Seoul - Shares were down sharply Wedne

Seoul -

Seoul - Shares rallied Tuesday on the Seoul stock exchange, tracking gains in the United States, as investors hoped that global efforts to contain the worldwide financial turmoil would pay off.

The benchmark Kospi index soared 79.16 points, or 6.1 per cent, to close at 1,367.69.

Advancing issues outpaced decliners 797 to 68.

The main index of the technology-heavy Kosdaq market rose 7.65 per cent to 396.32.

Seoul - Shares were sharply up Mo

Seoul - South Korea on Sunday welcomed the US government decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist, saying the move promised important progress towards resolving the dispute over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

South Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Sook said he now expected the case to be that North Korea would soon resume work to dismantle its controversial nuclear facilities.

London, Oct. 11 : India, South Korea and Taiwan should join the global trend and immediately establish a moratorium on the death penalty, the rights group Amnesty International has said.

In an appeal to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty, Amnesty said these three nations had stopped executing criminals in recent years and should make that move official, setting an example for the rest of Asia.