FOR two years, I have been banging on about how the "Koreans are coming" and I’m not referring to the military strength of Kim Jong-Un’s recently inherited Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, but to the industrial strength of their hated southern neighbours in the Republic of Korea.

When North Korea carried out its latest nuclear test, people in South Korea had little option but to try and get on with their daily lives, writes Paul Quinn

FIFA have charged a South Korea player after he displayed a flag with a political message during his side’s bronze medal win over Japan in Cardiff.

FOR two years, I have been banging on about how the “Koreans are coming” and I’m not referring to the military strength of Kim Jong-Un’s recently inherited Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, but to the industrial strength of their hated southern neighbours in the Republic of Korea.

SWITZERLAND has topped the rankings in the Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010, pushing the US into second place in the process.

ALMOST 2,900 graduates will be conferred with academic awards at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) in ceremonies at the institute’s College Street campus this week — a record number for the college.

IT’S considered bad form to speak ill of the dead, but I must make an exception regarding US Army General William Westmoreland, who passed away at the age of 91 on July 18.

AN aid group warned yesterday of increasing risks linked to teen pregnancy worldwide, saying as many as a million babies born to young mothers die of childbirth complications each year.

One in 10 babies in the world is born to a teenage mother, greatly increasing the risk of death to both mother and child, humanitarian group Save the Children said today.

2006 World Cup qualifiers draw:

2006 World Cup qualifiers draw:

2006 World Cup qualifiers draw:

2006 World Cup qualifiers draw:

2006 World Cup qualifiers draw:

The global number of internet users is expected to reach 655 million by the end of 2002, up from 500 million at the end of 2001, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said.

Ballack’s moment of despair came on 71 minutes when he was cautioned for a foul outside the area on Lee.

Michael Ballack put aside his disappointment at being suspended for the World Cup Final by scoring the goal which took Germany there.

HUNDREDS of thousands of ecstatic South Koreans roared and danced with uncontained joy in the heart of their capital last night after their team stunned Italy to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time.