LOCAL environmental groups in South Korea have strongly demanded an end to a large-scale reclamation project now underway on the nation's south western coast. "The project should be scrapped

Floods sweeping across the Seoul metropolitan area have left at least 119 people dead and 53 others missing in South Korea's worst natural disaster in years. With flood waters receding, tens of

South Korea expresses its intent to reduce greenhouse gases "voluntarily", becomes the developed nations' showpiece to be presented at the COP 4 in Argentina

ABOUT 2.21 tonnes of beef which was imported to South Korea will be sent back to the US after a strain of bacterium was detected in the meat. Chang Soo Hyang, a spokesperson for Korea's ministry of

THE COMPLETE PICTURE: Televisions all over the world display only 88 per cent of the image broadcast by TV stations. Now, Korean-based electronics company, Samsung is developing televisions that will

Is it not ironical that the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), where two rival armies from North and South Korea snarl at each other, endangered migratory birds stop in for a peaceful rest? The 242 km long

Seoul, the capital of South Korea is one of the most polluted cities of the world. Rhee Chong, head of the division of pulmonary medicine in the department of medicine at the Samsung Medical Center

close on the heels of the nuclear waste deal between Taiwan and North Korea (nk) comes another disturbing bit of news for nk's southern neighbour. It was recently revealed that since 1994, at least

Desperate North Korea is ready to accept atomic waste from Taiwan