6-Jul-2006
More Korean automobiles and more Korean auto parts will roll into the United States if South Korea and the US reach a free trade agreement, government officials and auto industry sources said Thursday.
6-Jul-2006
More than half of all South Koreans have a negative view of their government's free trade talks with the United States, according to a poll released Thursday.
4-Jul-2006
China will recognize products from the joint-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in the North as made in South Korea, a high-ranking government official in Seoul said Monday.
4-Jul-2006
The People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy and the Lawyers for a Democratic Society, two of South Korea's most influential civic groups, urged the government to publicize the content and proceedings of its ongoing talks with the United States for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA).
3-Jul-2006
It is important to set up measures supporting those to be damaged by the free trade agreement (FTA) and induce national consensus to turn the FTA into a new growth engine, the president of the Dominican Republic said Saturday.
3-Jul-2006
Canada has urged South Korea to remove tariffs on beef and pork as part of envisioned bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), government officials said Monday.
3-Jul-2006
To express its opposition to a free trade agreement (FTA) that South Korea is negotiating with the United States, one of the nation's major umbrella unions on Monday vowed to launch a general strike on the day of the talks between the two countries.
30-Jun-2006
The CEO of the world's largest financial services company, Citigroup's Charles Prince, announced that he is not too concerned with the Korean sentiment against foreign assets in Korea, June 29.
29-Jun-2006
Starting July 1, South Korea will reduce the quota for the number of days domestic movies must be screened in local theaters. The move follows a requirement from Washington that the quota be reduced in order to begin free trade negotiations with Seoul.
29-Jun-2006
A public hearing about the free trade agreement (FTA) being negotiated with the United States came to an abrupt end when protesters opposed to the deal interrupted the meeting. It is unfortunate that the hearing could not be an open forum for the exchange of opinion.