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Yahoo plans to end South Korea operations by the end of the year
Yahoo Inc. said Friday it will close its South Korean operations by the end of this year, citing a challenging business environment as it struggles to compete in a market dominated by local web portals. “The Korean operation has been faced with a lot of challenges and has slowed Yahoo’s…
South Africa plans to build $2.5 billion super telescope
South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday gave his political backing to negotiations with foreign partners to help fund the construction of the world’s next generation radio telescope. South Africa is building the world’s most powerful radio astronomy telescope – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) — which is set to…
U.S. lets South Korea expand missile range to cover North
South Korea announced a deal with the United States on Sunday to almost triple the range of its missile systems to cover the whole of North Korea — a move likely to infuriate Pyongyang. The agreement will allow the South to deploy missiles with a range of 800 kilometres (500…
Controversial South Korean film highlights state torture
A controversial South Korean movie about state-sponsored torture premiered Saturday at the Busan film festival, with its director hoping it could influence the upcoming presidential election. Director Chung Ji-Young’s “National Security” highlights the often brutal treatment meted out under South Korea’s former military leadership installed by General Park Chung-Hee in…
South Korea probes toxic leak as impact worsens
South Korea on Friday launched a full inquiry into a toxic chemical leak in the southeastern city of Gumi, as officials considered designating the affected area a “disaster zone”. According to health officials, more than 600 people, including local residents and firefighters, have required treatment in the wake of the…
Psy brings ‘Gangnam Style’ home to Korea with free concert in Seoul
South Korean rapper Psy will give a free concert in Seoul Thursday, capping a stunning month in which his hit “Gangnam Style” has stormed global charts and made the chubby 34-year-old a national hero. Around 50,000 fans were expected to turn out for the show in front of the capital’s…
South Korean dictator’s daughter apologizes for abuses
The ruling party candidate in South Korea’s presidential election offered her “sincere apologies” on Monday to victims of the repressive rule of her late father, military strongman Park Chung-Hee. “I believe that it is an unchanging value of democracy that ends cannot justify the means in politics,” Park Geun-Hye said…
South Korea deploys ‘floating toilets’ after U.S. warning on shellfish farms
South Korea will spend over half a million dollars on building floating toilets around shellfish farms to boost sanitary controls, officials said Wednesday, after US health authorities warned of contamination. The first of 11 facilities, which each cost 60 million won ($53,300), appeared on Tuesday off the southern port city…
Researchers claim they’ve made progress in cloning a woolly mammoth
There may be some life left yet for the woolly mammoth, according to controversial research by Russian and South Korean scientists that has raised hopes the extinct animal could be cloned. The team of researchers from Russia and South Korea said they had discovered mammoth tissue fragments buried under metres…
Threat to wildlife haven in ‘scariest place on Earth’
An unlikely and unique cradle of biodiversity that runs the length of the world’s most heavily-militarised border is being threatened by encroaching development, conservation experts say. Once described by former US president Bill Clinton as “the scariest place on Earth”, the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) that divides the Korean peninsula between…
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