Новости по теме South Korea

S. Korea girl band stirs controversy over sacking Top South Korean girl group T-ara has stirred controversy with the surprise decision to shed one of its members, a move which sparked an Internet protest campaign backed by some 330,000 people.

01 August 2012

N. Korea allows S. Korea executives to visit resort North Korea will allow South Korean business executives to visit a jointly-developed tourism resort despite an acrimonious years-long dispute over the project.

31 July 2012

Smartphones power Samsung to record $4.5 bn net profit South Korea's Samsung Electronics Friday posted a record net profit of 5.19 trillion won ($4.53 billion) in the second quarter, powered by strong smartphone sales despite the global downturn.

27 July 2012

South Korea mulls offer of Iranian tankers Seoul is considering an offer by Tehran to send crude on Iranian tankers to South Korea, officials said Friday, as a way to circumvent EU sanctions and resume imports of oil from Iran.

14 July 2012

South Korea unexpectedly cuts key interest rate South Korea's central bank unexpectedly cut its key interest rate Thursday for the first time in more than three years, joining international moves to ease the impact of the eurozone debt crisis.

13 July 2012

Brother of South Korean president detained The elder brother of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak was arrested and detained early Wednesday pending a corruption trial, in a setback for the conservative ruling party during an election year.

12 July 2012

LG Electronics seeks to win race for next-generation TV South Korea's LG Electronics, long overshadowed by Samsung Electronics, is confident it can outpace its bigger rival in the race to dominate the world's next-generation TV market.

11 July 2012

Apple loses British suit over Samsung Galaxy Tab South Korea's Samsung won a patent battle Monday against US rival Apple, with a British judge ruling that Samsung's Galaxy tablet was not "cool" enough to be confused with Apple's iPad.

11 July 2012

Dictator's daughter runs for S. Korea presidency Park Geun-Hye, the daughter of a former South Korean dictator, Tuesday formally announced her bid to become the country's first woman president and vowed to work for a fairer economy.

10 July 2012

South Korea to start 'scientific' whaling South Korea said Wednesday that it planned to start whaling through a loophole that allows the killing of whales for scientific research, following the lead of Japan's controversial expeditions.

06 July 2012

South Korea opens controversial new mini-capital South Korea Monday inaugurated a mini-capital to house much of the nation's government, ending a decade of wrangling over a project seen by critics as driven by politics.

03 July 2012

Bekmambetov wants to make Astana new Asian cinema hub The organizers of the Festival have invited young filmmakers from the most famous Asian film schools to find a new Astana super-hero.

02 July 2012

PHOTO: Training robots brought to Kazakhstan from Korea Korean robots have been brought to Kazakhstan for programmers' training for the first time.

22 May 2012

Kazakhstan is looking for a superhero Timur Bekmambetov’s Festival of Action Films Astana announced a contest of Kazakhstan superheros.

18 May 2012

Kazakhstan and South Korea sign an MoU to construct a Caspian shipyard The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the KADEX-2012 international weaponry exhibition in Astana by Kazakhstan Engineering and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

04 May 2012

Kazakhstan finalizes deal to sell 75% in Balkhash thermal power plant to South Korea investors The initial agreement on the sale of shares was signed March 27, 2012 on President Nazarbayev’s working visit to Seoul.

25 April 2012

South Korea will invest over $7 billion in Kazakhstan projects South Korea will invest over $7 billion in investment projects of Kazakhstan.

29 March 2012

President Nursultan Nazarbayev met South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at a working breakfast in Seoul President Nazarbayev emphasized that the two nations had reached the level of strategic partnership.

26 March 2012

Kazakhstan and South Korea to sign a package of agreements on Balkhash thermal plant Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev is to visit South Korea in March 2012.

22 February 2012

New Kazakhstan ambassador appointed to South Korea The presidential press service reported on new appointments.

30 January 2012

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