http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-5850-seoul/topic-rss.do Seoul RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23767085-korean-warships-exchange-fire-in-border-skirmish.do Tensions flared between the two Koreas as their warships exchanged naval fire along a disputed western sea border 2009-11-10T11:23:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23755317-footsie-carries-on-its-rise-and-has-5200-point-mark-now-in-sight.do 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 2009-10-12T07:37:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23751751-olympic-highlights.do Prior to the host of the 2016 Olympics being announced we take a look at the most memorable moments from the last six games 2009-10-02T10:12:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23736441-world-south-korea-joins-space-nations-with-rocket-launch.do South Korea officially joined the space race when it launched its first rocket 2009-08-25T12:59:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23732163-is-miuccia-prada-the-next-peggy-guggenheim.do Not content with a multimillion-pound luxury empire and the adulation of the fashion cognoscenti, Miuccia Prada has reinvented herself as an art patron 2009-08-13T14:37:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23722683-darkest-dawn-of-the-century-in-longest-solar-eclipse.do Longest solar eclipse of the 21st century plunges great swathes of Asia into near-darkness after dawn 2009-07-22T08:04:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23721629-bolton-agree-lee-chung-yong-deal.do FC Seoul have agreed terms with Bolton for the sale of 21-year-old winger Lee Chung-yong 2009-07-20T10:47:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23721569-footsie-keeps-up-momentum-as-the-bulls-make-their-mark.do 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 2009-07-20T08:09:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23720785-booming-banks-stoke-hopes-recovery-is-round-the-corner.do 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 2009-07-17T07:58:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23718709-dictator-kim-jong-ils-life-is-in-peril-from-cancer.do North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pancreatic cancer which is 'threatening his life' 2009-07-13T08:43:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23700748-north-korea-threat-has-us-on-alert.do 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 2009-05-28T09:08:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23694458-boris-johnson-uk-will-lead-world-on-electric-cars.do Boris Johnson outlined plans to set up thousands of vehicle charging points across London and make Britain the “electric car capital of Europe” 2009-05-19T07:23:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23658454-uproar-as-foreign-office-helps-koreans-into-2012-jobs.do 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 2009-03-06T09:58:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23648069-desperate-times-in-this-isnt-romance.do 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. 2009-02-20T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23603335-actress-jailed-for-the-crime-of-adultery.do An actress in South Korea has been given an eight months suspended sentence for committing adultery, which is classified as a criminal offence 2008-12-17T10:14:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23577233-a-bloody-aria-is-grimly-amusing.do Shin-yun Won's weird film, A Bloody Aria, proves something about Korean society — but Derek Malcolm isn't quite sure what. 2008-10-22T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23566468-stock-markets-plunge-amid-recession-fear.do Stock markets around the world plunged again today amid growing fears that the financial crisis will turn into a deep global recession 2008-10-08T08:45:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23557181-korean-stock-market-gets-a-fillip-from-ftse-group.do 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 2008-09-18T10:52:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23550947-doubts-on-merrills-prospects-of-selling-its-bad-loans.do <strong>Banking:</strong> 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 2008-09-04T08:01:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23541339-end-of-the-road-for-paula-radcliffe.do Sadly Paula has been through too much to contend for gold in 2012 but Idowu can take the big prize 2008-08-19T08:59:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23538929-lets-face-it-bolt-has-run-his-rivals-into-the-ground.do Matthew Norman salutes Usain Bolt as a true Olympic legend while despairing of Daniel Levy and Tottenham, and the BBC presenters covering the Olympics 2008-08-18T12:45:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23531761-olympian-struggle-for-tennis-as-aces-go-for-life-of-luxury.do Attitude of many tennis stars has once again brought the sport's status as an Olympic event into question 2008-08-13T11:47:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23528527-drugs-chiefs-olympic-fears.do A succession of drugs scandals has destroyed confidence in the Olympics, says the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency 2008-08-07T13:17:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23527521-foster-eyes-2012-games.do Veteran swimmer, now in his fifth Olympics, has not ruled out competing in London - when he will be 42 2008-08-06T08:58:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23487686-shock-and-oar-as-new-show-goes-wayward-at-hayward.do Psycho Buildings at the Hayward Gallery is no Ideal Home Show 2008-05-27T08:59:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23484522-sainsbury-staff-share-47m-as-profits-soar.do 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 2008-05-14T09:43:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23459490-celine-dions-a-smooth-operator-again-after-ditching-the-hairy-legs-look.do 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 2008-03-19T19:29:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23457868-hsbc-in-korea-bank-buy-fight.do Private-equity group Lone Star is said to be demanding a higher price from HSBC for its Korea Exchange Bank 2008-03-18T12:08:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23414902-giant-spider-looms-over-art-lovers.do A giant spider that towers over onlookers at nearly 30ft, has set up home outside Tate Modern. 2007-10-03T13:52:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23387880-dvds-of-the-week.do Borat, The History Boys, cult classic Performance and a mutant monster movie set in Korea are among this week's DVD releases. 2007-03-06T14:57:47Z