Seoul - A South Korean court Monday acquitted a man who had stood accused of damaging the country's economy with his critical reports as a blogger.

The court said it could not be proven that the man's articles had contained intentionally erroneous information.

Even if he had known the information was false, it could not be proven that he intentionally was seeking to damage the country's economy, the judge was cited by the Yonhap agency as saying.

Seoul - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak called a meeting Monday of the members of his cabinet responsible for security, a day before the first talks between North and South Korea in more than a year.

The focus of the meeting was the inter-Korean discussions planned for Tuesday in North Korea and security issues, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing a government official in Seoul.

Seoul - North Korea proposed talks next week with South Korea over their jointly run industrial park in the North, Seoul said Saturday amid heightened tensions on the peninsula.

The meeting was suggested for Tuesday at the industrial complex at Kaesong near the inter-Korean border, South Korea's Unification Ministry said.

The South plans to accept the proposal, the domestic news agency Yonhap reported, citing an official at the presidential office.

The meeting would mark the first such inter-Korean dialogue since March 2008.

Seoul  - South Korea's government has not written off the six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme although Pyongyang withdrew from the negotiations, South Korea's prime minister said Wednesday.

"We think that six-party talks are the only forum where the North Korean nuclear issue can be discussed and be solved," Han Seong Soo said in an interview with the German Press Agency dpa in Seoul, a day after North Korea vowed never to participate in the talks again.

Seoul - Hyundai is showcasing its Blue-Will hybrid concept study with plug-in technology and a panoramic roof with integrated solar cells for additional power to the battery at the Seoul Motor Show. The Blue-Will has a 1.6-litre petrol engine and an additional 100 kW electric engine with a continuously variable transmission sending power to the wheels.

The lithium ion polymer battery packs are fitted with the petrol tank underneath the rear seats. They can be charged from any electric plug.

Seoul, Apr. 14 : The South Korean government has for first time officially admitted that the rocket fired by the DPRK (Democratic People''s Republic of Korea) last week followed the trajectory of a satellite.

South Korea''s Yonhap News Agency and China's official Xinhua news agency quoted South Korean Defence Minister Lee Sang-hee as saying: "The rocket launched by the North followed the trajectory of a satellite and later separated in its final two stages before crashing into the Pacific Ocean."