Today in Korean history
Oct. 21
1994 -- A section of the Seongsu Grand Bridge spanning the Han River collapses,
killing 32 people and injuring 17 others. The victims were mostly students on
S. Korean firms win right to explore for uranium, nickel in Australia
By Lee Joon-seung
New Chinese ambassador to begin work next week
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- The newly-appointed Chinese ambassador to South Korea
will arrive here this weekend to take up his post, officials said Monday.
Seoul shares fall on doubts over gov't plan
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks fell late Monday morning as
investors remained doubtful of whether the government's financial stabilization
Parliament to investigate rice subsidies scam
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly is to launch an independent
probe into a mounting scandal over ranking government officials' alleged
S. Korean adoptee abandoned in Hong Kong finds new family: media
Hong Kong, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- An eight-year-old Korean girl abandoned by her
adoptive Dutch diplomat parents in Hong Kong has been placed with a new family, a
S. Korean rice subsidies top 990 bln won in 2007: gov't
(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout; ADDS with
comments by vice minister from para 12)
By Lee Joon-seung
BOK chief urges caution in tackling price pressures
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the Bank of Korea (BOK) urged central
banks around the globe Monday to be cautious in tackling inflation pressure as
Samsung's heir apparent reassigned to China, source says
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- The only son of former Samsung Group chairman Lee
Kun-hee was transferred to China on Monday as part of a shakeup of the group's
