Seoul, South Korea: Better labor management and corporate transparency, cooperation with other companies, developing environmentally friendly vehicles and helping the poor and disabled are among the list of initiatives Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group representatives announced yesterday.  Read article

Seoul, South Korea: More Korean men in their 20s will likely enjoy exemption from compulsory military service under the government's policy to offer benefits to college students.  Read article

Seoul, South Korea: According to the Korean Council of Volunteering (KCV), the outstanding work of volunteers in Taean, South Chungcheong Province, devastated by the nation's largest ever oil leak, will be presented during the 20th International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) World Volunteer Conference from 2-5 April in Panama.  Read article

New York, USA: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke out recently against the killing of two South Korean nationals, one of them an active volunteer, abducted in Afghanistan nearly two weeks ago.  Read article

Seoul, Korea: The second South Korean hostage shot dead by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan was identified on Tuesday as Shim Sung-min, 29, a former IT firm employee who did volunteer work to help the poor.  South Korea's foreign ministry confirmed the body was that of Shim, one of 23 Korean Christians, 18 of them women, taken captive by the Taliban nearly two weeks ago.  Read article