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		The ever-strong bilateral relations between South Korea and the Philippines are clearly evidenced by the rapid growth in recent years in the areas of trade and investment and exchange of people and culture between the two countries.
		South Korea, availing of the Filipino's proficiency in English and natural beauties like famous Boracay, is now one of the largest sources of tourists to the Philippines with about half a million South Koreans expected to visit the country this year.
		In May of this year, South Korean investments into the Philippine shipbuilding sector were envisaged with the signing of the MOU between the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction.
	www.korea.net /pda/newsView.asp?serial_no=20051214019&part=111 (920 words)

	SIU Law Library: Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Korean judiciary system is three tiered: the Supreme Court, the highest court; the High Courts, the intermediate appellate courts; and the District Courts (including the specialized Patent Court, Family Court, Administrative Court), the courts of original jurisdiction.
		Taehan Min'guk choyak mongnok = A list of treaties of the Republic of Korea (1948-1997.
		The Korean government, however, is not using this standard and has changed the official romanization rule several times, with the latest one in July, 2000.
	www.law.siu.edu /lawlib/koreanlaw/index.htm (6977 words)

	South Korean R & D and Defence Production
		The Korean ADD (The Agency for Defence Development) is the main spearhead and coordinator of all defence-related RandD which concentrates on the core technologies required by the military.
		By and large the Korean defence research is not as lavish as it is in some developed countries and the total investment on it for the year 1997 was only 3.12 per cent of the defence budget.
		South Korea is not even regularly filing returns of major weapons to the UN Register of Weapons which makes the researcher's job still more awkward.
	www.defencejournal.com /may99/southkorea.htm (1602 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		The South Korean Embassy in Jakarta revealed that there are over 3,000 Indonesians, who have gained approval from the Korean government and employers to work there, but could not leave because their documents were still at the Indonesian manpower ministry.
		Out of seven countries that have been sending workers to South Korea, the time taken to process documents to send migrant workers from Indonesia is the longest," a source at the South Korean Embassy said.
		This is evident from a recent survey conducted by a South Korean body that found that Indonesian and Vietnamese workers are preferred over all other foreign workers working in South Korea because they are seen as hard-working and early risers.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20060902.J01 (753 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Korea, South
		South Korea's trade policy score is 0.5 point worse this year, but its fiscal burden of government score is 0.6 point better.
		According to the Ministry of Finance and Economy, South Korea's top income tax rate is 38.5 percent (a 35 percent income tax rate plus a 10 percent surcharge), down from the 39.6 percent reported in the 2005 Index.
		The Korean embassy reports that 16,181 foreign companies were operating in Korea at the end of 2004, up from 5,130 in 1997.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=KoreaSouth (978 words)

	South Korea: Opportunities and Challenges -- U.S. Commercial Service Korea
		South Korea was America's seventh largest export market in general, sixth largest trading partner, fifth largest export market for agricultural products, and fifth largest market for high technology goods.
		South Korea continues to be an economic leader in Asia and is the third largest economy in East Asia.
		However, IPR is an area where U.S. companies need to remain vigilant and ensure that their technology is protected through registration and monitoring of the use of technology by clients and partners in South Korea.
	www.buyusa.gov /korea/en/southkoreaopportunities.html (860 words)

	CNN.com - Korean business sees gloom ahead - Aug. 31, 2003
		South Korean companies expect the recession-hit economy to remain depressed during the final quarter, casting a shadow over hopes for a second-half recovery, a new survey shows.
		South Korea's economy, the fourth-largest in Asia, went into recession in the first half of this year for the first time since the 1997-98 Asian crisis as steps to curb soaring household debt, a protracted nuclear standoff in North Korea and corporate scandals kept consumers at bay.
		South Korea's central bank has slashed its economic growth forecast for this year to 3.1 percent from 4.1 percent.
	www.cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/08/31/korea.survey.reut/index.html (262 words)

	CollegeJournal \| Crossing Borders
		South Korea's success came through close ties between government and business, evidenced by things such as directed credit, import restrictions, sponsorship of certain industries, and a strong labor effort.
		Koreans are quite modest, and while they know that foreigners may behave differently from them, they still expect expatriates to be polite and humble and show interest and respect for Korean traditions.
		Koreans have a great reluctance to say "no," and will sometimes say "yes" when they don't mean it because they think it is expected.
	www.collegejournal.com /globalcareers/crossingborders/korea.html (1222 words)

	Special Operations.Com
		One during the Korean conflict, a squad of ROKMC wiped out an entire battalion of Communist forces.
		The unit is split into two companies, each organized around four 14-man operations teams.
		In addition to working with special Korean counterterrorist police units, the 707th also trains with special units from the United Kingdom, United States, Israel and Australia.
	www.specialoperations.com /Foreign/South_Korea/Default2.html (667 words)

