According to National Tax Service (NTS) figures 59 percent of apartment sales in Seoul's Gangnam neighborhood were purchases of additional apartments by people who already own two or more homes. It wa.. [Jul.2,2005 07:35 KST]

Three affiliate companies in the Samsung group, Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, and Samsung Corp, have filed a petition with the Constitutional Court about the part of the Fa.. [Jul.1,2005 02:47 KST]

Koreans spend less time reading than any other group surveyed in a study by the non-profit media research group NOP World. They spend a weekly total 3.1 hours reading books, newspapers, or magazines... [Jul.1,2005 01:38 KST]

The Minimum Wage Review Commission has decided to raise the minimum wage 9.2 percent and have it take effect by the end of next year, a decision arrived at despite the fact that the labor members of .. [Jul.1,2005 01:37 KST]

The university entrance procedures for the 2008 entrance years were changed to normalize education and reduce private tutoring expenditures, but now only those plans are at risk of being watered down .. [Jun.30,2005 07:52 KST]

Certain banks have decided they are going to apply graduated interest rates on persons owning two homes. When someone who has a home equity loan gets another loan on another home, they want to apply a.. [Jun.30,2005 07:51 KST]

Today the National Assembly votes on a "bill to recommend dismissal" for National Defense Minister Yoon Kwang Ung, submitted by the Grand National Party (GNP). The GNP and the ruling Uri Party are pre.. [Jun.30,2005 02:23 KST]

A new veterans organization is being formed, one that seeks peace. That is welcome news in that the country just witnessed a shooting spree at a DMZ guardhouse and nude pictures that lead to suspicion.. [Jun.29,2005 07:48 KST]

One out of every four men who married in farming and fishing regions last year married a foreign woman. 90 percent of those women are from China, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Korea has been solving t.. [Jun.29,2005 02:01 KST]

Work to restart the six-party talks began in full after the meeting in Pyongyang between Kim Jong Il and Chung Dong Young and is reaching its peak. It most important that North Korea and the United St.. [Jun.29,2005 01:59 KST]