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Seoul

Type: City

Name: Seoul

Latitude: 37.560001

Longitude: 126.989998

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 Documents

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

N. Korea human rights more urgent than nukes: Lee (AFP)

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea's human rights abuses should be dealt with more urgently than its nuclear or missile programmes, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Wednesday.Lee made the comment when he met a group of US lawmakers including Representative ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Yahoo! News Australia ]

Entities: North Korea, Human Rights, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 Documents

Lee Myung-bak

Seoul ‘to spend more than $2bn’ on new missiles

South Korea plans to spend more than $2.0bn over the next five years on buying hundreds of new missiles to cope with threats from North Korea, reports said yesterday. President Lee Myung-Bak at a ministerial meeting on April 28 approved a 2.5tn won ($2.14bn) ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Gulf Times ]

Entities: Seoul, North Korea, South Korea, Lee Myung-bak

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated 6 hours ago - 8 Documents

Burst of activity detected at N. Korean nuclear test site

SEOUL North Korea has ramped up work at its nuclear test site, according to an analysis of satellite images released Tuesday, a day after a senior U.S. envoy warned the North that an atomic test would unify the world in seeking swift, tough punishment. ... [ Published 7 hours ago by Washington Times ]

Entities: North Korea, Glyn Davies, Seoul

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated 11 hours ago - 4 Documents

Steve Ballmer

Microsoft eyes digital education

Seoul - Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer met Seoul education officials on Tuesday to discuss using digital technology in classrooms as South Korea prepares to replace paper textbooks with digital ones.Software companies are vying for their products to ... [ Published 11 hours ago by News24.com ]

Entities: Steve Ballmer, Seoul, Education, South Korea, Microsoft Corporation

First Reported May 22 2012 - Updated 15 hours ago - 4 Documents

Kim Min-seok

S. Korea to Boost Missiles Arsenal

SEOUL - Amid a perceived increased threat from North Korea, the military of South Korea intends to put a significantly larger number of missiles into its arsenal in the years ahead.South Korea officials confirm plans are underway to increase spending ... [ Published 18 hours ago by VOA News ]

Entities: South Korea, Boost, Kim Min-seok, Military/Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents

Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc

Shilla, Lotte in expansion mode

Lotte City Hotel Gimpo AirportHotels rush to build biz hotels for surging foreign tourists By Lotte, Shilla and other hotel operators affiliated with large business groups have gone into expansion mode in recent years due to the surging number of Japanese, ... [ Published 19 hours ago by Korea Times ]

Entities: Seoul, SK Networks Co Ltd, Gimpo Airport, Anglerfish, Intercontinental Hotels Group Plc

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 2 Documents

POSCO Ltd

Seoul shares gain; technology, financials lead index higher

* Bargain seekers pick up battered technology blue chips * Financials rally on eased euro zone contagion worries * POSCO buck trends to fall 0.7 pct after S&P rating cut By Joonhee Yu SEOUL, May 22 (Reuters) - Seoul shares extended gains on Tuesday as ... [ Published 21 hours ago by Sharenet ]

Entities: Seoul, Financier, POSCO Ltd, Eurozone

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 5 Documents

Seoul seeks military deal with Beijing

By Seoul is seeking a military agreement with its largest trade partner China, according to officials, in an apparent bid to ease a possible backlash after halting a similar move towards an accord with Japan.The move came just days after Seoul suspended ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Korea Times ]

Entities: Seoul, Military/Armed Forces, Beijing, Japan

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 3 Documents

Seoul shares open higher on global market gains

SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks opened higher Tuesday as China's pledge to boost growth fueled Wall Street and European market gains, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), which pulled off a modest rebound ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Yonhap News Agency ]

Entities: Seoul, South Korea, Wall Street

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 13 Documents

North Korea Warned of Deeper Isolation

SEOUL - A high-level U.S. delegation focused on North Korean matters met with South Korean and Japanese diplomats in Seoul Monday. The group had words of warning for North Korea.Key U.S., South Korean and Japanese diplomats held talks for the first time ... [ Published May 21 2012 by GlobalSecurity.org ]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Glyn Davies

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 3 Documents

Seoul shares close up, laggard blue-chips rebound

* KOSPI higher; Samsung, automakers rally on bargain bids * OCI tumbles after delay to $1.6 bln production plant * Trading choppy, investors watch EU summit for cues By Joonhee Yu SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - Seoul shares ended higher following a sharp decline ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Sharenet ]

Entities: Seoul, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Eurozone

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 3 Documents

Seoul shares rebound on blue-chip bargains

SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - Seoul shares rebounded on bargain-hunting on Monday after sharp falls the previous session, with global jitters partially soothed by a pledge from world leaders to try to keep Greece in the euro zone. Investors found bargains ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Sharenet ]

Entities: Seoul, Hyundai Motor Company, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Quotes

"The issue of human rights for the North Korean people should rather be dealt with more urgently (than tests or launches)" he said

N. Korea human rights more urgent than nukes: Lee (AFP) [Yahoo! News Australia - 1 hour ago]

"We had access to nuclear deterrence for self-defense because of the hostile policy of the U S to stifle the DPRK by force and we will expand and bolster it nonstop as long as this hostile policy goes on" an unidentified spokesman for the North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a report Tuesday by the state-run Korean Central News Agency

North Korea to 'expand' nuclear program [CNN - 1 hour ago]

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