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Elevators installed in three five-story housing units By Franklin Fisher , Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Monday, September 26, 2005 Galen Putnam / U.S. Army Area IV housing chief Charles Youngblood, right, ...

September 26, 2005 The head of the central bank refused on Saturday to rule out an interest rate hike next month, saying there are good reasons to either raise or freeze the interest rate.2.7

SEOUL Plans by the South Korean lender Woori Finance Holdings to expand may deter potential buyers of the company when the government sells its controlling stake, the bank's biggest shareholder has said.2.7

September 26, 2005 More than 150,000 participants raised more than 50 million won in a charity flea market yesterday at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Sangam-dong, co-hosted by the JoongAng Ilbo and the Seoul ...2.7

September 26, 2005 The Seoul Metropolitan Government will celebrate the restoration and opening of Cheonggyecheon, a polluted stream that was covered over and paved with concrete in the late 1950s, with ...2.7

Having renamed the acquisition SC First Bank, the London-based bank is making an all-out effort to strengthen its sales power armed with special high-interest account products.2.7

The man identified by his family name Park arrived with his 19-year-old son in Thailand on Wednesday via China, Myanmar and Laos.2.7

Few people's ideas have careered in and out of favor with the White House as quickly as those of Korea expert Donald Gregg.2.7

By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA - Sixty years ago, elements of the 11th Armored Division from Patton's own 3rd Army liberated the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.

POCHON, Kyonggi Province _ The 1st Pocheon Asian Art Festival kicked off last Friday night with artists from all over Asia presenting works of sculpture, painting, performance, photography, printmaking and ...2.7

September 26, 2005 "It's not the temple. It's not the tradition. It's not the clothing." Yesterday, the Venerable Hyon Gak, guiding teacher at the Seoul International Zen Center, spoke on the nature of ...2.7

Who will be the last man to promote open-source programs here _ the No. 1 enemy of Windows operating system of Microsoft Korea? The answer may be the president or ex-presidents of the firm.2.7

Sometimes a year isn't enough time to organize big business deals between countries but outgoing Algerian Ambassador Abdelmoun'aam Ahriz was able to build on his predecessor's endeavors to help finalize a giant ...2.7

Cho Sung Yoon and his wife live on the 27th floor of a Samsung apartment complex here.

AGENCIES Sunday, Sep 25, 2005,Page 3 Fishing `Lost' boat near Indonesia A Taiwanese fishing boat ... They were followed by South Korean visitors at 15.7 percent, American visitors at 13 percent, Chinese visitors at 11 percent, and Australian visitors at 4.2.7

A team of South Korean scientists has uncovered the mechanism of Alzheimer s disease, brightening the outlook for overcoming the degenerative neural disorder.2.7

Two piano virtuosos from Eastern Europe will give solo recitals in Seoul on the same day and at the same time, giving a difficult choice to local classical music fans.2.7

KANNANI AND DOCUMENT OF FLAMES: Two Japanese Colonial Novels, by Katsuei Yuasa, translated and with an introduction and critical afterword by Mark Driscoll.2.7

Bid to achieve $1000 per capita income by 2021 Dhaka chamber unveils 'Vision 2021' today The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry is going to launch today a national economic vision styled 'Vision 2021' to ...2.7

Hong Sang-Soo once said: "There's no reality, just a collection of personal visions.1.3

Statement by The Hon. Duck-Soo Han1 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Korea to the International Monetary and Financial Committee September 24, 2005 The Fund's ...

JAKARTA : Host Indonesia assured itself on Saturday of the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Indonesia Open badminton championship, but failed to place a shuttler in the prestigious men's singles ...2.7

ART REVIEWWhen Lyle Novinski arrived on the Korean Peninsula in 1954, he was startled to find green fields, purple mountains and deep blue skies.

Friday, September 23, 2005 Posted 9:48 PM GMT Our South Korean gadget overlords friends and others have long known the joys of watching TV on their cellphones.

LSI Logic is working with city and state government agencies in Oregon to help lure South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co.

By Franklin Fisher , Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Sunday, September 25, 2005 OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea - South Korean activist groups will consider mounting a campaign of protest rallies if the U.S. Air ...

Adm. Horatio Nelson's one-sleeved undershirt, possibly the only piece of the British war hero's ... German porn shoot stuns Italian tourists BERLIN (Reuters) - Italian holidaymakers admiring the view from a fairground Ferris wheel at the Munich Oktoberfest got more than they bargained for when a porn shoot suddenly began inside their cabin, ...2

Ikram Sehgal writes from Karachi For those who are starving, are without adequate shelter or potable water, living in absolute poverty and in unhygienic filthy conditions without necessary medical care, etc, ...2.7

Software-defined-radio technology provider TechnoConcepts Inc. has filed 20 patent claims to protect its "linear commuting amplifier," the company said.

Crude oil prices dropped for a second day Friday as traders gauged news that Hurricane Rita had weakened, suggesting that damage to refinery capacity in the Gulf could be less severe than originally feared.1.3

English news 23.09.2005 SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE GRANTED TO 205 STUDENTS Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. 205 Mongolian students, who are to be involved in the South Korean-invested Boram Scholarship Program, will receive ...2

September 24, 2005 In the latest of a string of cancellations of large music events, Seotaiji Company, the organizer of the ETPFEST international rock festival, said yesterday that it will not host the event ...2.7

LG Electronics , a global force in electronics, information, and communications products, with 2004 annual sales of US $38 billion, and Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of UMA ...

Source: just-drinks.com editorial team The South Korean Hite Brewery has said that it is to offload a 10% stake in Jinro Ltd to Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Inc for 250bn won .2.7

Liquefied natural gas: Malaysian complex could up output 20% KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia could raise production capacity at its LNG complex, the world's largest, by about 20 percent in five years and is likely to ...2