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2006 Mar 28 |
In South Korea prosecutors formally arrested the top executive of an affiliate of Hyundai Motor Co. in an investigation into suspicions that South Korea's largest carmaker created slush funds through its 39 subsidiaries for bribery. Links: South Korea, Cars, Corp. Scandal 
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2006 Apr 4 |
The South Korean ship 628 Dongwon was seized by eight armed assailants, who approached in two speed boats firing guns off the coast of Somalia. 25 crew members were reported safe and officials sought their release. The sailors were released July 30 after more than $800,000 in ransom was paid. Links: South Korea, Somalia, Ship
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2006 Apr 5 |
Militants who captured the South Korean fishing vessel off the coast of Somalia denied they were pirates and said they were defending their waters from illegal fishing. Links: South Korea, Somalia
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2006 Apr 19 |
Japan defied South Korean protests and dispatched two ships to begin a maritime survey near disputed islets between the two nations, raising the stakes in the territorial standoff. Links: Japan, South Korea
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2006 Apr 19 |
Hyundai Motor Co. said its chairman and his son will donate $1.1 billion worth of personal assets to the public amid a slush fund scandal engulfing South Korea's largest automaker. Links: South Korea, Cars
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2006 Apr 22 |
Japan and South Korea defused a tense standoff over disputed waters, with Japan withdrawing a plan to survey the area and South Korea delaying plans to submit name proposals for underwater features. Links: Japan, South Korea
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2006 Apr 27 |
In South Korea state prosecutors requested an arrest warrant for Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong-koo amid a bribery and slush fund scandal that has rocked the large automaker. Links: South Korea
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2006 Apr 28 |
In South Korea prosecutors arrested Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong-koo in an embezzlement and slush fund scandal. Links: South Korea, Cars
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2006 May 4 |
Thousands of police armed with batons stormed an abandoned school in South Korea to evict activists who were protesting plans to expand a US military base, sparking clashes that resulted in dozens of injuries. Links: South Korea
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2006 May 5 |
South Korean protesters clashed with police for the second day at a planned site for a new US military base, leaving scores of people wounded, some seriously. A military training jet crashed during an air show in South Korea. The pilot was presumed killed, but no spectators were hurt. Links: USA, South Korea, Air Crash
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2006 May 12 |
South Korean prosecutors indicted disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-suk on charges of fraud, embezzlement and bioethics violations in a scandal over faked stem cell research that shook the scientific community. Links: South Korea, BioTech, Fraud
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2006 May 13 |
Thousands of activists held a candlelit vigil urging US troops to withdraw from South Korea, a week after violent clashes left 210 injured. Links: USA, South Korea
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2006 May 13 |
The United Arab Emirates and South Korea signed a series of accords, including a memorandum of understanding on stockpiling Emirati oil in South Korea, on the second day of a visit by the South Korean president. Links: UAR, Oil, South Korea
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2006 May 16 |
South Korean prosecutors indicted Hyundai Motor Co. Chairman Chung Mong-koo in an embezzlement and slush fund scandal. He was later convicted of embezzling $90 million from his company. In August, 2008, he was pardoned by Pres. Lee Myung-bak. Links: South Korea, Corp. Scandal
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2006 May 20 |
A man wielding a box cutter attacked Park Geun-hye (54), the leader of South Korea's main opposition party, slashing her face during a campaign rally. Park's mother, Yook Young-soo, was fatally shot in 1974. Five years later, Park's father was assassinated by the then-chief of the state intelligence agency. Links: South Korea
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2006 May 22 |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced it was withdrawing from the highly competitive South Korean retail market, agreeing to sell its 16 stores to the country's top discount chain. Links: USA, South Korea, Retail
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2006 May 22 |
Dr. Lee Jong-wook (61) died following surgery for a blood clot on the brain. He spearheaded the World Health Organization's successive battles against SARS and bird flu and was the first South Korean to head a UN agency. Links: UN, South Korea, Bird Flu
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2006 May 24 |
North Korea abruptly canceled groundbreaking test runs of trains across its highly guarded border with South Korea, citing an atmosphere of confrontation. Links: North Korea, South Korea
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2006 May 24 |
The EU, the US, Japan, China, Russia and others initialed a $12.8 billion agreement in Belgium to build an experimental fusion project they hope will lead to a cheaper, safer, cleaner and endless source of energy. The seven-party consortium, which also includes India and South Korea, agreed last year to build the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, in Cadarache, in the southern French region of Provence. Links: Belgium, Russia, USA, France, China, India, EU, South Korea
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2006 May 25 |
South Korea’s Constitutional Court ruled that a law granting massage licenses only to the visually impaired was discriminatory against others who wanted to practice the trade. Links: South Korea
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2006 May 30 |
In South Korea Daewoo Group founder Kim Woo-Choong (69) was sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud and embezzlement relating to the collapse of the firm under 82 billion dollars of debt in one of the world's largest corporate failures. Kim Woo-Choong had admitted to accounting fraud and embezzlement worth over $30 million. Links: South Korea, Corp. Scandal, Fraud
