Roh Moo-Hyun

[Analysis] Lee’s business-like approach to N. Korea is out of touch

Members of Lee’s own Grand National Party hope that Lee will change his style and get inter-Korean relations back on track » President Lee Myung-bak presides over a Cabinet meeting from a Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency...

Diamond Mountain a symbol of Koreas tension

Majestic and dramatic, with cliffs and waterfalls overlooking the sea, North Korea's Diamond Mountain has been revered throughout Korean history as the most beautiful of the country's landscapes. Now, 10 years after the first...

Korea: Another Separation between North Korea and South Korea

North Korea has announced that it will close the land border and cut non-military phone links with South Korea [BBC News]. Relations between North Korea and South Korea have been cooling down rapidly since the new government in...

Seoul Seeking to Halt Propaganda Leaflets to N.Korea

The government is looking for legal grounds to stop activists sending propaganda leaflets to North Korea since they have so incensed the North as to threaten a new ice age in relations. Unification Ministry spokesman Kim...

Why Closing the Kaesong Complex Makes Sense

Closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex looks almost unavoidable now, and that is by no means good news. Of course, inter-Korean cooperation projects like the complex are not the best means of persuading the North Korean...

Family wins payout for SKorean protester killed by police (AFP)

AFP/File – The funeral for South Korean Jeon Yong-Cheol, fatally injured by police during an anti-WTO rally in Seoul … SEOUL (AFP) – A South Korean court ruled Tuesday that the government should compensate the family of a...

Housing Tax May Be Constitutional, But It's Still Wrong

The Constitutional Court on Thursday found that the clause in the comprehensive real estate tax law that levies higher taxes based on combined holdings of family members is discriminatory and unconstitutional. But the...

Former tax chief charged with taking bribes

SEOUL, Nov 13, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- A former head of South Korea's national tax office has been arrested on charges of taking bribes, the state prosecutor's office said Wednesday. Prosecutors said that...

N. Korea declares strict limit on passage between two Korea begining December 1

North is expected to continue observing the S. Korean response and increase the level of its actions » People finishing Gaesung city tourism return to South Korea through C.I.Q. between South and North Korea on November 12....

The GNP Is Stalling Tax Cuts

The ruling Grand National Party announced in July that it would lower property taxes by an average 10 percent this year, but it has not even attempted to discuss related regulations in the National Assembly for four months....

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