On Thursday the won/dollar exchange rate fell to just over W980 then barely rose to above W1,000 again as a result of government intervention. The exchange rate had already fell below W1,000 recently... [Mar.11,2005 01:56 KST]

Representatives from the government, big business, the National Assembly, and civil society have signed a "transparent society pact" and fight corruption. It marks the first time the four major sector.. [Mar.10,2005 07:15 KST]

The government and ruling party are coming out with all sorts of ideas for development in the greater Seoul region in the wake of the National Assembly's passage of the bill on building a new city for.. [Mar.10,2005 07:13 KST]

President Roh Moo Hyun's comments Tuesday at the air force academy's graduation ceremony about the "strategic flexibility" of United States Forces Korea (USFK) contained sensitive and important points.. [Mar.10,2005 07:12 KST]

The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is again going after unfair trade practices in the newspaper industry, commencing on a massive series of site investigations of neighborhood newspaper distribution cent.. [Mar.9,2005 12:00 KST]

Sim Dae Pyeong, governor of South Chungcheong province, has left the United Liberal Democrats (ULD). The move his leading to discussion about creating a so-called " conservative party for the ce.. [Mar.9,2005 03:06 KST]

There is a lot of interest in who will replace Deputy Prime Minister for Finance and Economy Lee Hun Jai, most of all because the choice could result in a change in the tone of economic policy. .. [Mar.9,2005 03:05 KST]

It was only the natural course of events that Deputy Prime Minister for Finance and Economy Lee Hun Jai would resign amid suspicions he once engaged in speculative real estate investment. But that doe.. [Mar.8,2005 07:25 KST]

Crimes involving the use of the internet are becoming bolder in their methods and becoming a serious problem. Debt reclamation, prostitution, assault, suicide, and even "contract murders" are claiming.. [Mar.8,2005 07:24 KST]

It is around this time each year that problem of distortions of history in Japanese school textbooks becomes flare up again, because Japan's far-right elements are on a massive offensive in time for J.. [Mar.8,2005 07:23 KST]