South Korea allows group to deliver aid to NKorea

27 January 2012, 2:17 am

South Korea allowed members of a private group to accompany aid to North Korea for the first time Friday since leader Kim Jong Il died last month.... Read More »

MagnaChip to Acquire Dawin Electronics, Designer and Manufacturer of Power Modules

27 January 2012, 2:00 am

SEOUL, South Korea and CUPERTINO, Calif., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip") (NYSE: MX - News) today announced that its Korean subsidiary has entered into ...... Read More »

South Korea allows flour aid to North Korea

26 January 2012, 10:50 pm

The Associated Press The Associated Press PAJU, South Korea South Korea has sent the first shipment of flour aid to North Korea since Kim Jong Il died last month. The aid comes as North Korea unites around Kim Jong Un after his father died of a heart attack. Pyongyang has since vowed that it would n... Read More »

S. Korea, U.S. military exercises set

26 January 2012, 10:47 pm

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- South Korea will hold its scheduled joint military drill with the United States, the first such since North Korea's regime change, officials told JoongAng Ilbo.... Read More »

South Korea may need more steps on inflows

26 January 2012, 10:40 pm

SEOUL : Capital inflows to South Korea will likely be so massive this year existing capital control measures may fall short of dealing with them, a central bank board member told Reuters on Friday.... Read More »

South Korea Holds Artillery Drills At Border Island

26 January 2012, 4:45 am

SEOUL, South Korea South Korea staged live-fire drills Thursday from a front-line island shelled by North Korea in 2010, in the first such exercise since North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died last month. The North called the maneuvers belligerent.... Read More »

Solar Market Diversification Continues

26 January 2012, 4:01 am

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- With funding cuts and falling demand, the European photovoltaic market is shrinking. Asia, meanwhile, is performing well and expected to generate ...... Read More »

S. Korea practices live-fire drills

26 January 2012, 3:40 am

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Defense Ministry said its marines are conducting live-fire drills from a front-line island that was shelled by North Korea in 2010. A ministry official said the drills are occurring today at Yeonpyeong Island near the disputed sea border.... Read More »

South Korea economic growth slowed in the final quarter of last year as overseas demand waned

26 January 2012, 1:43 am

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's economy grew at its slowest pace in two years in the fourth quarter last year as manufacturing waned amid weak overseas demand, the country's central bank said Thursday.... Read More »

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor reports record $7.2 billion profit last year

25 January 2012, 11:11 pm

SEOUL, South Korea - Hyundai Motor's net profit jumped 35 per cent to a record high last year after selling more than 4 million cars for the first time.... Read More »