Work on the Saemangeum Seawall--the longest man-made dyke in the world--has officially been completed, South Korean officials announced on Tuesday.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will head a new council intended to combat the economic downturn, a government spokesman said. The council made up of bank officials and economic ministers will meet weekly in an Emergency Economic Situation Room, which presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan called

Newly-elected South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's entire Cabinet offered to resign Tuesday over the unpopular decision to resume U.S. beef imports. Prime Minister Han Seung-soo and the Cabinet took responsibility for the decision in April to lift unconditionally a ban on U.S.

S.Korean president's proposal of revising presidential terms triggers debate SEOUL, Jan.