Voters are headed to the polls for South Korea’s closely contested presidential election, which pits the daughter of a former military ruler against a former human rights lawyer. Despite frigid winter weather, initial turnout was strong as polls opened Wednesday. Voting ends at 6 pm and results are expected later in the day. Opinion surveys […]
S.Korean Poll Stations Open In Presidential Election
Posted December 18th, 2012 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
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S.Korean Poll Stations Open In Presidential Election
Posted December 18th, 2012 at 7:10 pm (UTC-5)
Polls opened early Wednesday in South Korea’s closely contested presidential election, which pits the daughter of a former military ruler against a former human rights lawyer. Voting will end at 6 pm local time and results are expected later in the day. Opinion surveys released last week showed Park Geun-hye of the conservative ruling New […]
S.Korean Presidential Candidates Make Final Plea to Voters
Posted December 18th, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
South Korea’s presidential candidates are making their final pleas to voters ahead of Wednesday’s tightly contested election. Opinion polls show conservative ruling party candidate Park Geun-hye maintains a small lead over her liberal rival, Moon Jae-in. Park, of the New Frontier Party, is the daughter of late South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee. She would be […]
Somali Pirates Release 4 South Korean Sailors
Posted December 1st, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
South Korean officials say Somali pirates have released four commercial seamen they had held for 19 months, after the payment of a ransom. A South Korean foreign ministry official said Saturday the ministry had assisted in ransom talks between the ship’s owner and the pirates, but declined to say how much had been paid for […]
South Korea Marks Yeongpyeong Anniversary
Posted November 23rd, 2012 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
South Korea marked the second anniversary Friday of a deadly attack on a front-line island by North Korea. The November 23, 2010 shelling of Yeonpyeong island killed two South Korean marines and two civilians. In a condolence ceremony at the War Memorial in Seoul, South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik called the attack the worst […]
South Korean Prosecutors Probe Purchase of Presidential Retirement Home
Posted November 12th, 2012 at 5:35 am (UTC-5)
South Korean media say prosecutors have raided the offices of the Presidential Security Service, searching for evidence of wrong-doing in the purchase of a retirement home for President Lee Myung-bak. Yonhap reports that investigators are looking Monday for evidence of alleged irregularities in the purchase of a plot of land on the southern edge of […]
South Korea Shuts Down 2 Nuclear Reactors
Posted November 5th, 2012 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
South Korea has been forced to shut down two nuclear reactors to replace components provided with fake quality certificates. Knowledge Economy Minister Hong Suk-woo stressed Monday that the non-core components pose no safety threat and are not connected to a series of malfunctions at South Korea’s nuclear reactors this year. Hong warned that replacing counterfeit […]
South Korea to Extend Range of Ballistic Missiles
Posted October 7th, 2012 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
South Korea has announced a deal with the United States to nearly triple the range of Seoul’s missile systems to cover all of North Korea. Officials in Seoul told reporters Sunday the new deal allows South Korea to extend the maximum range of ballistic missiles from the current 300 kilometers to 800 kilometers. The 300-kilometer […]
South Korea to Extend Range of Ballistic Missiles
Posted October 7th, 2012 at 2:45 am (UTC-5)
South Korea has announced a deal with the United States to more than double the range of Seoul’s missile systems to cover all of North Korea. Officials told reporters Sunday the new deal allows Seoul to extend the maximum range of ballistic missiles from the current 300 kilometers to 800 kilometers, a distance long enough […]
Two S.Korean Nuclear Reactors Shut Down Due to Malfunction
Posted October 2nd, 2012 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
Two South Korean nuclear power reactors have been shut down following apparently unrelated malfunctions. Officials say there is no danger of a radiation leak. South Korean nuclear operators say the Shingori-1 reactor, near the city of Busan, was shut down early Tuesday following a control rod malfunction. A short time later, the number 5 reactor […]
