http://www.mail.com/locations/3438-south-korea.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/3438-south-korea.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763144-nkorea-years-credible-missiles.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — They don't call it rocket science for nothing. North Korea's first successful launch of a three-stage, long-range rocket has outraged world leaders who consider it similar to a missile capable of attacking the United States, Europe and other far-away targets. But experts say Pyongyang is years away from even having a shot at deve... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763144-nkorea-years-credible-missiles.html 2012-12-13T12:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763102-nkorea-policy-seoul-to-soften-despite-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — It is not too early to predict one sure winner of South Korea's presidential election next week: North Korea. President Lee Myung-bak's hardline approach to Pyongyang is going away, no matter who replaces him. The question is: Just how soft will Seoul go? Not even Pyongyang's successful launch of a long-range rocket Wednesday has... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1763102-nkorea-policy-seoul-to-soften-despite-rocket.html 2012-12-13T04:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760524-us-hesitant-condemning-north-korean-launch.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is drawing no "red line" for North Korea after a successful long-range rocket test, tempering the public condemnation to avoid raising tensions or possibly rewarding the reclusive communist nation with too much time in the global spotlight. The U.S. has told the world that it won't tolerate Iran's acquisition of ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760524-us-hesitant-condemning-north-korean-launch.html 2012-12-13T01:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea's successful rocket launch on Wednesday and said it will urgently consider "an appropriate response." Whether that response includes new sanctions against the North, which the United States and its European allies are seeking, depends first and foremost on China, the North's closest all... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1761444-un-security-council-condemns-nkorea-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-13T00:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760786-avon-to-cut-4-pct-jobs-global-restructuring.html NEW YORK (AP) — Avon Products plans to cut about 1,500 jobs and exit two Asian markets, as the struggling beauty products seller starts on a broad restructuring plan in an effort to turn around results. The job cuts amount to almost 4 percent of its workforce and mark one of the first major moves by CEO Sheri McCoy. McCoy was brought on in April to replac... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1760786-avon-to-cut-4-pct-jobs-global-restructuring.html 2012-12-12T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760798-north-koreas-missile-arsenal.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea's missile program is a point of national pride, with state TV regularly broadcasting past liftoffs set to rousing military anthems. But Pyongyang provides precious few details about its program's inner workings, leaving outside analysts to squeeze details from satellite photos and comparisons with other countries' missiles. Here's a look... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1760798-north-koreas-missile-arsenal.html 2012-12-12T11:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going hungry, and the bitter cold had only increased the risk of the launch becoming the latest of several embarrassing failures. Some of Pyongyang's reasons are calendar-related: It's been 100 years since the birth of ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1760562-nkorea-rocket-gift-to-leaders-warning-to-world.html 2012-12-12T09:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757658-us-students-math-science.html WASHINGTON (AP) — American fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in math and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, a global study released Tuesday revealed. Although the U.S. remains in the top dozen or so countries in all subjects tested, the gap between the U.S. and the top-performing nations is much ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757658-us-students-math-science.html 2012-12-11T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757604-us-eu-considering-worlds-biggest-free-trade-pact.html WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of battling each other on trade issues, U.S. and European officials are contemplating a dramatic change in direction: joining together in what could be the world's largest free trade pact in an attempt to boost their struggling economies. Discussions are in the most preliminary of stages and there would be significant obstacl... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1757604-us-eu-considering-worlds-biggest-free-trade-pact.html 2012-12-11T07:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757144-nkorea-extends-window-readies-rocket-launch.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is pressing ahead with preparation for a long-range rocket launch after extending its liftoff window by another week until Dec. 29 because of technical problems. It's North Korea's second attempt this year, and the fifth since 1998, to launch a rocket that the United Nations, Washington, Seoul and others call a cover ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1757144-nkorea-extends-window-readies-rocket-launch.html 2012-12-10T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755220-nkorea-extending-rocket-launch-period-to-dec-29.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems. An unidentified spokesman for the North's Korean Committee of Space Technology told state media that scientists found a "technical deficiency in the first-stage control engine module of ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1755220-nkorea-extending-rocket-launch-period-to-dec-29.html 2012-12-10T12:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750138-sign-imminent-rocket-launch-north-korea.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea held off launching a long-range rocket Monday, the first day of a 13-day window during a frigid, snowy stretch of winter weather, a day after announcing it may delay the controversial liftoff. Pyongyang had made a surprise announcement earlier this month that it would launch a rocket mounted with a satellite one morni... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750138-sign-imminent-rocket-launch-north-korea.html 2012-12-10T04:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755166-skoreas-porn-fight-like-shoveling-blizzard.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Moon Tae-Hwa stares at his computer, dizzy and nauseous from the hours of porn he's viewed online while his wife and children slept. He feels no shame — only a righteous sense of mission. "I feel like I'm cleaning up dirty things," the devout Christian and family counselor said. Moon is among the most successful members of the "N... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755166-skoreas-porn-fight-like-shoveling-blizzard.html 2012-12-10T04:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1754996-dodgers-sign-south-korea-pitcher-ryu-to-deal.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers signed South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin to a $36 million, six-year deal on Sunday, bolstering their starting rotation for next year. The team and Ryu (Ree-YOO He-YUN Jin) had until 2 p.m. PST to reach an agreement or else the left-hander would have returned home and the Dodgers would have been refunded the $25.7... