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South Korea`s President Lee Arrives in Australia – Climate Change, the Main Feature [04 Mar 2009]  
President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak’s arrival to Australia has marked a new beginning in a ‘greenish’ collaboration with Australia, the world leader in carbon capture and sequestration. Lee began  ...More
Tags: south korea    new zealand    asia pacific union    
N. Korean Satellite Launch May Deflect ASEAN Summit’s Real Purpose [09 Apr 2009]  
The second phase of the 14th ASEAN Summit and related summits which is scheduled to be held on 10-12 April in the Thai resort city of Pattaya is feared to be used as a platform for discussing the Nort  ...More
Tags: korean satellite     satellite     pattaya    
S. Korean Parliamentary Committee Approves the US-Korea FTA amid Opposition [24 Apr 2009]  
A South Korean Parliamentary Committee has ratified the FTA with the US in an effort to get it tabled in the parliament for the final vote. The draft will be sent to the plenary session of the parliam  ...More
Tags: korean parliament     foreign affairs    
Korea Plans to Include Overseas Partners in its e-Trade [06 Jul 2009]  
South Korea is planning to popularize the domestic e-trade initiative called uTradeHub among international traders, and for which the government has already approached Libya, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and  ...More
Tags: South Korea     e-trade     e-commerce    
EU Allays Fears of Italian Auto Industry over S-Korean FTA [22 Sep 2009]  
The EU trade commissioner informed Italian industry representatives that the Italian economy would stand to gain from the FTA with South Korea - which is expected to come into effect from July 2010. T  ...More
Tags: EU     FTA     South Korea     Italy    
Plans of Asia-Pacific Integration through Single Currency [27 Oct 2009]  
Asian leaders have once again brought up the idea of common currency at the 4th East Asia Summit (EAS) which opened on Sunday, where ASEAN members along with others including China, Japan, South Korea  ...More
Tags: Asia-Pacific    EAS    China    Japan    South Korea    India    
US Exports to North Korea Impacted by Trade Embargo [17 Nov 2009]  
The vexed US-North Korea ties have adversely affected the US exports to Korea by almost nothing in comparison to previous year. In response to a second nuclear test on May 25 this year by North Korea,  ...More
Tags: US Export    North Korea    trade    Pyongyang    South Korean    
S-Korea Plans 2nd Capital City with Incentives to Investors [05 Jan 2010]  
The changed plans for Sejong city, located about 130kms south of Seoul, from administrative township to a science-business one will take off after a nod from the parliament with incentives for all est  ...More
Tags: S-Korea    PMO    FEZ     free economic zone    Sejong    
N-Korean Redenomination Boomerangs – Economy Collapses [04 Feb 2010]  
Several reports suggest the fizzled out redenomination or currency swap enacted by North Korea to contain inflation has literally brought the country to its knees. Last November’s decree which gave ci  ...More
Tags: North Korea    economy    currency    nuclear    
Staunch Trade Ties Do Not Vouch Chinese to Invest in N-Korea [27 Jul 2010]  
A Chinese trade expert in an interview to the Global Times, a Chinese newspaper and arm of People’s Daily told many Chinese companies had lost money while trading and investing in North Korea as the c  ...More
Tags: China     N-Korea     Trade     Investment     Sanctions    
S-Korea Bags another Deal in Latin America - FTA with Peru [01 Sep 2010]  
After holding seven rounds of talks in past 18 months, South Korea has decided to sign an FTA with Peru to fuel its ambitions in South America. The latest trade pact for Asia's fourth-largest economy  ...More
Tags: ASEAN     EFTA     South Korea     Asia     Commerce    
Italian Fears are not Baseless - Koreans Make Cost-effective Cars [13 Sep 2010]  
It is not about who makes a better auto-mobile - but in today's globalized market, it is rather who makes cost-effective and fuel-efficient ones. Climate change and rising hydro-carbon prices have zer  ...More
Tags: Korean Auto     Italian Cars     Hyundai     Kia     EU    
US-Korea FTA Likely to Dent Japanese Exports [06 Dec 2010]  
The US which has turned a price sensitive market especially post global recession will be an advantageous terrain for South Korean goods over the Japanese ones following the ratification of the FTA be  ...More
Tags: US FTA     South Korea     Japan Trade     Asia     Business