- As elections near, political parties pressure conglomerates
- Mobile carriers race to grab bigger slice of LTE market
- S. Korea faces uphill fight against inflation
- Widening bribery scandal engulfs political parties before polls
- Lee wins Olympics, African foothold during 10-day summit diplomacy
- Lee's tireless behind-the-scenes campaign for PyeongChang bears big fruit
- President, opposition leader meet, with little progress
- Lee tightening discipline in officialdom amid series of corruption cases
- Row simmering over role of SNS in S. Korea
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| Lee arrives in Qatar for talks on crude supplies, construction projects DOHA, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Qatar on Thursday for economic cooperation talks expected to focus on crude oil supplies and massive construction projects ahead of the Middle Eastern country's hosting of the 2022 World Cup finals. Full story |
| Court upholds 3-yr prison term for former head of Lone Star's Korean unit SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court upheld a lower court's three-year prison term for a former head of U.S.-based buyout fund Lone Star Funds' Korean unit on Thursday for manipulating stock prices of the credit card unit at Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) in 2003 in order to buy up the card firm on the cheap. Full story |
| Parliament approves media rep bill amid controversy SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- The ruling party-controlled National Assembly passed a long-disputed advertising brokerage bill Thursday despite strong opposition from opposition lawmakers and some broadcasters. Full story |
| Parliament approves special counsel bill to probe cyber hacking scandal SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill calling for a special probe into the October by-elections hacking scandal amid lingering suspicions that ruling party members were involved in the scheme. Full story |
