Smoking by South Korean adult men fell significantly in September from six months earlier due mainly to a hike in cigarette prices and continued anti-smoking campaigns, the government said Wednesd.. [Sep.27,2006 21:44 KST]

South Korea will launch an Army missile defense command on Thursday as part of its efforts to counter threats from North Korea's missiles and long-range artillery, the Army said Wednesday. .. [Sep.27,2006 21:01 KST]

The government is seeking to consolidate documents related to criminal cases at the National Police agency, the prosecution, courts, and the... [Sep.27,2006 15:42 KST]

A National Intelligence Service committee has delayed the release of its findings on the 1973 kidnapping of former president Kim Dae-jung, then a... [Sep.27,2006 14:25 KST]

An inter-Korean joint venture firm was launched for the first time in the North Korean border town of Kaesong Tuesday, the South Korean investor in the project said. The "Arirang-Taerim joint v.. [Sep.26,2006 19:52 KST]

Several officials at the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) have been accused of receiving bribes worth as much as 100 million won (US$103,000) from... [Sep.26,2006 14:39 KST]

The head of the independent state panel on human rights expressed his intention to resign for health reasons, the agency said Monday. "I decided to quit because of chronic diseases, including h.. [Sep.25,2006 21:59 KST]

A North Korean official said his country is committed to the success of an inter-Korean industrial park in the communist nation, a South Korean company spearheading North Korean business projects sai.. [Sep.25,2006 21:20 KST]

A soldier who went AWOL from the South Korean army in 1988 has turned himself into the police, after spending 18 years on the run. According to the Army on September 24, Lee Gyeong-hwan, 39, desert.. [Sep.25,2006 15:37 KST]

By Kim Yeong-bae, reporter for the Hankyoreh21 While criticism that the Roh Administration has failed in all tasks related to wealth... [Sep.25,2006 15:03 KST]