Oct 20th, 2008 · Asian stock markets advanced in Monday's trading, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days. China also recovered from early losses, despite numbers showing third quarter growth slipped to 9 percent.
Aug 27th, 2008 · Taking a cue from Cupid, two gold medal winners in archery are getting married. Perhaps inspired by the Olympic rings, the South Korean couple announced their nuptials just as the games ended. Their romance was sparked during training for the Olympics.
Jun 23rd, 2008 · In recent years, the number of rural and low-income South Korean men who have married foreign women has exploded. The government and civil society have responded by opening schools to help these "marriage migrants" learn to become South Koreans.
Jun 13th, 2008 · Today in Seoul, right-wing veterans of the Korean War staged a counter-demonstration, claiming that the tens of thousands of Koreans who have been protesting plans to import U.S. beef are being used by North Korea's communists. Meanwhile, protesters observed the sixth anniversary today of the deaths of two South Korean girls who were run over by a U.S. military vehicle.
Aug 29th, 2007 · Captors release eight of 19 South Korean captives they promised to free under a deal struck with the South Korean government to resolve a nearly six-week hostage crisis.
Aug 11th, 2007 · In Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman says two South Korean hostages will be released as a "gift" to a South Korean delegation that has been meeting with Taliban leaders in southern Ghazni province. The Taliban spokesman says the two hostages, both women, are in poor health.
Aug 7th, 2007 · A Taliban spokesman is warning that 21 South Korean hostages will be killed if Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai does not release militant prisoners. Karzai refused to make a deal after a meeting with President Bush.
Aug 7th, 2007 · The 21 South Korean hostages held by the Taliban in Afghanistan are missionaries but say they were providing humanitarian aid at hospitals and schools. Mike Pocock, head of the World Missions and Intercultural Studies department at the Dallas Theological Seminary, talks with Renee Montagne.