News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 21 days ago
South Korea's foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of 2009 has been reduced to almost half the size reached during the same period last year amid a global economic slowdown, a government report showed Wednesday. According...
News Source: Inquirer.net
| 21 days ago
The former head of South Korea's giant Doosan group committed suicide on Wednesday, amid reports he had faced hardship in managing his present company due to the economic slump. Park Yong-Oh, 72, was found dead by a housemaid at his home in Seoul,...
News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 21 days ago
South Korea's health authorities on Wednesday reported three additional deaths related to the A/H1N1 influenza virus, pulling up the nation's death toll to 45. According to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, a three-year-old...
News Source: Seattle Times
| 21 days ago
South Korea — The ousted chairman of South Korea's oldest conglomerate, the Doosan Group, was found dead in an apparent suicide, a news report said Wednesday. Park Yong-oh was found dead at his Seoul home in what appeared to be a suicide, the...
News Source: China Post
| 21 days ago
As part of the declaration, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters will be installed within the Ministry of Public Administration and Security. The period for school vaccinations, scheduled to start on Nov. 11, also will be...
News Source: Sify News
| 22 days ago
South Korea Tuesday raised the swine flu alert level to its highest status due to the rapid spread of the viral disease in the country, officials said. The red alert level, the highest on South Korea's four-level scale, means that government...