... 18 (Reuters) - China wants expanded access to North Korean ports to help an economic revitalisation scheme for a landlocked and struggling ... in Beijing to unveil the project. China already uses some North Korean ports to handle trade for its northeastern provinces. Trade ... this area,' he added. He declined to say which North Korean ports China might use. Relations between China and nuclear-armed ...

TFTS (blog) iphone Cleared for Sale by South Korean Regulator PC World A South Korean regulatory body Wednesday gave ... iphone at any time. Owen Fletcher, IDG News Service South Korean regulators gave Apple a business license on Wednesday that would allow ... nod for Apple's iphone; sales to begin soonReuters South Korean regulator approves iphoneThe Associated Press Apple tablet: One tech gadget ...

New online poetry and writing magazine, Asian American Poetry and Writing, has an issue featuring all Korean adoptee writers: New Truths: Writing in the 21st Century by Korean Adoptees. It's beautiful writing and intellectually challenging. Please read it, it's free and online and it's here.

Korean director Song Hae Sung who found fame after his 2001 melodrama Failan is now set to direct a Korean remake of the popular A Better Tomorrow movie which made a star out of Chow Yun fat . The film is called Invincible and will have a budget of ten million won. Shooting kicks-off in Thailand in the new year and release is set for next autumn.

South Korean regulators gave Apple a business license on Wednesday that would allow it to launch the iPhone in the country at any time. The license allows Apple to operate ... in a country where LG Electronics and Samsung, both local vendors, dominate the handset market. South Korean carrier KT has said it is in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone. SK Telecom, another local carrier, is ...

Chandler Thomas Soc 202 TR 12:30 Blog #12 11/17/2009 9:53 pm A cashier and cash-filled envelopes are fixtures of traditional Korean weddings. These things are just as important as the wedding officiant himself. One of South Korea's top financial regulator's, Kim Jong-chang, eliminated this tradition from his daughter's wedding recently. He believes that bribery is a major issue with ...