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South Korea- NY Times

South Korea

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News about South Korea, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Related: South Korea Travel Guide

Chronology of Coverage

  1. Oct. 31, 2014
    South Korean court orders Japanese company Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp to compensate dozens of Koreans who were forced to work in its factory during Japanese colonial rule of Korea from 1910 to 1945. MORE
  2. Oct. 30, 2014
    Educational Testing Service, company that administers SAT tests around world, says it is withholding scores for thousands of Chinese and South Korean students following cheating allegations; announcement comes just days before early application deadlines for most American colleges and universities. MORE
  3. Oct. 30, 2014
    Skin care products from South Korea, where beauty standards focus on face, are finding a strong following in the United States. MORE
  4. Oct. 29, 2014
    Divers discover body inside sunken ferry, bringing to 295 number of victims from South Korea's worst peacetime disaster in decades. MORE
  5. Oct. 29, 2014
    South Korean court convicts two counterintelligence officials for fabricating Chinese government documents to build a spy case against a refugee from North Korea; conviction is latest blow to the image of country's National Intelligence Service. MORE

General Information on South Korea

Official Name: Republic of Korea
Capital: Seoul (Current local time)
Government Type: Republic
Population: 49.05 million
Area: 38,022 square miles; about the size of Indiana
Languages: Korean, English is widely taught in schools
Year of Independence: 1945
Web site: Korea.net
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    In Korean Baseball, Louder Cheers and More Squid

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    Professional baseball is thriving in South Korea, with the festivities in the stands both raucous and organized to a degree that American fans might find startling.
    November 3, 2014, Monday
    MORE ON SOUTH KOREA AND: Baseball , South Korea

    The Biggest Ship in the World (Though It Isn’t Exactly a Ship)

    By ROBERT SULLIVAN
    Technically, this monstrous natural-gas refinery is a “floating facility,” not a “ship,” but c’mon.
    November 2, 2014, Sunday

    Chinese and South Korean Students Face Fallout From Suspicions of SAT Cheating

    By EDWARD WONG and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
    The Educational Testing Service, which administers the test worldwide, is withholding the scores of those who took it on Oct. 11 while the company investigates the allegations.
    October 31, 2014, Friday

    South Korean Court Orders Japanese Firm Nachi-Fujikoshi to Pay Forced Laborers

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    The company must give $75,800 to $94,800 to over a dozen people who were made to work in its factory during Japanese colonial rule of Korea.
    October 31, 2014, Friday

    SAT Cheating Inquiry Delays Scores for South Korea and China

    By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
    The Educational Testing Service said it had reliable information that tests had been compromised for thousands of South Korean and Chinese students applying to American colleges and universities.
    October 30, 2014, Thursday

    Pressure in Japan to Forget Sins of War

    By MARTIN FACKLER
    Ultranationalist cyberactivists have menaced the village of Sarufutsu over a memorial to Korean laborers who died building an airfield there.
    October 29, 2014, Wednesday

    South Korean Divers Find Body in Sunken Ferry

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    The body found inside the ferry Sewol, which sank in April, would bring the confirmed death toll to 295.
    October 29, 2014, Wednesday

    Convictions Deal Blow to South Korean Intelligence Service

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    Two agents, who were sentenced to prison, faked Chinese government documents to build a spy case against a refugee from North Korea.
    October 29, 2014, Wednesday

    Death Penalty Is Sought for Captain in Sinking of South Korean Ferry

    By CHOE SANG-HUN
    In their final argument, prosecutors said Lee Jun-seok, captain of the ferry Sewol, “did nothing to help rescue his passengers,” 304 of whom died in the accident.
    October 28, 2014, Tuesday

    European Stocks Decline After Most Banks Pass E.C.B. Stress Tests

    By DAVID JOLLY
    Investors were trying to assess how much confidence to place in the European banking sector after a review of banks deemed the bulk of them healthy.
    October 26, 2014, Sunday
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