	Amazon.com: The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies: Books: Michael Breen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Breen credits the late South Korean president Park Chung-hee for providing the leadership that propelled his nation into the front ranks of economic powers, but he also presents a devastating analysis of the pervasive bribery and corruption in the Korean business, education, medical, and legal systems.
		As a Korean who has spent quite a number of years abroad(England and Japan), I have always been weary of the many, many aspects of the Korean psyche and character which must seem strange to foreigners, but never quite been able to put a finger on it.
		The Koreans discusses the rise of Korea from the ashes of the war to the bustling powerhouse it is today.
	www.amazon.com /Koreans-Americas-Troubled-Relations-South/dp/0312242115 (2609 words)

	Korean ETF \| Korean Exchange Traded Funds \| Korean Funds
		Of all the companies, the CAPS community gives the highest rating to Woori Finance; 29 of 31 investors ranking the company believe it will outperform the market going forward. Korea's leading financial holding company was formed in 2001 when the government aggregated four smaller commercial banks and an investment bank.
		The company is the largest provider of wireless services in a country that some claim is the gold standard for advanced wireless services, even ahead of Japan.
		While the South Korean market for mobile communications is approaching saturation, advanced broadband capabilities and services keep Koreans changing their cellular phones every six to 18 months, well ahead of other developed markets.
	www.fool.com /investing/international/2007/05/08/etf-teardown-top-korean-stocks.aspx (799 words)

	FOXNews.com - U.S.: South Korea Continues Pirating Music, Movies - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| ...
		The administration announced that South Korea was being added to a priority list of countries that are subject to special monitoring and consultations aimed at making sure the foreign government acts to address the copyright piracy (search) issues that have been uncovered.
		In targeting South Korea, the administration said that a special review completed late last month found that the growth of on-line music piracy in the country was causing serious economic damage to both U.S. and other foreign music companies as well as South Korean recording companies.
		South Korea becomes the 12th country or trading group already on the U.S. priority watch list because of U.S. allegations that the nations are not doing enough to halt the piracy of intellectual property.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,107757,00.html (808 words)

	FOXNews.com - South Korea Confirms Hostage Killed - U.S. & World
		The South Korean embassy in Baghdad confirmed the body was Kim's by studying an e-mailed photograph, Shin said.
		South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun (search), addressing the nation on television Wednesday, strongly condemned terrorism and rejected the kidnappers' claim that the 3,000 new troops his government is sending would hurt Iraqis.
		South Korea's planned troop deployment will make it the third-largest coalition partner there behind the United States and Britain. Amid increasing tensions over communist North Korea's nuclear program, South Koreans have been divided over the issue of sending troops out of the peninsula and to Iraq.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,123343,00.html (1788 words)

	The Motley Fool, 12/23/97: The Lunchtime News
		The benchmark South Korean "Korea Composite Index" nose-dived 29.70 to 366.36, or 7.5%, reflecting the dramatically deteriorating economic situation in Korea.
		As a result of the downgrades as well as growing concern that foreign lenders were reducing their dollar-denominated loans to Korean companies (which triggers a surge in demand for dollars), the South Korean won dropped 12.5% to a record low of 1,961 won per dollar (off 57% this year).
		The wrinkle this time is that Korean companies in a variety of commodity businesses may not be able to make capital improvements that are necessary to stay competitive.
	www.fool.com /LunchNews/1997/LunchNews971223.htm (1778 words)

	Hot Korean ADRs - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		South Korean President Kim Dae-jung is putting fiscal and corporate reform in motion before he leaves office in February 2003, which could also unlock more potential for the industrialized emerging market, says Nicolas Checa, president of Medley Emerging Markets, a segment of Medley Global Advisors, a New York-based hedged fund.
		These five companies had the highest return on equity of all South Korean ADRs for the last year, though their stock prices have all suffered of late.
		Mirae is having a bit of a tough present, but the company, whose name means "future" in Korean, is looking in that direction: It makes the machinery to make semiconductors, and has a hand in e-commerce and network security software.
	www.forbes.com /2001/07/11/0711koreanadr.html (669 words)

	Koreanfilm.org - Movie reviews, news, actor info and more from Korea
		Korean Cinema Clubs - Contact people for cities around the world.
		Censorship in Korean Cinema, 1995-2002 by Darcy Paquet
		Genrebending in Contemporary Korean Cinema by Darcy Paquet
	www.koreanfilm.org (497 words)

	South Korea News.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a press conference after talks with her South Korean counterpart on Thursday that the UN Security Council resolution on North Korea is designed to bring...
		South Korea has insisted two joint projects with North Korea -- seen by critics as a source of funds for its weapons programmes -- would not be scrapped despite last week's nuclear test.
		South Korea's Minister of Finance and Economy, Kwon Okyu, said Friday that the country's economy is expected to reach a 4.6% on-year growth in the third quarter of this year...
	feeds.southkoreanews.net /?rid=7b30020417d7c6b1&cat=3f5c98640a497b43&f=1 (1172 words)

	New South Korean President moves to investigate Chaebols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission said that it was preparing to investigate Samsung, Sk, LG Group, Hyundai group, Hyundai Motor Co and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. It’s noteworthy that the commission, which has never conducted an investigation previously, is going after the chaebols on the basis of insider training allegations.
		Foreign investors owned 37 percent of the total market value of South Korean companies on the Kospi stock exchange at the end of 2001, the latest period for which figures are available.
		Ahead of the investigations, South Korean business confidence rose to a five-month high in February on the belief that Roh’s government would encourage investment, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the Federation of Korean Industries.
	www.bizasia.com /politics_/b2vj4/new_south_korean_president.htm (465 words)

