Topic: Seoul Metropolitan Government

The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Tuesday said it has authorized the operation of 14 cord blood banks nationwide. . After authorization, the 14...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday proclaimed an ordinance to protect the human rights of students, which have been at the center of...

N. Korea welcomes S. Korea mourners, raps Seoul

North Korea will accept any South Korean delegations that want to express condolences in Pyongyang for the death of leader Kim Jong-Il, the North's official website said in a posting seen Friday."A wide variety of people in South Korea are ...
South Korean soldiers mounted tight security at an elementary school graduation Wednesday as cheerful children snapped pictures of each other near the world's last Cold War frontier.The ceremony at Daeseongdong village, inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) which divides North and ...

N.Korea expels most S.Koreans from resort

North Korea on Friday ordered some 40 South Korean staff to leave a jointly run mountain resort in the North as ties soured further over Seoul's refusal to restart tours there, officials said.The North ordered out all except 12 employees ...

N.Korea scraps tourism deal with S.Korea

North Korea said Thursday it had scrapped a tourism deal with South Korea and would "freeze" some assets owned by Seoul at a mountain resort in the communist state.The North also said it was expelling some South Korean personnel from Mount ...
A group of 16 South Korean officials and businessmen on Thursday travelled to a North Korean tourist resort, bowing to a threat by Pyongyang to seize their property there unless they showed up.The sanctions-hit North is stepping up pressure on the ...
Several North Korean soldiers crossed the border with South Korea this week in apparent pursuit of a defecting colleague but retreated after warning shots were fired, Seoul's military said Thursday.The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North Koreans crossed the ...
South Korea is considering restricting the operations of its Christian missionaries in the Middle East after dozens were expelled for their activities, officials said Thursday.Missionaries could run the risk of terror attacks and ordinary Korean tourists or businessmen might also be ...

NKorea fires another missile: Yonhap

North Korea has fired off another missile, the latest in a series since its nuclear test two days ago, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Wednesday.The North fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan (East Sea) overnight, it ...