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1754996-dodgers-sign-south-korea-pitcher-ryu-to-deal.html 2012-12-10T00:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1751908-correction-people-psy-protests-story.html In a story Dec. 7 about the South Korean rapper PSY, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a charity concert where the singer is slated to perform. The concert is Sunday, Dec. 9, not Dec. 21. It will be broadcast on TNT on Dec. 21. A corrected version of the story is below: Viral rapper PSY apologizes for anti-US protests PSY apologizes fo... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1751908-correction-people-psy-protests-story.html 2012-12-08T16:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1744544-asia-stocks-rise-us-employment-claims-dip.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday after the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week, offsetting a somber economic forecast by the European Central Bank for a bleak year ahead in the region. The U.S. Labor Department said Thursday that applications dropped 25,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 370,000, a level cons... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1744544-asia-stocks-rise-us-employment-claims-dip.html 2012-12-07T04:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1744666-psys-riches-gangnam-style.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — As "Gangnam Style" gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click. So too has his agent and his grandmother. But the money from music sales isn't flowing in from the rapper's homeland South Korea or elsewhere in Asia. With one song, 34-ye... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1744666-psys-riches-gangnam-style.html 2012-12-06T00:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745812-ioc-opens-case-skorea-soccer-player-banner.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC says it has opened a disciplinary case against a South Korea soccer player who displayed a political banner after his team beat Japan in the London Games bronze-medal match. The Olympic body must decide if Park Jong-woo will receive the medal it has withheld from him since Aug. 10. IOC President Jacques Rogge says it h... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1745812-ioc-opens-case-skorea-soccer-player-banner.html 2012-12-05T18:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1743770-samsung-promotes-chairmans-son-to-vice-chairman.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. promoted its chairman's only son to vice chairman, putting the 44-year-old closer to the top leadership position at the world's largest maker of memory chips, mobile phones and TVs. Samsung, South Korea's largest industrial conglomerate, announced Jay Y. Lee's promotion to vice chairman just two years afte... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1743770-samsung-promotes-chairmans-son-to-vice-chairman.html 2012-12-05T03:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739508-skorea-to-reroute-flights-nkorean-rocket-path.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Monday that it plans to reroute passenger flights over the Yellow Sea to avoid possible collisions with debris from a long-range rocket that North Korea plans to launch this month. The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said it made the decision after learning that North Korea had informed China and... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1739508-skorea-to-reroute-flights-nkorean-rocket-path.html 2012-12-03T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1737896-ap-impact-china-overtaking-us-global-trader.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade. But this year, he uprooted his family from Detroit and moved home to focus on selling to the new economic superpower: China. In just five years, China has surpassed the United States as a trading partner for much of the wo... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1737896-ap-impact-china-overtaking-us-global-trader.html 2012-12-03T11:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736098-north-korea-gears-up-to-launch-long-range-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs. The North's announcement Saturday that it would launch the rocket between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22 came as President Barack Obama prepares for his second term and a... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736098-north-korea-gears-up-to-launch-long-range-rocket.html 2012-12-02T10:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1732222-nkorea-preps-rocket-launch-that-would-irk-china.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Satellite photos indicate North Korea has moved two sections of a long-range rocket in preparation for a launch that would alarm both its adversaries and lone ally China. But North Korea has yet to announce its plans, leaving some uncertainty whether and when it will proceed with a launch that would be sure to draw international condemna... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1732222-nkorea-preps-rocket-launch-that-would-irk-china.html 2012-11-30T02:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730638-sources-north-korea-replaces-defense-minister.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has replaced its defense minister with a hardline military commander believed responsible for deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010, diplomats in Pyongyang said Thursday. It is the latest in a series of high-profile appointments leader Kim Jong Un has made since he took power nearly a year ago. Diplomats in Pyongyang ... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1730638-sources-north-korea-replaces-defense-minister.html 2012-11-29T09:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730642-nkorea-speculation-overshadows-skorean-rocket.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Thursday scrapped an attempt to fire its first satellite into orbit from its own soil amid speculation that North Korea was preparing to fire its own long-range rocket. Scientists in South Korea cited technical problems with the rocket's flight control system. It's the second time in a month that Seoul has been for... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1730642-nkorea-speculation-overshadows-skorean-rocket.html 2012-11-29T07:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1728076-silence-jill-kelley-defends.html TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Kelley wants the world to know that she didn't do anything wrong when she befriended top military brass. The Tampa socialite at the center of a scandal involving Gen. David Petraeus has hired a top Washington attorney and seems to be trying to change the narrative about her friendship with the general, her past and her role as an "... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1728076-silence-jill-kelley-defends.html 2012-11-28T10:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1727890-wired-skorea-to-stem-digital-addiction-age-3.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear. When the screen beams with a morning alarm, she wakes up, picks up her glasses and scrolls through tens of unread messages from friends, shaking off drowsiness. Throughout the day, the gadget is in her hands whether she is in sc... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1727890-wired-skorea-to-stem-digital-addiction-age-3.html 2012-11-28T08:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1727558-tampa-socialite-fighting-petraeus-scandal.html TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Tampa socialite embroiled in the scandal that cost CIA Director David Petraeus his job fought back Tuesday after more than two weeks of silence as her attorneys released emails, telephone recordings and other material that they say show she never tried to exploit her friendship with Petraeus. Jill Kelley, through her attorneys, went o... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1727558-tampa-socialite-fighting-petraeus-scandal.html 2012-11-28T02:41:00Z