Lee Myung-bak

Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the justice minister said.

A Seoul court jailed former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak for 15 years for corruption, making him the latest in a string of high-profile political and business leaders ensnared by graft charges.

North Korea demanded $10 billion in cash and half a million tons of food in 2009 as a precondition of holding a summit with the South, former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak said, adding that he refused to pay anything for holding talks.

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak held an emergency security meeting on Thursday that warned North Korea of "serious consequences" if it went through with an expected nuclear test.

Japan said on Saturday that it will take the long-running islands territorial dispute with South Korea to the International Court of Justice, after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made a surprise visit to the islands this week.

South Korea's ruling party has retained control of parliament in parliamentary election, seen as a key test of sentiment before the presidential vote in December, officials said. The conservative New Frontier Party (NFP) won 152 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly yesterday, 25 more than the opposition Democratic United Party (DUP), which was ...

South Koreans voted on Wednesday in a closely contested legislative election, a key test of sentiment before December's Presidential vote, with economic concerns sidelining worries over North Korea.

Sharma, however, declined to make further remarks saying the issue was related to the ministry of Environment.

Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asked South Korean businessmen to help India expand its burgeoning solar and nuclear power sectors by investing in these environment-friendly technologies.

South Korea staged a nationwide defence drill on Tuesday to prepare for a possible attack by North Korea.South Korean President Lee Myung-bak watched part of the drill unfold in the centre of Seoul.The exercises included a number of emergency scenarios including a chemical decontamination drill."Recently, the level of threat posed by North Korea ha...

In a surprise gesture of reconciliation that could ease tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula, North Korea proposed to South Korea on Saturday that they arrange reunions of families separated by a war six decades ago.Family reunions have usually been proposed by the South, not the North. The North's initiative showed how the humanitarian program...

Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the justice minister said.

A Seoul court jailed former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak for 15 years for corruption, making him the latest in a string of high-profile political and business leaders ensnared by graft charges.

North Korea demanded $10 billion in cash and half a million tons of food in 2009 as a precondition of holding a summit with the South, former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak said, adding that he refused to pay anything for holding talks.

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak held an emergency security meeting on Thursday that warned North Korea of "serious consequences" if it went through with an expected nuclear test.

Japan said on Saturday that it will take the long-running islands territorial dispute with South Korea to the International Court of Justice, after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made a surprise visit to the islands this week.

South Korea's ruling party has retained control of parliament in parliamentary election, seen as a key test of sentiment before the presidential vote in December, officials said. The conservative New Frontier Party (NFP) won 152 seats in the 300-seat National Assembly yesterday, 25 more than the opposition Democratic United Party (DUP), which was ...

South Koreans voted on Wednesday in a closely contested legislative election, a key test of sentiment before December's Presidential vote, with economic concerns sidelining worries over North Korea.

Sharma, however, declined to make further remarks saying the issue was related to the ministry of Environment.

Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday asked South Korean businessmen to help India expand its burgeoning solar and nuclear power sectors by investing in these environment-friendly technologies.

South Korea staged a nationwide defence drill on Tuesday to prepare for a possible attack by North Korea.South Korean President Lee Myung-bak watched part of the drill unfold in the centre of Seoul.The exercises included a number of emergency scenarios including a chemical decontamination drill."Recently, the level of threat posed by North Korea ha...

In a surprise gesture of reconciliation that could ease tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula, North Korea proposed to South Korea on Saturday that they arrange reunions of families separated by a war six decades ago.Family reunions have usually been proposed by the South, not the North. The North's initiative showed how the humanitarian program...