Hwang Woo-suk, 56, was once considered a national hero in South Korea and a leading researching in cloning. However, he was later exposed and disgraced as it was revealed he made false claims about his research. On Monday, he was convicted for various charges associated with his work, but he will not serve prison time.

Despite a proposal by its southern neighbor on Monday, North Korea test-fired five more short-range missiles off its east coast. Thus continues the saber-rattling North Korea has been doing of late.

South Korea launched its first rocket blasted into space on Tuesday following an aborted attempt last week. Unlike rival's North Korea own launch, which months ago drew much international ire, the South's launch drew applause, not rancor.

Kim Dae-jung, ex- President of South Korea, who had been hospitalized with pneumonia since last month, has died. He died shortly after 1:40 PM at the age of 85.

South Korea reported on Saturday that North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast. The launches are a violation of U.N. resolutions and come on Fourth of July in the United States, perhaps serving as a message.

Ex South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has died in an apparent suicide. Mr. Roh fell to his death Saturday from a mountain cliff. The former president was facing an intense corruption investigation.

South Korea says North Korea must immediately withdraw an implicit threat it made this week to civilian airliners. Major airlines have adjusted their routes. South Korean Unification Ministry Spokesman Kim Ho-nyoun said Friday, North Korea must immediately move to ease worries it has caused about regional air travel.

U.S. President George Bush has arrived in Seoul, South Korea on the first leg of an Asian trip that will also take him to Thailand, and China - for the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics.

South Korean officials have issued their first formal response to recent moves by North Korea, labeling some of the North's recent statements "inappropriate." The exchange comes as high-level American and South Korean envoys warn time is running out in diplomacy to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak got straight to diplomacy on his first afternoon in office. As VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports, he promised the visiting U.S. Secretary of State he would improve on the outgoing administration's ties with the United States.

New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office Monday with a promise to boost prosperity not only in his own country but in communist North Korea as well provided the communist state abandons its nuclear weapons.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met Chinese President Hu Jintao's special envoy Tang Jiaxuan in Seoul Monday to discuss relations between China and South Korea and major international issues of common concern.