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- Interest rate hike expected amid housing boom
- Ahead of a government monetary policy meeting slated for October 9, many market observers are forecasting an interest rate hike. This is a turnaround from the widespread belief ...
- Nov.8,2006 15:52 KST
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- This will only hurt a little
- An elderly woman gets an influenza vaccination at a Seoul public health center on November 7. Those older than 65 are provided with free shots at public health centers across th...
- Nov.7,2006 15:39 KST
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- [Column] Dismantling Iraq
- Professor Sattar Kassem, professor of political science at An-Najah National University, Nablus Palestine
Those days filled with rosy U.S. dreams about Iraq are gone; the dre...
- Nov.7,2006 15:32 KST
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- Man seeks gov’t compensation after being accused, tortured
- "Was I a spy, even though I didn’t go to the North Korean embassy, nor North Korea? Now, it’s time for the government to pay compensation for my suffering."
Lee Su-gil, now 7...
- Nov.7,2006 15:06 KST
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- At mid-sized firms, college grads start at $26K
- The starting salary for a university graduate at a mid-sized company listed on the Korean stock market is 24.63 million won (US$26,000) a year.
The figure reflected the aver...
- Nov.7,2006 14:52 KST
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- China braces for foreign firms honing in on businesses
- Carlyle XCMG Industrial Ltd. signed a contract on October 25, 2005 to purchase Xuzhou Construction Machinery Co. Ltd., a leader in China’s heavy equipment manufacturing industry...
- Nov.7,2006 14:40 KST
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- Wages paid to N.K. workers go to food: businessman
- North Korea sends 75 percent to 90 percent of the wages paid to its workers at the inter-Korean industrial complex in Gaeseong (Kaesong) to a company jointly run by Gaeseong cit...
- Nov.7,2006 14:11 KST
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- A rare sight
- North’s Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il was seen in public on November 3 for the first time after the North agreed to resume the six-party talks on the North’s nuclear program. North...
- Nov.6,2006 14:20 KST
