President Roh Moo Hyun

President Roh Moo Hyun

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Twenty-year-old South Korean supermodel Daul Kim was found hanged in her central Paris apartment after an apparent suicide, the South Korean embassy said on Friday. Kim -- a regular on the catwalks of London, Milan, New York, and Paris -- most recently modelled clothes from leading designers Chanel, Dries Van Noten and Alexander McQueen. She was known for her thick mane of dark hair -- which she sometimes dyed blond -- and for her quirky look. The last entry on her popular blog "I Like To Fork Myself" -- posted Wednesday, a day before her death -- was headlined "say hi to forever" and ... Read Full Story
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A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris apartment, a police official said Friday. Daul Kim was found dead Thursday by her boyfriend, who alerted French police, the official said. He declined to be named in accordance with policy. Paris police were working under the hypothesis that Kim committed suicide, he said. Kim's agent, Alessandra Bertoldini of the Next modeling agency, said the model's mother was arriving in Paris later Friday. She declined to elaborate. Raised in Seoul and Singapore, Kim modeled in Asia before making her ... Read Full Story
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A top South Korean model who was a fixture at fashion week in Paris and London was found dead at her apartment in Paris, an official said Friday. Daul Kim, 20, was found dead Thursday by French police, a Foreign Ministry official in Seoul said. The official declined to provide further details and asked not to be named, citing ministry policy. Media reports called it an apparent suicide, but officials have not confirmed the cause of death. Her Seoul agency, Esteem, said her family and agency officials were heading to Paris. Raised in Seoul and Singapore, Kim modeled in Asia before making her fashion ... Read Full Story
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One of Asia's top film festivals opened Thursday by taking a lighthearted look at the South Korean presidency. Jang Jin's "Good Morning President" playfully examines the personal lives of three successive heads of state — a former dissident conflicted by what to do with a winning lottery ticket; a dashing young politician who juggles a kidney transplant and a standoff with North Korea, and the country's first female leader whose husband's real-estate investments beget a scandal that threatens the presidency and her marriage. The director told reporters on the opening day of the 14th Pusan International Film Festival that he wanted to show the ... Read Full Story
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A South Korean court Wednesday upheld the conviction of the older brother of the late President Roh Moo-hyun for influence-peddling, but reduced the sentence he had received just days before the former leader's suicide. Roh Gun-pyeong was convicted and sentenced in May shortly before his brother — who also was under investigation in a separate bribery scandal — jumped to his death in a suicide that sparked an outpouring of sympathy for the family and accusations that prosecutors had hounded the former leader. The Seoul High Court said in its ruling Wednesday that the lower court had given the elder Roh an overly stiff ... Read Full Story
North Korea built hundreds of bunkers at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating it from South Korea even as the previous Seoul government pursued its policy of opening to the North, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. A well-informed North Korean defector said in an interview that Pyongyang had built at least 800 bunkers, including an unknown number of decoys, to prepare for a possible invasion of South Korea while South Korean president Roh Moo...  
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What Hatoyama Has in Common with Roh Moo-hyun The steps the new Japanese government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has been taking are reminiscent of the early days of former President Roh Moo-hyun's administration, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said Sunday. The newspaper pointed out that the two administrations resemble each other most in foreign policy, and particularly in relations with the U.S. The Hatoyama administration has criticized...  
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Back when I was a broadband reporter for Red Herring magazine, I took a trip to Seoul and did the classic story on how South Korea kick-started its economy with government investment into blazing-fast broadband pipes that created its world-leading mobile and web industries. South Korea’s broadband buildout may hold some interesting lessons for the [...]  
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President Obama asked South Korea yesterday to renegotiate auto trade clauses in the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement due to vast differences in scale of auto exports between the two countries. However, some critics are charging that U.S. calls for renegotiation are an attempt to artificially adjust its market share. U.S. Trade Representatives responded by saying "Yes." [hani.co.kr, The Korea Herald]  
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One of the most sought after gadget in the world is finally all set to make its debut in one of Asia’s biggest economies, South Korea. The announcement was made one of the biggest wireless carriers in South Korea, KT Corporation. The telecommunication giant has begun taking orders for the iPhone and the service is [...]  
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Times OnlineSouth Korea President: To Work With Obama On North Korea, TradeWall Street JournalSEOUL (Dow Jones)--South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that he welcomed US President Barack Obama's first visit to the country and pledged to discuss detailed plans to continue improving bilateral relationship. In a prepared speech, ...Ford, Hyundai Sales Mismatch Shows Obama's Free-Trade QuandaryBloombergObama set for South Korea...  
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South Korean wireless market is technologically advanced and relatively mature with roughly 47 million total subscribers, representing 96% penetration of the country’s population. Currently, the country’s cellular handset market is dominated by ...  
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea's foreign minister ruled out Friday additional negotiations with the United States over a free trade agreement, a day after presidents of the two countries vowed cooperation to push the stalled deal forward. The ...  
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Recriminations are flying after a minute-long skirmish yesterday between the North Korean and South Korean navies. According to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency, the encounter occurred near Baekryeong Island off the west coast of Korea. The Associated Press, quoting South Korean navy officials, said South Korea sustained no casualties, while a North Korean patrol boat “retreated [...]  
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's telecommunications regulator cleared the way Wednesday for the launch of Apple's iPhone amid reports the hit device could reach consumers late next week. The Korea Communications Commission approved the granting ...  
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