a competition to which Australia also got its classification for Asia. Iran got the victory as a visitor, with a goal scored by Reza Ghoochannejhad in a match disputed in Ulsan, South Korea. This result in the last date for the Asian classification group is good for ...

Iran wins at S.Korea both teams qualify for WCup

MSNBC - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -Iran won 1-0 at South Korea on Tuesday in a result that secured both teams a spot at next year's World Cup, but the hosts only just scraped ...

Seoul Beijing to assess North Korean issues

Middle East Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se told lawmakers Tuesday diplomatic outreach with China would focus on North Korean concerns. South Korean President Park Guen-hye is scheduled to meet later this month in Beijing with Chinese ...

121 South Korean schools have no newcomers

Middle East Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Data indicate 121 of 6,203 elementary schools in South Korea did not recruit any new students this year amid the country's low birthrate. Some 1,596 other schools reported less than 10 new students in 2013. Most of the schools without newcomers are in rural areas, the data show. Officials attributed the declining number of students to the country's chronically low birthrate. ...