Currently there are 11 players from South Korea or of Korean descent on the U.S. PGA Tour.
Prosecutors in South Korea say North Korean hackers were behind an attack that paralysed a leading bank last month.
In all, 1, 830 Japanese women emigrated to North Korea with their Korean husbands during a repatriation programme that ran until 1984.
Although the president reiterated his firm stance on North Korea, South Korean Unification Minister Hyun In Taek met with North Korean unity leader Kim Yang Gon on Saturday.
As a vital ally to South Korea since the Korean war in the 1950s, the United States has pledged military backing to Seoul in the event of an attack by North Korea.
Opposition to the treaty has come especially from European carmakers who have argued the agreement benefits South Korea by allowing Korean manufacturers to reclaim duties paid on cheap imports from neighbouring countries - so-called duty drawback.
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Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art (Republic of Korea): Taekkyeon is a traditional Korean martial art that makes use of fluid, rhythmic dance-like movements to strike an opponent, while teaching consideration and moderation.
The Pentagon views the land mines deployed in Korea as the major deterrent to a North Korean attack on South Korea, where some 37, 000 American soldiers are stationed.
He also told his South Korean counterpart that the US-South Korea alliance was "instrumental in maintaining stability on the Korean peninsula", Pentagon spokesman George Little said in a statement.
South Korea has accused North Korean spies of masterminding a series of high-profile cyber-attacks last month.
America also has extensive business ties with South Korea, with South Korean companies exporting many products to the American market.
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Around 1.5 million households, or about 10% of cable subscribers in South Korea, watched South Korean Shin Ji-yai beat Paula Creamer in playoff at the Kingsmill Championship in Williamsburg, Va.
Jultagi, tightrope walking (Republic of Korea): Traditional Korean Jultagi is a distinctive form of tightrope walking that is accompanied by music and witty dialogue between the tightrope walker and an earthbound clown.
The US has some 28, 000 troops stationed in South Korea under a post-Korean War security alliance.
Another domestic private-equity firm, Rutter Associates Korea, as well as Korean insurers Tongyang Life Insurance Co.
Most Americans don't realize that underlying tensions with North Korea stem from the unresolved Korean War, which ended not with a peace treaty, but only with a temporary armistice.
In its seventh rotation since 2009, government-sponsored Concept Korea has acted as a Korean design incubator of sorts, helping to propel its hand-selected designers to more prominent global standing, higher sales, and wider industry recognition.
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From 1998 to 2002, the SEC alleges, IBM employees in South Korea paid off 16 South Korean government officials, including stuffing cash into shopping bags and IBM envelopes and handing them over in secret meetings in parking lots near an official's office and home.
On Veterans Day 2010, speaking to servicemembers, their families, and American and Korean veterans who served in the Korean War from Yongsan Army Garrison in Seoul, South Korea, President Obama explained some of the ways his Administration is working to make sure veterans have the care and benefits they need when they return home.
He deployed to Korea for two tours during the Korean Conflict when I was very young.
That evening, the Secretary-General, a former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Austria, opened a Korean Community Centre.
South Korea's largest airline, Korean Air, and several major hotels in Seoul, tell CNN there has been no noticeable dip in bookings.
Sohn Byung Doo, vice chairman of South Korea's powerful Federation of Korean Industries, was part of the delegation that accompanied President Kim Dae Jung to Pyongyang for the June summit.
On Friday, Russia - which shares a border with North Korea - summoned US and South Korean envoys to urge them to cancel the exercises, saying Moscow was "deeply concerned" about rising tensions in the region.
There have been fears that because Japan and South Korea compete in similar markets, Korean goods may lose out as a result of the currency moves and that such developments may also hurt South Korea's overall growth.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has refused aid, trade and talks with North Korea until Pyongyang apologizes for its alleged sinking of a South Korean navy ship and shelling of Yeonpyong Island.
During previous periods of inter-Korean tension, North Korea has threatened to close the project.
Draftees from the U.S. with inadequate training were hastily shipped in to South Korea to try to stem the North Korean tide.
Lee wants global investors to join Korean housewives in nurturing Korea's economy through the planned Buy Korea Fund International, which may soon list in New York.
There are concerns that with Japan and South Korea competing in similar markets, South Korean goods may lose out as a result of fluctuations in the currency.
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