Ethnic Korean fighter cruises to win at martial arts event
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- Korean-Japanese martial arts star Chu Seong-hun defeated Tonooka Masanori of Japan to claim his second win at a major tournament in Japan on Tuesday.
Collision causes oil spill in Busan harbor
BUSAN, Sept.
Senate passes N. Korean Rights Act to fund defectors' settlement
By Hwang Doo-hyong
Korea's direct financing dips 3.7 pct in August
SEOUL, Sept.
Bush urges implementation of U.N. resolution on WMD nonproliferation
(ATTN: UPDATES with U.N. secretary general's remarks in paras 6-7)
By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President George W. Bush Tuesday urged the
S. Korea`s rice reserve standards fall below FAO recommendations
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's rice reserve falls below the minimum
limit set by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a government report
said Tuesday.
S. Korea`s forests shrunk by over 42,000 ha in five years: report
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has lost 42,513 hectares of forest land
in the last five years, a report by the Korea Forest Service said Tuesday.
Human rights watchdog to create North Korea committee
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- The National Human Rights Commission said Tuesday
that it has decided to create a special committee examining human rights
S. Korean fishing boat caught by Japanese fisheries agency
JEJU, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean boat that may have operated beyond its
permitted fishing grounds has been caught by Japanese authorities, the National
S. Korean instant-noodle exports up sharply this year
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's instant noodle exports shot up 26.5
percent on-year in the first seven months of this year fueled by greater overseas
