‘NANO KOREA 2009′ Comes to Korea on August 26th

September 21st, 2009 Welcome to First Online Nano-Globe Conference & Exhibition that will be held simultaneously on 6 Continents from 22 to 25 March, 2010 in Fully Equipped Virtual Rooms of the Global Web-Expo Centre. This is the fist truly International Event designed by the highest level specialists throughout the Globe and aimed to strengthen the research and the innovation based cooperation on international scale.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - - KT, SK Telecom and LG Telecom join forces to provide new enhanced services for customers incorporating GSMA's Rich Communication Suite key features The GSMA today announced that the world's first interoperable enhanced communication service incorporating key elements of the GSMA's Rich Communication Suite (RCS) specifications is now a live commercial service in South Korea. The GSMA's RCS initiative is supported by some of the world's leading handset vendors, core network vendors and mobile operators including KT, and SK Telecom, who joined the initiative to provide an interoperable service solution in South Korea.

May 31st, 2009 BEIJING - From June 1 to July 31, 2009, you will earn 30% extra bonus mileage on all Asiana scheduled flights between China and Korea. Just simply register, purchase and complete a qualifying flight.

May 26th, 2009 SEOUL, South Korea - Mayors of major metropolitan cities around the world adopted the "Seoul Declaration" at the Third C40 Large Cities Climate Summit held last week in the capital city of Korea. Announced on the final day of the three-day Summit, the Declaration calls on major cities to convert into low-carbon areas by cutting greenhouse gas emissions to the largest extent possible.

May 18th, 2009 BEIJING and TOKYO - iSoftStone Holdings Limited (iSoftStone), a global provider of consulting, IT outsourcing, and business process outsourcing services, announced its strengthened commitment to its Japan- and Korea-based clients, to continue to help them meet their needs for business & technology solutions delivered from China. As part of that commitment, iSoftStone has asked that Juro Nakauchi, previously a corporate advisor to iSoftStone, to assume the role of Chairman for the Japan & Korea Business Group.

May 11th, 2009 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Exclusive Representative for Middle East North Africa Region XUREX Inc., a leading manufacturer of True-Nano penetrating sealers, today announced it has entered into an exclusive representation agreement with TOTE International, LLC, a market development concern with interests in True-Nano materials sciences, advanced security, medical technologies, and modularized SIPS housing. Under the agreement TOTE will promote, market, distribute, implement and support Xurex's innovative True-Nano penetrating sealers through channel relationships with distributors across the MENA region.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - Top Asian universities have been evaluated in the first regional ranking from QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, the compilers of the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings. Five countries dominate the top 10 places in the QS.com Asian University Rankings: Rank Institution Country 1 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 2 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 3 University of Tokyo Japan 4 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 5 Kyoto University Japan 6 Osaka University Japan 7 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & South Korea Technology 8 Seoul National University South Korea 9 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 10= National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 10= Peking University China Top Asian universities in the remaining six countries featured in the QS.com Asian University Rankings: Rank Institution Country 22 National Taiwan University Taiwan 30= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India 30= Mahidol University Thailand 39 Universiti Malaya Malaysia 50 University of Indonesia Indonesia 63= University of the Philippines Philippines Nunzio Quacquarelli, Managing Director of QS explains: "The results of the QS.com Asian University Rankings focus on regionally relevant measures of excellence, with the top performing universities distinguished not only by quality, but also by high productivity of research, compared to their regional peers." Ben Sowter, Head of Research at QS adds, "The advantage of these regional rankings is in the richer picture we can create when comparing universities at a regional rather than global level, through the inclusion of additional factors.

April 16th, 2009 VIENNA - The Austrian owners are looking forward to the lottery draw of their luxury house in Palma de Mallorca and proudly announce that 14.000 tickets have already been reserved. A total of 15.999 tickets will be sold and anybody still dreaming of winning a luxury house in the south can still buy one or more tickets through the internet under: www.hausverlosungmallorca.com, www.housetombola.com, www.rifomicasamallorca.com.

April 6th, 2009 BERLIN - The photovoltaic (PV) industry is a pillar of the strong German-Korean economic partnership, one that is expected to strengthen as the Korean PV market expands. The strong cooperation between the two nations will be a focus of this year's Green Energy Expo 2009, the largest PV conference in Korea.

March 24th, 2009 PHILADELPHIA - Global Intellectual Property Analysis Finds Foreign Companies Dominate List of Top Ten U.S. Innovators While Chinese, European, Japanese and Korean Rankings Showcase Homegrown Technologies The IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters released the results of its 2008 Global Innovation Study today, analyzing the leading innovators by key region over the last year.

July 31st, 2009 SEOUL - South Korea will import Russian gas as part of a $100-billion pact signed by the two countries in September last year, WAM news agency reported Friday. South Korean Economy Minister Lee Yoon-ho will visit Russia in August to discuss the matter in detail, the report said.

August 31st, 2009 PYONGYANG - US and South Korean spy planes conducted over 170 reconnaissance missions over North Korea in August, the official media reported Monday citing a military source. Some 90 flights were conducted by the US, which used the RC-135, U-2 and E-3 reconnaissance aircraft over waters near the northeastern part of South Korea, while South Korea was responsible for at least 80 flights, the Korean Central News Agency said.

May 27th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Wednesday warned it will respond militarily to South Korea joining a US-led initiative to intercept ships carrying illicit weapons, the South Korean Yonhap news agency said.

April 21st, 2009 SEOUL - A South Korean delegation reached North Korea Tuesday morning to participate in talks amid mounting tensions in the Korean Peninsula. 'The delegation has crossed the border,' a spokesman of South Korea's Unification Ministry said.

April 19th, 2009 SEOUL - The South Korean government Sunday said that it has decided to accept Pyongyang's offer for holding inter-Korean talks next week. It will be the first governmental talks between South Korea and North Korea since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in February last year.

January 16th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons programme under US threat, a foreign ministry spokesman said here Saturday. 'If there is something to be desired by us (North Korea), it is not normalisation of relations with the US, but to boost nuclear deterrent in every possible way,' the official KCNA news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.

February 26th, 2009 KOLKATA - Global auto major Tata Motors Thursday announced that the much-awaited Tata Nano will be launched in Mumbai March 23. Tata Nano is world's cheapest car priced at around Rs.100,000.

March 6th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Thursday indirectly threatened to shoot down South Korean passenger aircraft in its airspace, amid growing tension on the Korean peninsula. North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea made the threat as the US and South Korea prepared to undertake joint military exercises next Monday.

September 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested the US is prepared to engage in direct talks with North Korea to encourage the communist country to rejoin negotiations over its nuclear programme. But Clinton said there had been no formal decision on whether to accept a North Korean invitation for the US special envoy Stephen Bosworth to travel to Pyongyang.

February 18th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea Thursday said its army was ready for an 'an all-out confrontation' with South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported. The Lee Myung-bak administration of South Korea, which is trying to find a way-out of its serious inner crisis through escalating confrontation with North Korea, will meet 'the merciless and stern punishment by the army and people of North Korea,' a military spokesman for Korean People's Army (KPA) said.