For every unit of GDP produced, it is thought that China uses six times as much water as South Korea and ten times as much as Japan.
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In its write-up of South Korea's statement, The Los Angeles Times assessed that South Korea's acknowledgment of North Korea's murderous aggression will return the region to the days of the Cold War.
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Randall Jones, an economist at the OECD, notes that South Korea uses 1.5 times as much energy for every unit of GDP as does Japan.
Chinaese state-run news agency Xinhua said in an article Monday that China and South Korea have urged Japan "many times" to stop sending top officials to the shrine.
South Korea, victors the first two times the tournament was held in 1956 and 1960, took the lead in the 24th minute at Doha's Al Gharafa Stadium through Koo Ja-cheol.
No official comment from Beijing was immediately available, but Xinhua, China's government news agency, said in an article Monday that China and South Korea have urged Japan "many times" to stop sending top officials to the shrine.
In the New York Times interview, South Korea's Kim Dae Jung reiterated that he would like relations to improve between North Korea and the United States, as well as between North Korea and the European Union and Japan.
Siegfried Hecker, a nuclear scientist based at Stanford University who has visited North Korea's nuclear facilities seven times, emphasized at a conference in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday that China is the only country that can penalize North Korea if it chooses to, saying Beijing "holds the key to the price" North Korea will pay if it moves forward with its weapons pursuit.
Two of the worst in recent times, in Japan and South Korea, occurred in highly rule-bound systems.
While South Korea has competed in the World Cup four times before, this will be Japan's first appearance after 43 years of trying.
He owned large and lavish properties in the United States, founded the Washington Times newspaper and ran arms factories in South Korea.
At the end of 1997, South Korea's four biggest chaebol averaged debt of nearly five times their equity.
In international news, a bilingual Global Times editorial says North Korea will not attack South Korea or the US, but stresses that neither China nor the international community can stop North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Fireworks lit up the skyline in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, while South Korea ushered in the new year with the traditional ringing 33 times of the 15th Century Bosingak Bell in the capital, Seoul.
South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 1% and Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 0.8%.
In Asia, only South Korea's perennially cheap Kospi is cheaper, at 9.2 times.
Global Times quotes South Korean media on secret orders reportedly given by North Korea's young leader Kim Jong-un to bring forward the date of a third nuclear test.
South Korea's Kospi was 0.2% lower and Singapore's Strait Times Index added 0.1%.
Not a few people in legal and political circles believe the death penalty is out of step with the times, especially in a country with a democracy as robust as South Korea's.
South Korea's Kospi Composite was down 0.4% and Singapore's Straits Times Index lost 0.3%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite was down 0.2% and Singapore's Straits Times Index lost 0.2%.
Elsewhere in the region, South Korea's Kospi Composite was off 0.4% and Singapore's Straits Times Index rose 0.2%.
They point to recent experience in South Korea and Brazil as evidence that private bankers can be persuaded to co-operate in times of trouble.
China has at times expressed reservations about North Korea's weapons programs and aggression against South Korea but has been careful to avoid moves that could destabilize the country, for whom it is the major benefactor and largest trading partner.
South Korea's Kospi Composite Index was off 0.1% while Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 0.2%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite retreated 1% to 1959.41 and Singapore's Straits Times Index was last down 0.3%.
"We could well see history repeat itself, " Fort said, while noting that South Korea's professional league was forced to reschedule a big load of games last year where times conflicted with Major League games in America--fans were home watching Korean players on television.
South Korea's Kospi Composite fell 0.5% to 1993.34 and Singapore's Strait Times index was last up 0.4%.
Se Ri Pak of South Korea turned pro at 19, in 1996, and took the LPGA Tour by storm, winning 22 times.
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