	Asia Times - News and analysis from Korea; North and South
		North Korean labor is cheaper than Chinese labor, giving a competitive edge to South Korean manufacturers in the North.
		For the moment, a list of high-technology items the South Korean companies will send to its factories is the last hurdle to be overcome before production begins, since the supplies and equipment must be approved under an international security act known as the Wassenaar Agreement.
		North Koreans are considered skilled with their hands and firms say management and training will be easier because of the common language.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Korea/FI09Dg04.html (1180 words)

	donga.com [english donga]
		He said, “The South Korean government is not disclosing much clearly, but various economic situations prove that North Korea has developed nuclear weapons with the funds that the South has been shoveling into the North.”
		South Korea’s participation will be a decisive factor in South Korea US and Japan alliance.
		South Korea must quickly learn what is happening in neighboring countries.
	english.donga.com /srv/service.php3?biid=2006102143628 (778 words)

	Competitive Positioning Strategies for South Korean Biotech Companies: Industry
		South Korea has not had a history of such interaction, primarily because researchers valued positions in universities and research labs more than those in industry.
		However, it is becoming increasingly clear that a platform for meaningful interface is needed whereby the industry or private participants concentrate on commercialization and the universities provide the research focus.
		This new research is a detailed study of the South Korean biotech markets with an overview of the global as well as the Asia Pacific markets.
	www.mindbranch.com /listing/product/R1-2518.html (622 words)

	South Korea Dominates DRAM - 4/13/2005 - Electronic News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 2004, South Korea's Samsung and Hynix attained 31 percent and 15 percent of the market, respectively, while three Taiwan-based companies joined the DRAM “billion-dollar” club for the first time, according to the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based market research firm.
		Five of the top eight companies in the list grew at a faster rate than the overall DRAM market and three grew at a slower rate.
		This move allowed the company to offset the obligatory DRAM import duties that were first imposed by the U.S. and European governments in 2003.
	www.reed-electronics.com /electronicnews/article/CA517181.html (582 words)

	North Korea: Workers’ Rights at the Kaesong Industrial Complex: I. Introduction
		North and South Korea have an ambitious plan to expand the complex to employ 730,000 North Korean workers by 2012.
		South Korea’s Ministry of Unification (in charge of North Korea relations, including joint projects such as the KIC) responded by saying that the North Korean workers at the KIC are paid better than elsewhere in the country and that their labor conditions meet international standards.
		This paper is based on their responses and Human Rights Watch’s analysis, interviews with Seoul-based experts on North Korea’s labor laws and with people who have visited the KIC in an official or private capacity, reviews of the KIC Labor Law, and books and reports written by independent scholars with expertise on North Korea.
	www.hrw.org /backgrounder/asia/korea1006/1.htm (782 words)

	TIME Magazine: Korean Pop - Flying Too High?
		Wherever south Korea's hottest boy band goes, its members are assailed by heaving, hormonal throngs of teenage girls, all of them aching to rip out a lock of pop idol hair.
		The house on the outskirts of Seoul shared by the quintet was burgled a year ago—the only things missing were socks and underwear purloined from the washing machine.
		South Korea's star-making machinery that, by cranking out high-gloss acts such as god and femme songstress BoA, has become a regional music-marketing powerhouse rivaling Japan's, is getting spattered with grime.
	www.time.com /time/asia/covers/1101020729/story.html (743 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> KTF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		KTF (Korea Telecom Freetel, {{kse032390}}, KOSPI: KTF) is a South Korean telecommunications firm, specializing in cellular, or mobile, phones.
		The company has 12 million subscribers in South Korea.
		The company is credited with developing customized ring back tones.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/KTF (199 words)

	Militants behead South Korean captive: report
		South Korea's foreign ministry confirmed that the body of 33-year-old Kim Sun-il was found by the U.S. military between Baghdad and Fallujah on Tuesday.
		South Korea has said it will send 3,000 troops to northern Iraq despite the threats to help in reconstruction efforts.
		North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has no plans to carry out a second nuclear test and is "sorry" about the first one, news reports from South Korea said Friday.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2004/06/22/korean_hostage040622.html (1398 words)

	AP-foodtechnology - Breaking News for Food and Beverage in Asia pacific
		Diageo's operations within the lucrative South Korean whisky market are facing further threats from ongoing investigations into its practices within the country, the company said today.
		Food allergies in Australian children have risen 12-fold since 1995 and there is an "urgent need" for further research into the trend, according to a new study.
		Kiwis, conserved vegetables, milk powder, butter, ghee, baby food, instant coffee, alcohol, drinks, confectionery, and hi-breed corn seeds are among the most counterfeited articles in the world according to a new report.
	www.ap-foodtechnology.com /news/listnews.asp?m=6&y=2007 (1192 words)

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