The United States has asked the Korean government to pay at least 6.6 percent and up to 14.5 percent more for the upkeep of U.S. Forces Korea next year. According to documents distributed by the ruling Grand National Party on Thursday, the U.S. wants Korea to increase its share from the current 42 percent to 50 percent in the long term, and immediately to reflect either last year’s inflation ..

"Swiri," the film about a female North Korean spy, was so popular when it was screened in 1999 that it attracted as 2.45 million viewers. Won Jeong-hwa, who has been arrested for posing as a defector while spying for the North, was doing so just when the film was being shown. Had she seen it? Trained as an agent by the North's Ministry of Public Security and the State Security Department, Won w..

Olympic Athletes' Homepages Enjoy Popular Run As Korean Olympic athletes outperform expectations, their personal homepages are bulging with encouraging congratulatory posts. According to leading domestic internet community service Cyworld, 1.3 million people visited the homepage of swimming sensation Park Tae-hwan, who has so far taken a gold and silver medal since the Olympics started on Frida..

N.Korea Wants to Move World Cup Qualifier North Korea is apparently hoping to relocate the venue for the World Cup qualifier for the 2010 World Cup against South Korea, which is scheduled to be held in Seoul on June 22. The homepage of the Asia Football Confederation reported on Tuesday that North Korea’s Football Association vice president Son Kwang-ho visited the AFC Office in Kuala Lumpur,..

Korea's Iraq Unit Slimmed by 600 Troops The Zaytun Unit, Korea's military contingent of 1,250 troops in Iraq, has finished a reduction of 600 troops as planned for the end of the year. A joint staff officer on Thursday said that 350 Zaytun troops arrived at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province via a chartered plane on Thursday morning. "With their arrival, the plan to reduced the size o..

12 Presidential Candidates Go on the Stump Candidate registration for the 17th presidential election closed on Monday with a total of 12 candidates registering for the Dec. 19 ballot. The order of candidates' names printed on the ballot papers was determined based on the number of parliamentary seats of each party. Chung Dong-young of the United New Democratic Party will therefore be no. 1 on t..

N.Korea, Syria 'Discussed Chemical Missile Warheads' North Korean missile engineers during a secret visit to Syria in mid-November discussed loading chemical warheads on ballistic missiles, the Sankei Shimbun reports from Washington. Quoting an unnamed source familiar with the political situation in the Middle East, the Japanese daily said cooperation in chemical weapons was “evidence of clos..

To the South Korean Defense Minister The second inter-Korean defense ministers’ talks will open in Pyongyang on Tuesday. The latest round of talks are being held seven years after the first meeting took place in September of 2000 in South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju. The agenda of the latest talks includes the designation of a joint fishing area in the West Sea, security guarante..

Corruption on an Unimaginable Scale Fresh claims about massive corruption at Samsung made Monday by Kim Yong-cheol, the former head of the conglomerate’s legal team from 1997-2004, had the impact of a sledgehammer. Kim said the conglomerate created a slush fund on the orders of the corporate restructuring headquarters (formerly the office of strategic planning) with subsidiaries contributing ..

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