An aide to Ms. Park said the economic delegation is intended to help ease investor concerns about geopolitical risks surrounding North Korea and promote the benefits of a U.S.-South Korea free-trade pact.
In high-tech South Korea -- which has one of the highest broadband penetration rates in the world -- the StarCraft video game series has spawned devotion more akin to professional sports teams.
Finally, two of the Western nations obliged by geography to remain realistic about abiding dangers to their security - Finland and South Korea -- refused to agree to the Williams treaty.
Looking at the two top countries - Finland and South Korea - the report says that there are many big differences, but the common factor is a shared social belief in the importance of education and its "underlying moral purpose".
Injury stopped him making his Asian Cup debut until the final Group C game -- he won his 109th cap as a second-half substitute in Tuesday's 4-1 defeat by South Korea -- spurring him on to try and achieve the unthinkable: leading India to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
In some countries - Japan, Macau and South Korea - it will be over 40%.
He also told his South Korean counterpart that the US-South Korea alliance was "instrumental in maintaining stability on the Korean peninsula", Pentagon spokesman George Little said in a statement.
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We'll be welcoming Korea's -- South Korea's increasing global role.
First, advanced and generally friendly countries -- like Germany, Japan and South Korea -- that refrain from acquiring nuclear weapons in part because they trust the American nuclear umbrella to protect them.
The largest group of carol singers consisted of 15, 111 participants and was achieved by the Hong Myung-bo Foundation (South Korea) during the Hong Myung-bo Charity Soccer Game in Seoul, South Korea, on 25 December 2010.
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Earlier, top-seeded favorites Guo Yue and Niu Jianfeng of China struggled to defeat ninth-seeded Kim Kyung-ah and Kim Bok-rae of South Korea 4-3 in a dramatic bronze medal match.
Eriksson has until midnight on Tuesday - after the South Korea friendly - to announce his final squad, although he has the option of replacing injured players up until the end of the month.
America is working with the countries of the region -- South Korea, Japan, China and Russia -- to find a peaceful solution and to show the North Korean government that nuclear weapons will bring only isolation, economic stagnation and continued hardship.
The U.S. State Department has said North Korea must provide a complete declaration of its nuclear program to the United States and its partners in talks on the nuclear issue -- Russia, China, Japan and South Korea -- to break the deadlock.
Help from the US - which has 28, 000 troops in South Korea - has until now been optional in minor skirmishes.
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Mr. Obama, on his first trip to Asia which will also include China and South Korea, said his administration would work out the issues that are currently blocking the U.S.-South Korea trade pact.
Detroit ultimately, albeit reluctantly, acquiesced to a U.S.-South Korea trade pact touching on similar issues of non-tariff barriers to trade that Japan raises.
Rich countries - Norway, South Korea, Singapore - have set up investment funds to provide for future generations.
Three of the other parties -- China, South Korea and Japan -- have advocated a more conciliatory approach to solving the North Korean nuclear issues, and have urged the United States to be more flexible.
Spadea's fellow American, eighth-seed Mardy Fish dropped a set against Lee Hyung-taik of South Korea before winning 6-4 3-6 6-1.
Lee Myung-bak, South Korea's president-elect who is set to take office on February 25th, was cleared by a special prosecutor of involvement in a financial fraud in 2001.
Elsewhere, Belgium defeated Slovakia 2-1, Russia won 2-0 in Iceland, Croatia defeated South Korea 4-0 and Romania overcame Australia 3-2.
In modern-day South Korea, the academic environment is ultra-competitive because obtaining qualifications from the best institutions has long been critical to winning the most-desired jobs.
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Two World Cups -- in South Korea and Japan, and Germany respectively -- provided the grandest of stages for some of the greatest footballers of the era to perform and show off their skills.
The US, South Korea and Japan - who believe North Korea is working to develop long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads - want action such as the strengthening of sanctions.
Malaysia reported economic growth of minus 1.8%, South Korea -3.8% and Indonesia an astounding -8.5%.
Apple lawyers accused South Korea-based Samsung of copying Apple designs after realising it could not compete.
He said the Japan-South Korea relationship was "extremely important" and he wanted to resolve the differences between them.
Substitute Song Heung-min had earlier scored a 96th-minute winner as South Korea came from 1-0 down to beat Qatar 2-1.
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