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2006 May 31 |
South Korea's main opposition party won 11 of 16 key regional posts in local elections, according to exit polls, riding to victory on nationwide sympathy for a leader wounded in a knife assault and widespread disenchantment with the government. Links: South Korea
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2006 Jun 1 |
Chung Dong-young, the leader of South Korea's ruling party, resigned one day after the conservative opposition won 12 of 16 key regional posts in local elections. Links: South Korea
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2006 Jun 6 |
South Korean PM Han Myung-Sook embarked on a four-nation European tour which will take her to France, Portugal, Bulgaria and Germany. Links: South Korea
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2006 Jun 7 |
In southern Nigeria gunmen kidnapped five South Koreans in an overnight raid on a gas plant owned by Shell. 10 soldiers were killed in the raid. Links: Oil, South Korea, Nigeria
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2006 Jun 8 |
In Nigeria militants released one Nigerian and five South Korean gas workers after a plea from the jailed militant leader in whose name they were abducted. Links: South Korea, Nigeria
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2006 Jun 26 |
A new survey said Moscow has eclipsed Tokyo as the world's most expensive city. The Russian capital moved up 3 spots from a year ago thanks to a recent property boom. South Korea's Seoul ranked second on the list, up from fifth last year. Links: Russia, Japan, South Korea, Real Estate
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2006 Jul 11 |
In South Korea more than 10,000 workers and activists rallied in the 2nd day of demonstrations aimed at blocking a free-trade agreement under discussion with the US. Links: South Korea, Labor
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2006 Jul 12 |
In South Korea some 70,000 people, including 13,000 farmers, rallied in a plaza in downtown Seoul on the third straight day of anti-FTA demonstrations. Links: South Korea, Labor
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2006 Jul 13 |
Tongsun Park (71), a South Korean businessman accused of being an Iraqi agent and trying to influence the oil-for-food program, was convicted of conspiracy in New York federal court. Park, arrested last year, was the first person tried in the scandal. He will be sentenced in October and could face more than a dozen years in prison for his role in the decade-long conspiracy. Links: USA, Oil, South Korea, NYC, Food
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2006 Jul 18 |
South Korea's disaster agency said a fifth straight day of monsoon rains have left 19 people dead and 31 missing. Links: South Korea, WeatherAsia
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2006 Jul 19 |
South Korea's president condemned North Korea for potentially sparking an arms race with its recent missile launches, while the North said it was ending reunions between relatives separated by the Korean Peninsula divide. An aid group in North Korea said floods and landslides have left more than 100 people dead or missing. Links: North Korea, South Korea
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2006 Jul 28 |
South Korea sent a satellite into orbit primarily for making geographical surveys but also possibly for tracking military movements in North Korea, which raised regional security concerns by launching missiles on July 5. Links: North Korea, South Korea, Espionage
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2006 Jul 31 |
In South Korea Jeong Kyung-hak (48) was arrested on charges of being a spy for North Korea and having illegally arrived on Jul 27 with forged Philippines identity documents. Links: North Korea, South Korea, Espionage
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2006 Aug 3 |
Afghanistan's government ordered around 1,500 South Korean Christians who came to the Islamic republic for a "peace festival" to leave the country. The US-led coalition killed 25 Taliban fighters in a joint operation with Afghan forces in the country's south. A gunbattle near the capital killed one militant. A suspected Taliban suicide car bomber killed 21 civilians and wounded 13 at a bazaar in Panjwayi. On the outskirts of Kandahar city militant attacks killed 4 Canadian soldiers and wounded another 10. Links: Canada, South Korea, Suicide, Afghan
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2006 Aug 9 |
A South Korean citizens' group said North Korea has requested help from South Korea to cope with devastating floods. Links: North Korea, South Korea
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2006 Aug 14 |
South Korea with a population of around 48 million ranked as the world’s 10th largest economy, just behind Canada and ahead of Brazil. Links: Brazil, Canada, South Korea, Economics
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2006 Aug 16 |
A South Korean aid group claimed that massive floods in North Korea last month left about 54,700 people dead or missing and some 2.5 million homeless. Links: North Korea, South Korea
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2006 Aug 21 |
South Korea and the US launched joint military exercises, held annually since 1975, despite protests from North Korea. The Ulchi Focus Lens exercises were scheduled to run until September 1. Links: USA, South Korea
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2006 Sep 13 |
In South Korea hundreds of workers bulldozed homes in a village to make way for the expansion of a US military base set to become the Americans' new headquarters, despite strong objections from protesters. Links: USA, South Korea
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2006 Sep 18 |
The 184-nation IMF approved reforms to increase the voice of China, South Korea, Turkey, and Mexico to reflect their growing economic sway. Links: Turkey, China, South Korea, Mexico, IMF
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2006 Sep 28 |
South Korea and the US agreed on a program to reshape their military alliance and give Seoul a bigger role in countering any North Korean attack. The two sides signed new terms for the decades-old alliance after talks in Washington. Links: USA, South Korea
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2006 Oct 2 |
