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Footsie carries on its rise and has 5200-point mark now in sight

12.10.09

Shares were being squeezed yet higher today with the 5200 support now clearly in sight for stock market bulls, despite the closure of several markets, including Tokyo and Wall Street, this afternoon ... more

Olympic Highlights

02.10.09

Prior to the host of the 2016 Olympics being announced we take a look at the most memorable moments from the last six games... more

WORLD: South Korea joins space nations with rocket launch

25.08.09

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

Is Miuccia Prada the next Peggy Guggenheim?

14.08.09

Not content with a multimillion-pound luxury empire and the adulation of the fashion cognoscenti, Miuccia Prada has reinvented herself as an art patron... more

Darkest dawn of the century in longest solar eclipse

22.07.09

Longest solar eclipse of the 21st century plunges great swathes of Asia into near-darkness after dawn... more

Bolton agree Lee Chung-yong deal

20.07.09

FC Seoul have agreed terms with Bolton for the sale of 21-year-old winger Lee Chung-yong... more

Footsie keeps up momentum as the bulls make their mark

20.07.09

The bulls are back in town. After the stock market enjoyed its best week this year last week, with the FTSE 100 gaining 6.3%, shares in London were on the rise again today ... more

Also-rans try to get in the running for 2012 Olympics

20.07.09

London Olympics are three years away, but these athletes are already getting ready by training on an East End running track... more

Booming banks stoke hopes recovery is round the corner

17.07.09

Banks were on the radar again today as the City braced itself for results from Bank of America and Citigroup following decent figures from Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan ... more

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

13.07.09

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

North Korea threat has US on alert

28.05.09

South Korean and US troops raised their alert to the highest level since 2006 after North Korea renounced its peace treatyof 1953 that ended the country's war and threatened to attack ships that intercept its vessels... more

Boris Johnson: UK will lead world on electric cars

19.05.09

Boris Johnson outlined plans to set up thousands of vehicle charging points across London and make Britain the �electric car capital of Europe�... more

Uproar as Foreign Office helps Koreans into 2012 jobs

06.03.09

Gordon Brown faced fresh troubles over jobs for British workers after it emerged that the Government is actively backing foreign firms to win contracts for the London Olympics... more

Desperate times in This isn't Romance

20.02.09

The ending doesn't convince and questions are unanswered but what compels is the sense of the toxic cocktail of guilt in This isn't Romance.... more

Actress jailed for the crime of adultery

17.12.08

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

A Bloody Aria is grimly amusing

23.10.08

Shin-yun Won's weird film, A Bloody Aria, proves something about Korean society � but Derek Malcolm isn't quite sure what.... more

Stock markets plunge amid recession fear

08.10.08

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

Korean stock market gets a fillip from FTSE Group

18.09.08

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... more

Doubts on Merrill�s prospects of selling its bad loans

04.09.08

Banking: Doubts are growing over Merrill Lynch�s prospects for selling its bad loans, with Korea Asset Management (KAM) saying talks are faltering because of a disagreement over price... more

End of the road for Paula Radcliffe

19.08.08

Sadly Paula has been through too much to contend for gold in 2012 but Idowu can take the big prize... more

Let's face it, Bolt has run his rivals into the ground

18.08.08

Matthew Norman salutes Usain Bolt as a true Olympic legend while despairing of Daniel Levy and Tottenham, and the BBC presenters covering the Olympics... more

Olympian struggle for tennis as aces go for life of luxury

13.08.08

Attitude of many tennis stars has once again brought the sport's status as an Olympic event into question... more

Drugs chief's Olympic fears

07.08.08

A succession of drugs scandals has destroyed confidence in the Olympics, says the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency... more

Foster eyes 2012 Games

06.08.08

Veteran swimmer, now in his fifth Olympics, has not ruled out competing in London - when he will be 42 ... more

Shock and oar as new show goes wayward at Hayward

27.05.08

Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery is no Ideal Home Show... more

Sainsbury staff share �47m as profits soar

14.05.08

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... more

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

19.03.08

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 ... more