http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&catid=239News Feed for - Koreahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96374331&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T07:49:00SEOUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank board unanimously decided to leave interest rates steady at a record low at its October meeting due to uncertain global economic prospects, meeting Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373167&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T08:12:00After success in Korea and Japan, Ericsson withdraws its complaint with the European Commission STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Nov 24, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Companies: QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM), Telefonaktiebolaget Zibbhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96365482&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T03:26:00Bioengineered plastics would be more environmentally-friendly than those from fossil fuel-based chemicals. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Korean scientists develop a plastic not derived from fossil fuel chemicals Bio-based CNNhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96365371&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T03:24:00South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals. CNN SWITCH TO: Sport Part of complete coverage CNNhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96261107&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T09:15:00TEHRAN, Nov 24 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. IRAN - Central Bank governor Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96374926&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T07:55:00SEOUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank said on Tuesday that its monetary policy board members would decide on its annual inflation target for the coming years on Nov. 26. The new inflation Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96351799&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T08:06:00Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie laid a wreath before the Korea-China Friendship Tower to commemorate the Chinese People's Volunteers who lost their lives during the Korean War in Pyongyang, capital SINAhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96256484&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T08:08:00BEIJING (Reuters) - China's annual economic growth will reach 10 percent this quarter and grow even faster in the first quarter of 2010, a government researcher said in remarks published on Monday. Yu Reuters Indiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96371403&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T07:22:00Company: Kia Motors Corp. (KIMTY) Kia Motors Corp. (KSE:00270), South Korea's second-largest carmaker, launched Tuesday its K7 premium sedan, setting a global sales target of 40,000 vehicles next year. Zibbhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96370535&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T04:25:00KT has announced that it will release Apple's iPhone 3GS smartphone in Korea on Saturday. Smartphones are cutting-edge mobile phones with advanced Internet functions. Last Sunday alone, the first day Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96365026&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T03:18:00A record-high 7 million foreign tourists came to Korea this year, a considerable achievement just four years after the nation broke the six million mark, according to figures released by the Korea Tourism Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96365015&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T03:18:00The International Monetary Fund forecasts Korea to post a fiscal surplus by 2014. According to the Ministry of Strategy & Finance on Monday, the IMF said in a recent report that Korea will be one of only Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96364827&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T03:12:00SEOUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Stocks on the move on Tuesday include: As of 0232 GMT, the main KOSPI was down 0.6 percent at 1,609.39 points. The index opened 0.49 percent higher at 1,626.93 points. **KUMHO Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96364171&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T03:02:00Rumors are swirling in South Korea over the upcoming visit to North Korea for direct talks by U.S. special envoy Stephen Bosworth slated for Dec. 8. Reports on the possible extension of the U.S. official's Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96349777&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T03:39:00Optional: Temporarily hide the 'tabber' class so it does not 'flash' on the page as plain HTML. After tabber runs, the class is changed to 'tabberlive' and it will appear. //Function Which Calls Swap RTTNews.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96363399&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T02:49:00The South Korean government said it has secured one thousand doses of flu vaccine to provide to North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. The Unification Ministry said it will take necessary Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96363115&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T02:44:00Kumho Asiana Group has selected a sovereign wealth fund from the Middle East and a U.S. builder as preferred buyers of its construction unit, Daewoo Engineering and Construction. According to group representatives, Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96362884&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T02:42:00North Koreans are well aware that Kim Jong-il's son Jong-un has been nominated as his father's successor and worry that his rule would be even harsher than Kim senior's, Radio Free Asia said Sunday quoting NewsMax.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96361598&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T02:23:00SEOUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Engineering (028050. KS: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it had won a 1.4 trillion won ($1.22 billion) order from Ruwais Fertilizer Industries Reuters Indiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96360559&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T02:09:00Kim Yon-ja left for Japan in 1988 and there became a star in a pop music genre known as Enka. But now she is busy recording for her first album in Korea in 22 years, which is due to be released in December. Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358986&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T01:51:00Hardline xenophobic brass are gaining ground in North Korea after South Korean money dried up since the Lee Myung-bak administration was inaugurated, according to AERA, a weekly associated with the Japanese Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358975&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T01:51:00The proportion of the middle class decreased sharply between 2005 and 2008 due to unemployment and an increase in household debt, a study shows. In a report released Wednesday, the Hyundai Economic Research Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358961&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T01:50:00The most popular souvenirs among Japanese visiting Korea are dried seaweed, kimchi, and ginseng or citron tea from the Namdaemun Market and superstores, according to the Seoul Station branch of Lotte Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358940&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T01:50:00Three kinds of official tourist guidebooks of Seoul were published in four languages in October, featuring in-depth travel information on historic sites, shopping centers and other attractions. The guidebooks Digital Chosunhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263027&Channel_ID=65&Category_ID=2392009-11-24T01:28:00SEOUL, Nov 24 (Reuters) - South Korea's Daewoo International (047050. KS) said on Tuesday it had won a $250 million order to supply large high-voltage transformers through 2019 from South Africa's Eskom. Reuters UK