Korea, South

South Korea Stocks May Reverse Wednesday's Losses

23 May 2012

The South Korea stock market on Wednesday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had risen more than 45 points or 2.5 percent. The KOSPI finished just shy of the 1,810-point plateau, and now investors are looking for a modest recovery when the market kicks off trade on Thursday.

South Korea Given More Jurisdiction Over US Forces In Revised SOFA

23 May 2012

SEOUL, May 23 (Bernama) -- South Korea and the United States agreed to revise a pact outlining the legal status of US forces operating here to give South Korea more legal jurisdiction, China's Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the foreign ministry statement here on Wednesday.

South Korea to chemically castrate repeat child rapist

23 May 2012

South Korea will chemically castrate a repeat sex offender who raped children in the country's first use of a recently implemented law. read more