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Daewoo, Paramount Pictures plan film theme park in South Korea

Daewoo, Paramount Pictures plan film theme park in South KoreaSeoul - South Korean automotive group Daewoo announced plans Tuesday to build a film theme park in South Korea together with US film company Paramount Pictures at a cost of 1.5 billion dollars.

Daewoo's car dealership unit, Daewoo Motor Sales, would enter into a joint venture with the East Gate Entertainment LLC company to finance and operate the park, to be built by the year 2011.

Seoul: Stalled North Korea nuclear talks could resume by June

Seoul  - Stalled six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programme could resume at the beginning of June, South Korea's lead negotiator said Friday after progress with Pyongyang on resolvi

Shares close gain more than 2 per cent in Seoul

Seoul - Shares leaped to their highest level in more than four months Thursday on the Seoul stock exchange following gains on Wall Street.

Aid group says people dying in new North Korean famine

North KoreaSeoul  - People have begun to starve to death in famine-plagued North Korea, where foo

North Korea nuclear documents focus on three facilities, South says

Seoul - Documents that North Korea has handed over to a visiting US envoy are primarily devoted to describing the operation of three facilities at its nuclear centre in Yongbyon, South Korean offic

Grande dame of Korean literature dies at 81

Seoul  -  Park Kyung Ni, one of South Korea's best-known novelists, died Monday at 81, the Culture, Sport and Tourism Ministry said.

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