SEOUL, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- South Korea's economy may fall short of the central bank's prediction of 2 percent growth for 2009, Vice Finance Minister Bae Kook-hwan said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says he would welcome a meeting between U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and North Korea once Obama takes office.
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The International Monetary Fund says South Korea's economy is significantly stronger than a decade ago despite its current crisis.
BEIRUT, China, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says Asian and European leaders should help him entice North Korea into demilitarizing through economic cooperation.
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- South Korea Sunday said it will provide $100 billion in state guarantees on banks' foreign debts in an effort to combat a dollar shortage in the country.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The United States has promised that it would send more soldiers to South Korea in the event of a military threat, officials said.
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak proposed Friday that his country, China and Japan discuss policy coordination to counter turmoil in world markets.
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A South Korean official Sunday announced his government is considering resuming food aid to North Korea.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, June 30 (UPI) -- International aid workers began visiting North Korea Monday after they were given access to the country's remote areas, the U.N. food agency said.
SEOUL, June 30 (UPI) -- South Korean officials said they were awaiting a response to its offer to provide famine-stricken North Korea with 50,000 tons of corn.
SEOUL, May 11 (UPI) -- The South Korean government is on the verge of approving a $9.6 million aid package for North Korea, an official said Sunday.
SEOUL, April 3 (UPI) -- North Korea has accused South Korea of driving their relationship to "confrontation and catastrophe" and to the brink of another war.
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Six-party talks aimed at encouraging North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program needs solidarity, South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon said.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- North Korea missed a year-end deadline on its denuclearization but didn't explain its failure to meet the six-party condition in its New Year's message.
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- South Korea reportedly will be the host for the next working level talks on further energy aid to North Korea in exchange for its denuclearization.
