Category: Korea
Top N Korean defence official replaced, Korea says
Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, has replaced his defense minister with a hard-line general as part of his effort to fill the army leadership with a new generation of [...]
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Korea readies new bid to join global space club
South Korea braced Thursday for its third attempt to send a satellite into orbit and gain entry to an elite global space club that includes neighbours and regional rivals [...]
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Korea to fire rocket as eyes turn to North’s site
South Korea will make its third attempt to launch a civilian space rocket and satellite today as speculation mounts that North Korea may defy the international community with [...]
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Korea manufacturer confidence falls to lowest in three years
South Korean manufacturers’ confidence fell to the lowest level in more than three years as gains in the won threaten to slow a rebound in exports and the country [...]
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Korea current-account surplus narrows
South Korea’s current-account surplus narrowed slightly in October, but the surplus for 2012 so far has already surpassed the Bank of Korea’s full-year forecast, [...]
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Final bids for Korea Aerospace $1b stake postponed to December
The deadline for due diligence and binding bids to acquire an estimated $1.1 billion stake in Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has been postponed into December, KAI’s [...]
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Second N Korean missile launch would be unprecedented
While new satellite images show preparations for what is believed to be a coming long-range missile launch by North Korea, a second attempt in 2012 would be unprecedented, a [...]
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Korea readies new bid to join global space club
South Korea held a final dress rehearsal Wednesday for its third attempt to send a satellite into orbit and join an elite space club that includes Asian powers China, Japan [...]
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Korea finds more nuclear parts with fake documents
South Korean nuclear regulators have discovered nearly a thousand more parts supplied for nuclear power plants with fake quality certificates, they said on Tuesday, adding [...]
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Honda chief eyes more exports from US
Honda chief executive Takanobu Ito wants to boost the Japanese carmaker’s exports from the United States to counterbalance the effects of the strong yen, he said in an [...]
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UN committee slams N Korea, Iran on rights
A key UN committee on Tuesday passed resolutions condemning human rights abuses by North Korea, Iran and Syria amid growing Western pressure for action. An annual vote on [...]
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Final bids for Korea Aerospace $1b stake postponed to December
The deadline for due diligence and binding bids to acquire an estimated $1.1 billion stake in Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) (047810.KS) has been postponed into December, [...]
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Korea sacks Jill Kelley over Petraeus scandal
South Korea said on Tuesday it was dismissing Jill Kelley, the Florida socialite at the heart of the scandal that brought down CIA chief David Petraeus, from her post as an [...]
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Korea’s current-account surplus narrows to $5.8b
South Korea’s current-account surplus narrowed to a two-month low after imports of machinery and equipment increased. The surplus was $5.8 billion last month, compared [...]
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China’s top paper goes to town with ‘sexy’ N Korea’s Kim
China’s top newspaper went to town on Tuesday with a 55-page online picture spread of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un being named The Onion’s “Sexiest Man [...]
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