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EU Raises Prospect of New Sanctions Against NKorea
European Union member states agreed Monday to consider imposing new sanctions on North Korea after it tested its first...
South Korea Proposes Rare Military Talks With North Korea
South Korea has proposed holding military talks with the North, after weeks of heightened tension following...
S. Korea Seeks Rare Talks With North To Ease Military Tensions
South Korea on Monday offered to hold rare military talks with the North, aiming to ease tensions after Pyongyang...
South Korea’s Park Sung-Hyun Wins US Women’s Open
South Korea's Park Sung-Hyun won her first major golf title Sunday, firing her second consecutive five-under par 67 to...
Gay Rights Supporters Parade Amid Rain, Protests In Seoul
Thousands of people celebrated gay rights with song, dance and a march in Seoul Saturday, amid rain and boisterous...
Lee Leads As Trump Arrives At US Women’s Open
South Korea's Lee Jeong-Eun6 fired her second consecutive three-under par 69 to seize the early clubhouse lead in...
China’s Feng Grabs Early Lead At US Women’s Open
China's Feng Shanshan fired a bogey-free six-under-par 66 Thursday to grab a one-stroke lead over South Korean Amy Yang...
S.Korea Raises 2017 GDP Growth Forecast To 2.8%
South Korea's central bank on Thursday tweaked upwards its growth forecast for Asia's fourth-largest economy this year,...
Pride and Prejudice At S.Korea Gay Parade
Thousands of people will march through Seoul to support gay rights in this Saturday's Pride parade, and probably just...
US Seeks To Renegotiate S.Korea Free Trade Deal
The United States formally declared Thursday it wants to renegotiate its free trade agreement with South Korea, as the...
N. Korean Defectors Down As Border Tightened
The number of North Koreans escaping to the South declined sharply in the first half of this year as Pyongyang...
‘Gangnam Style’ Dethroned As Top YouTube Video
"Gangnam Style," the quirky South Korean video that spawned a global dance craze and went so viral it nearly broke...
US Conducts Successful Missile Intercept Test Amid NKorea Tensions
The US military has conducted a successful test of a missile intercept system, officials said Tuesday, as tensions soar...
South Korea’s First Black Model Faces Widespread Racism
A Korean-Nigerian teenager who is rising through the ranks of the fashion world as South Korea's first black model is...
Japan Protests S.Korea’s ‘comfort Women’ Heritage Bid
Japan has lodged a diplomatic protest with South Korea over its support for registering with the United Nations...
S. Korea’s First Black Model Faces Widespread Racism
Teenage male model Han Hyun-Min's long legs and powerful strut have made him a rising star on South Korean catwalks,...
Mosul Loss Huge, But Not Deadly, Blow To ‘caliphate’
Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the...
N. Korea Warns of Nuclear ‘tipping Point’ Over US Bomber Drill
North Korea on Sunday lashed out at a live-fire drill the US and South Korea staged in a show of force against...
US and North Korea Need To Talk — But How?
After North Korea's shock demonstration that it can strike the American mainland with an intercontinental missile, US...