An informal UN poll showed that South Korea's foreign minister Ban Ki-Moon (67) has nearly full support from the Security Council, including its five veto-wielding members, and appears almost certain to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the United Nations. Links: UN, South Korea
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2006 Oct 5 |
The Latvian and Thai candidates dropped out of the race to become the next U.N. chief on Thursday, leaving South Korea's foreign minister as the lone remaining contender and near-certain successor to Kofi Annan. Links: Latvia, UN, Thailand, South Korea
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2006 Oct 9 |
The UN Security Council officially nominated South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon to be the next UN secretary-general. Links: UN, South Korea
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2006 Oct 13 |
The UN General Assembly appointed South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon as the next UN secretary-general. The veteran diplomat who grew up during a war that divided his country pledged to make peace with North Korea a top priority. Links: UN, South Korea
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2006 Oct 20 |
In North Korea tens of thousands gathered in Pyongyang to laud the country's first atomic test. A South Korean news agency reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il said Pyongyang didn't plan to carry out any more nuclear tests and expressed regret about the country's first-ever atomic detonation last week [see Oct 24]. Links: North Korea, South Korea, Nuclear
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2006 Oct 20 |
South Korea Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung met with US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and agreed that Seoul will retake full wartime operational control of Korean forces from the US sometime between 2009 and 2012. Links: USA, South Korea
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2006 Oct 22 |
Choi Kyu-hah (88), former president of South Korean (1979-80), died of heart failure. Choi became acting president in 1979 after the assassination of President Park Chung-hee. He was forced to resign just eight months later following a military coup. Links: South Korea
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2006 Oct 24 |
Liu Jianchao, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, said North Korean leader Kim Jong Il did not apologize for his regime's nuclear test, as some South Korean media had reported [see Oct 20], but is willing to return to six-party talks under certain conditions. Links: China, North Korea, South Korea
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2006 Oct 26 |
South Korea said it will ban the entry of North Korean officials who fall under a UN travel restriction. Links: North Korea, South Korea
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2006 Oct 30 |
The first shipment of US beef in nearly three years arrived in South Korea on Monday after the country lifted an import ban triggered by fears of mad cow disease. Links: USA, South Korea, Mad Cow
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2006 Nov 10 |
Asian nations reached their first international agreement to implement what has been dubbed the "Iron Silk Road." Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Laos, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and seven other nations agreed to meet at least every two years to identify vital rail routes, coordinate standards and financing and plan upgrades and expansions, among other measures. The UN first conceived the Trans-Asian Railway Network in 1960. Links: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Turkey, Russia, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Iran, Laos, South Korea
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2006 Nov 14 |
The ninth Chief of Defense Forces' conference opened in Malaysia. It brought together officials from 23 nations including the United States, France, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. Links: Australia, USA, France, Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, New Zealand
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2006 Nov 16 |
South Korea said it will reverse its long-standing refusal to join international efforts criticizing North Korea's human rights record and vote in favor of a UN resolution against the communist regime's alleged abuses. Links: North Korea, UN, South Korea
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2006 Nov 21 |
Cambodian PM Hun Sen, other senior officials and South Korea’s President Roh Moo-Hyun arrived in Siem Reap, the gateway to the famed Angkor temple complex, to kick off the Angkor-Gyeongju Culture Expo, a joint cultural festival that runs through January 2007. Links: Cambodia, South Korea
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2006 Nov 21 |
In Paris, France, nations representing half the world's population signed a long-awaited, $12.8 billion pact for a nuclear fusion reactor that could revolutionize global energy use for future generations. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project by the US, the EU, China, India, Russia, Japan and South Korea will attempt to combat global warming by harnessing the fusion that runs the sun, creating an alternative to polluting fossil fuels. The project under the direction of Kaname Ikeda of Japan will be built in Cadarache in the southern French region of Provence and is expected to create about 10,000 jobs and take about eight years to build. The project was first proposed by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985. Links: Russia, USA, France, China, India, Japan, EU, South Korea, Nuclear
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2006 Nov 22 |
Tens of thousands of South Korean workers held rallies and labor strikes to oppose a free trade agreement with the US and demand better working conditions. Links: USA, South Korea, Labor
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2006 Nov 23 |
Japan decided to temporarily suspend South Korean poultry imports due to a suspected bird flu outbreak that has killed around 6,000 chickens. Links: Japan, South Korea, Bird Flu
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2006 Nov 26 |
South Korean quarantine officials began slaughtering more than 200,000 poultry after an outbreak of the virulent H5N1 form of bird flu at a chicken farm. Links: South Korea, Bird Flu
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