North, South Korea Navies Trade Fire Before Obama Visit
Time Magazine - 2 hours 36 minutes agoDespite the exchange of gunfire between North and South Korea, Washington will continue to press for nuclear-disarmament talks with Pyongyang
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South Korea Considers Letting Companies Use Poison Pills
New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 8:36 am ETThe measure would allow companies to issue new shares to designated holders at a low price, diluting a potential acquirer's ownership value.
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South Korea, North Korea gunboats exchange fire
San Jose Mercury News - Tue Nov 10, 1:58 am ETThe two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South Korean military officials said. There were no South Korean casualties, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement, and it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties on the North Korean side.
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South Korea, DPRK Navies Clash Off West Coast
INO News - Tue Nov 10, 1:11 am ET(RTTNews) - A Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)--as North Korea is formally known--patrol boat is reported to have been badly damaged after a clash with a South Korean warship off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap news agency reports.
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South Korea OK's India free trade agreement
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 6, 12:14 am ETSouth Korea on Friday ratified a free trade deal with India that promises to slash tariffs on goods and services between two of Asia's biggest economies.
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Wonder Auto Announces Joint Venture with South Korea's Teawon Dianzhuang
The Auto Channel - Mon Nov 9, 7:10 pm ETJINZHOU, China, Nov. 9, 2009 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Wonder Auto Technology, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of automotive electric parts, suspension products and engine components in China, today announced that its subsidiary Jinzhou Halla Electrical Co., Ltd. ("Jinzhou Halla") has signed a joint venture agreement with Korean Teawon Dianzhuang Corporation ("Teawon Dianzhuang") under which ...
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South Korea Send Mexico Packing After PK Shootout
Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Nov 5, 3:11 pm ETSouth Korea scored a dramatic equalizer in second-half stoppage time, then knocked the Mexicans out of the U-17 World Cup with a 5-3 shootout victory following a 1-1 result after extra time as South Korea advanced to the quarterfinals.
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N.Korea boat in flames after naval clash: Seoul officials
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 54 minutes agoA North Korean patrol boat was set ablaze after exchanging fire with South Korea's navy on Tuesday, Seoul officials said, as cross-border tensions rose a week before a US presidential visit.
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Korean navies exchange fire
CNN - 2 hours 12 minutes agoNorth and South Korea said their naval forces clashed Tuesday in disputed waters, and each blamed the other for what is the first such violent incident in seven years.
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U.S. Wants South Korea to Remove Auto-Sale Barriers, Kirk Says
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 6, 12:11 am ETNov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea should “level the playing field” by removing barriers to U.S. automobile sales in order to clear the way for a pending free-trade agreement, U.S.
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SKorea launches $19 bln river project despite protests
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 12:09 pm ETSouth Korea on Tuesday launched a 19 billion dollar project to dredge and restore its four major rivers despite protests over the feared environmental impact.
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