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S. Korea likely to approve world`s 1st stem cell therapeuticis drug

South Korea`s drug safety agency will likely approve a stem cell therapeutic drug early next month in what could be ...

Apple files lawsuit against Samsung`s patent infringement

Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronic Co. Friday, accusing the South Koran company of infringing its ...

Obama names Sung Kim as top envoy to Korea

U.S. President Barack Obama has formally nominated Sung Kim, a career diplomat with expertise in Korean affairs, as ...

Samsung launches Galaxy S2 smartphone in Japan

Samsung Electronics Co., the world`s No. 2 mobile-phone maker, said Thursday that it has released the Galaxy S2 ...

Report: S.Korea deploys missiles near border

South Korea has deployed missiles capable of hitting the North Korean capital Pyongyang near the tense border on the ...

IMF delegation meets with S.Korea's finance minister

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met with South Korea`s finance minister on Thursday before ...

Scientists develop new device to make Anti-HIV drug material

South Korean scientists said Thursday that they have developed a new device that can be used to mass-produce a key ...

Galaxy S2 sales to consumers top 1 mln in S. Korea

More than 1 million units of the Galaxy S2, Samsung Electronics Co.`s flagship smartphone, were activated in South ...

Unidentified lung disease found in family members

South Korea has detected what could be seen as the first case of members of the same family suffering from an ...

Lee praises navy commandos for daring rescue operation against Somali pirates

President Lee Myung-bak praised a contingent of Navy commandos Monday for their daring raid early this year to free a ...

N. Korea leader celebrated "successful" China trip

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his son and heir apparent celebrated the "successful" outcome of his trip to China ...

Another woman dies of mysterious virus in s Korea

A pregnant woman has died of pneumonia related to an unidentified virus, nearly 15 days after the same cause brought ...

5 pct of youth vulnerable to internet addiction: study

About 5 percent of South Korean youths are vulnerable to Internet addiction, a government study showed Wednesday. ...

U.S., French Korean war veterans to visit S.Korea

A group of U.S. and French veterans of the Korean War will visit South Korea this week on a trip hosted by Seoul to ...

S. Korea to send nuclear expert to Japan

South Korea`s state nuclear regulator said Monday that it will send a nuclear expert to Japan as part of an ...