South Korean officials are confirming an election result that has been expected for weeks. Former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak has apparently won the presidency by about half of the popular vote. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul.

Nigerians are celebrating the spectacular victory of the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria over the U-17 national team of Spain at the 12th FIFA U-17 World Cup Tournament, on Sunday, September 9, 2007, in the Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea. And this makes it the third time that Nigerian has won the FIFA Under-17 World Cup Tournament.

Seoul today reiterated that there is a limit to its powers in seeking a resolution to the hostage crisis involving 21 South Korean aid workers held by Taliban militants in Afghanistan.

A delegation of high-ranking North Korean officials is in the South Korean capital for talks aimed at improving cooperation between the two countries. VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul that Pyongyang's failure to meet a deadline for halting some of its nuclear-weapons production has given authorities in Seoul second thoughts about sending aid to the North.