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• Lady Gaga meets Thailand's 'lady boys'

  just hours after her arrival in Bangkok.Lady Gaga's Asian tour has generated publicity and often controversy at nearly every stop.In Seoul, fans younger than 18 were banned from Lady Gaga's concerts after Christian groups complained that her lyrics and costumes   Read more »

• NKorea vows to push ahead with nuclear program

  our peace-loving efforts, we will be left with no option but to take countermeasures for self-defense," the North's Foreign Ministry statement said.___Associated Press writers Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul and Alexa Olesen in Beijing contributed to this report.   Read more »

• SKorea asks China about NKorean missile carrier

  Korea used the vehicle to unveil a new long-range missile on Sunday.A South Korean Foreign Ministry official said Friday that Seoul was checking with China to see whether it was the provider.The official spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the diplomatic   Read more »

• For Obama abroad, side issues tend to befall him

  confiding he couldn't stand working with the Israeli leader. But while briefly embarrassing it wasn't wholly revelatory.In Seoul last month, another live mic caught Obama suggesting to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would be able to negotiate a   Read more »

• Technology writer joins AP's Seoul bureau

  in Benin."Lee will bring fresh ideas and perspective to our coverage of technology in South Korea and Asia," Wright said.In Seoul, she joins a team of reporters, photographers and video journalists covering a country that has become one of Asia's most advanced   Read more »

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• Seoul Warns North Korea Of 'Firm' Actions - PostChronicle.com

  North Korea's nuclear and missile systems pose a grave threat to the region and could be met with a firm response, the South Korean foreign minister said. North Korea tried to send a satellite into orbit using a long-range rocket in April, ending a morator 50 m ago from The Post Chronicle Read more »

• Is it time to ditch the trolley buses?

  This electric bus is part of a world-first initiative by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, which began running a fleet of full-size battery buses on the Mt Namsan circular routes in December. This is the first time that battery electric buses have been used 1:21 PM from Stuff.co.nz Read more »

• Billionaire Family Feuds: The High Stakes Of Dysfunction And Dissent

  high profile family feud involving one of the world’s richest people landed in court in Seoul earlier this week. Lawyers for South Korea’s richest person, and best known businessman, Samsung’s Lee Kun-Hee, went to court to defend three lawsuits brought against 11:38 AM from Forbes Blogs Read more »

• Horton did it all for Seoul American

  South Korea – A huge hit to begin a rally, a walk-off game-winning hit, a clutch start or relief appearance when needed most … Seoul American’s Chris Horton delivered all that and more in last week’s Far East High School Division I Baseball Tournament. The 11:00 AM from Stars and Stripes Read more »

• Seoul nixes project to build landmark building

  in the Digital Media Center in Seoul was nixed due to the main constructor’s failure to pay for its purchase of the land plot, Seoul City said Friday. The metropolitan government began the project in April 2009 when it signed a land purchase deal with the 9:54 AM from The Jakarta Post Read more »