SKorean president to donate most of his personal wealth to scholarship program

September 9th, 2009 The Fair and Lovely Scholarship programme entered its 7th year with yet another set of wonderful young women striving to fulfill their dream of a higher education. The experience of the interview itself was one of awe for the many girls who came to Mumbai from far-flung areas of Maharashtra.

August 13th, 2009 SKorean worker held in NKorea returns to SouthSEOUL, South Korea — An official says that a South Korean freed by the North after months in detention has crossed the border into the South. Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-ju said that Yoo Seong-jin returned home late Thursday and will soon arrive at a South Korean immigration control center near the border.

August 3rd, 2009 SKorean envoy to meet US officials over NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's nuclear envoy will meet key U.S. diplomats in charge of North Korea policy in Hawaii this week to talk about how to handle the communist country in the wake of its latest nuclear and missile tests, his office said Monday.

July 13th, 2009 Chinese, SKorean envoys meet for NKorea talksSEOUL, South Korea — Top nuclear negotiators for China and South Korea held discussions Monday on how to break the impasse in negotiations over North Korea's atomic program, as South Korea's president called for a get-tough approach on Pyongyang. North Korea quit the six-nation nuclear negotiations in April in anger over a U.N.

July 12th, 2009 Chinese envoy to hold talks with SKorean officialsSEOUL, South Korea — China's top nuclear envoy has arrived in South Korea as part of diplomatic efforts to revive the stalled talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei arrived in Seoul on Sunday after visiting Russia, the U.S.

June 15th, 2009 SKorean president arrives for talks with ObamaWASHINGTON — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has arrived for talks with President Barack Obama that will be dominated by a nuclear standoff with North Korea. Lee arrived in Washington on Monday and will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

May 21st, 2009 PIETERMARITZBURG - The Indian Premier League scholarship programme could not have come at a better time for eight-year-old S'bonga Zuma, who only started school at the Bisley Park Primary School here this year. Having lost his mother just a week ago, the little boy is now in the care of his elderly grandmother and there was great concern about his schooling.

April 26th, 2009 SKorean prosecutors to quiz ex-president this weekSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors will summon former President Roh Moo-hyun for questioning this week on suspicion that he took millions of dollars from a detained businessman at the center of a widening corruption scandal, an official said Sunday. Prosecutors already questioned Roh's family members, including his wife and son, earlier this month regarding allegations they accepted a total of $6 million from the businessman when Roh served as president in 2003-2008.

April 24th, 2009 LONDON - British pop stars and music producers are feeling the pinch - relatively speaking - from falling property and share prices in the current recession, it was reported Friday. According to the 2009 Sunday Times Rich List, published in online services Friday, some stars have lost about a quarter of their wealth over the past year.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A young footballer from Goa has been chosen to kick off the first Gary Lineker Football Scholarship. Lesten Martins, 15, who will travel to Britain Thursday to train with Leicester City Football Club and sample the life of a professional footballer in this country, said, 'I can't wait to get to England and train with Leicester City.

April 22nd, 2009 SKorean prosecutors send questions to ex-presidentSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors sent written questions to former President Roh Moo-hyun on Wednesday about his alleged involvement in a widening corruption scandal. Earlier this month, prosecutors questioned Roh's wife, son and another relative on suspicion they accepted $6 million from a detained businessman when Roh served as president in 2003-2008.

February 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ten Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) students Saturday received Honda Motor's Young Engineers and Scientists (YES) awards here for excellence in the field of science and technology. M.G.K. Menon, advisor with the Indian Space Research Organisation, presented the awards to the 10 students, selected from five IITs on the basis of their performances.

February 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - As a first step towards launching a portfolio management services subsidiary, the city-based Indian Bank launched wealth management advisory services to its high net worth clients, said a top official. 'As per a study done in 2007, around $250 billion investible surplus is available in India and this figure will go up to $1 trillion by 2012,' the bank's chairman and managing director M.S.

February 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, and ESIGELEC-School of Engineering Rouen of France have entered into an agreement to promote research and academic exchange, it was announced here Wednesday. ESIGELEC will also establish centre for automation and instrumentation and embedded systems on the campus of the NIT-Warangal.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Seeking to set aside the controversy over official disclosure of judges' wealth, Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan Friday said he was not averse to the judges of the higher judiciary declaring their assets.