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Paul Scholes enjoys time off

2009-11-20T09:42:19Z

Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes enjoys the international breaks now he is no longer involved with England

Dalek-lover wakes up as one of biggest players in Europe

2009-11-20T10:17:45Z

Given that the European Union often resembles another planet to many Britons, it's perhaps appropriate that its new Foreign Policy chief has a full-size Dalek in her living room

Web addresses go worldwide

2009-10-30T09:58:16Z

Chinese, Hindi and other non-Latin alphabets were approved for use in web addresses today to make the internet more inclusive

BA is worst plunger on Footsie after Deutsche drops rating to hold

2009-10-26T09:08:21Z

Shares in British Airways ran into a spot of turbulence this morning, plunging more than 2% which made it the biggest faller among blue chips

Jamie Oliver's �14m move East

2009-10-09T13:09:22Z

Jamie Oliver is raising �14 million from investors to fund a chain of his Italian restaurants across the Far East

Rush into democracy and you rue the results

2009-09-01T07:18:38Z

Once the election results in Afghanistan are finally in, Western governments need to draw up new and detailed initiatives on how to deal with failed states

WORLD: South Korea joins space nations with rocket launch

2009-08-25T12:59:36Z

South Korea officially joined the space race when it launched its first rocket

Dictator Kim Jong Il's life 'is in peril from cancer'

2009-07-13T08:43:07Z

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancer which is 'threatening his life'

US, Korea fear a new phase of cyber attacks

2009-07-10T08:18:48Z

A spate of cyber attacks on US and Korean websites that has affected everything from the White House to banks could enter a new phase, experts warned

Japan figures show recovery is still far off

2009-06-26T08:34:16Z

Fresh worries about the recovery of the global economies burst out with fears that Japan's fightback was faltering with massive deflation

North Korea book World Cup spot

2009-06-18T08:06:00Z

Football: North Korea have qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa following a goalless draw in Saudi Arabia

Phorm in �15 million raiser for expansion

2009-06-10T08:14:24Z

Phorm, the controversial technology company which monitors advertising responses on the internet, is raising �15 million through a share placing to fund its expansion in the UK and South Korea

Troubled Charter takes a 17% dive

2009-06-10T12:31:17Z

If there really are green shoots in the global economy, engineering group Charter International certainly isn�t seeing them

WORLD: 1953 truce not valid, says Korea

2009-05-27T06:27:39Z

North Korea raised the stakes in its stand-off with the South by declaring it was no longer bound by the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953

North Korean nuclear test batters shares across Asia

2009-05-26T08:12:20Z

Shares in Asia fell as concerns over North Korea's nuclear programme gripped the region

WORLD: N Korea fires two missiles in show of defiance

2009-05-26T05:41:03Z

North Korea has fired two more shortrange missiles off its east coast, in definace of international condemnation

Actress jailed for the crime of adultery

2008-12-17T10:14:57Z

An actress in South Korea has been given an eight months suspended sentence for committing adultery, which is classified as a criminal offence

Crash, bang, wallop! Every sector takes a hit

2008-10-24T13:12:49Z

HSBC is hit by turmoil in emerging markets

2008-10-24T08:13:27Z

Credit crunch: Fears over the future of developing economies smash shares of emerging market banking giants HSBC and Standard Chartered

Stock markets plunge amid recession fear

2008-10-08T08:45:46Z

Stock markets around the world plunged again today amid growing fears that the financial crisis will turn into a deep global recession

South Korea lends a hand as liquidity woes spread to Asia

2008-10-06T08:24:48Z

Credit crunch: The money-markets crisis spilled into Asia today as the South Korean government said it would intervene to boost liquidity for its banks

Korean stock market gets a fillip from FTSE Group

2008-09-18T10:52:02Z

South Korea has been awarded �developed� status by FTSE Group, enabling its stock market to attract more of the estimated �1.66 trillion in funds that track the group�s global benchmark indexes

Korea bank in talks on Lehman stake

2008-09-02T09:07:52Z

Banking: State-owned Korea Development Bank confirmed it was in talks with struggling Lehman Brothers over a possible joint investment in the U.S. bank with other Korean banks

Asian banks hit by debt held in mortgage giants

2008-07-15T08:43:03Z

Asian stock markets dived amid the clearest signs yet of global contagion from the crisis at US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Lehman 'on the hunt for Korea cash'

2008-06-04T12:12:46Z

Lehman Brothers said to be searching for new investment in another blow to the beleaguered bank

Sainsbury staff share �47m as profits soar

2008-05-14T09:43:35Z

Sainsbury's staff are to share a �47million bonus pot as the supermarket giant celebrates a near 30% leap in annual profits - the culmination of a three-year turnaround plan led by chief executive Justin King

Celine Dion's a smooth operator again after ditching the hairy legs look

2008-03-19T19:29:18Z

Singer Celine Dion has clearly recovered from her less than smooth on-stage moment. Last night the singer appeared in Seoul, South Korea, with a smooth pair of fur-free legs, following last week's fur-pas, when she appeared on-stage looking decidedly hairy

Martial arts thriller falls flat

2007-06-06T23:00:00Z

Despite being viscerally impressive, The City of Violence is a martial arts thriller that lacks punch

Mother of all suffering

2007-05-24T23:00:00Z

Nothing is certain where Cannes juries are concerned. But a Korean actress called Jeon Do-yeon is hot favourite for the best actress award for her performance in Secret Sunshine.

Political undercurrents are hard to comprehend

2007-04-25T23:00:00Z