Mountaineer Park Goes Missing

2011-11-06

A memorial altar was set up at Seoul National University Hospital on Tuesday for renowned mountaineer Park Young-seok and his two fellow climbers ...

President Lee Calls on World Leaders to Boost Financial Soundness

2011-11-04

President Lee Myung-bak’s call to world leaders Thursday to devise plans to strengthen the fiscal health of their nations could be interpreted ...

Debt Crisis in Europe & Prospects for Korean Financial Market

2011-11-04

Nat'l Assembly Speaker's Power to Introduce Bills

2011-11-03

The National Assembly speaker has the power to directly introduce a bill at a plenary session. Such power is usually exercised as a last resort when ...

Pres. Lee's Le Figaro Interview

2011-11-02

During his interview with French daily, Le Figaro, President Lee Myung-bak also talked about global financial jitters, the upcoming G20 Summit ...

KORUS FTA & ISD Settlement

2011-11-01

The latest debate over the South Korea-U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) at the National Assembly is centered around provisions regarding investor-state ...

Hurdle to FTA Ratification

2011-10-31

Partisan Compromise The floor leaders of the ruling Grand National Party and the main opposition Democratic Party held marathon discussions ...

Oct. 26 By-election Results

2011-10-30

Opposition-backed independent candidate Park Won-soon defeated ruling Grand National Party candidate Na Kyung-won in the Seoul mayoral election ...

2nd NK-US Dialogue

2011-10-30

The second round of high-level talks between North Korea and the United States began in Geneva on Monday and ended Tuesday afternoon. At the meetings, ...

Libyan Reconstruction Market

2011-10-30

The Libyan transitional government has officially declared the country's liberation from Muammar Gadhafi's rule. Global builders are eyeing ...