Rates of breast cancer in Japan, Singapore and South Korea are now three times what they were forty years ago.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

The Institute of International Education in New York says last year's top five were India, China, South Korea, Japan and Canada.

VOA: special.2009.01.08

Douglas MacArthur was appointed commander of the United Nations forces in South Korea.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The president will visit Japan, China,South Korea and Singapore, where a summit of 21 Asia-Pacific economies will take place.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

And often there is a big gap between the two and South Korea is a good example of that."

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

South Korea comes in 31st. Anholt says effect of poor images is that nations cannot command high prices for their products.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

South Korea's Wi says even a satellite launch is troubling, in the tense context of the North's weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

North Korea denies responsibility. These war games are a direct response to the sinking of the South Korean vessel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Wi Sung-lac is South Korea's chief delegate to international talks aimed at getting rid of North Korea's nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

And for South Korea, where exports are the backbone of the economy, being well regarded abroad is all the more important.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

However,the zone encountered problems when North Korea became upset with the conservative policies of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

South Korea's Unification Ministry says Pyongyang's launch of at least five short-range missiles did not affect Tuesday's agreementto hold talks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

Lee is the director general of the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, tasked with enhancing South Korea's prestige abroad.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Choi Kang is director of American studies at the Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security in South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Ambassador Stephen Bosworth met Monday with South Korea's six-party talks negotiator Wi Sung-lac ahead of his trip to North Korea on Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

North and South Korea have another day of talks scheduled for Friday, at the border-straddling village of Panmunjeom.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Chafee Aegis Destroyer,docked in South Korea as part of an annual joint military drill with the South's forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

North Korea warned last month that it would view South Korea's full participation as a declaration of war.

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The South's Minister Hyun says he finds it particularly disturbing that North Korea has not mentioned the loss of six South Korean lives.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

North Korea opened floodgates Sunday morning on a hydropower dam on its side of the North-South border.

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"According to my research, people actually are not sure of the difference between South and North Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

But sparkling is not always the image of South Korea that is shown in international media.

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Online attacks are an increasing problem in South Korea, one of the world's most connected nations.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

Park Sung-woo is a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea's military.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

"Whenever Korea is mentioned, whether you say South Korea, Korea,or Republic of Korea, unfortunately, their more famous neighbor plays into that one way or another,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

There will be more bilateral talks on Thursday, on the sidelines of the economic summit, with the leaders of South Korea, India and Saudi Arabia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

North and South Korea remain technically at war, with only a 1953 armistice pausing the three-year war that followed North Korea's invasion of the South.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

And that's part of the reason why South Korea scores badly in the index."

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Another difficulty for democratic South Korea's global image is that it is often overshadowed by North Korea, one of the most repressive governments in the world.

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