NEW DELHI ― In the face of spreading civil unrest among China’s Uighur population, the Chinese government’s love-fest with its all-weather ally, Pakistan, may be starting to sour. Indeed, the authori...sing at the same rate as China’s GDP, the traditional ethnic-minority lands have become the country’s Achilles heel. Uighurs, Tibetans, and Mongolians in China face a stark choice: fight for their ri...

Turkey urges Damascus to stop violence, U.S. will demand Assad to go BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian President Bashar Assad came under a new barrage of international pressure Tuesday with the Turkish foreign m...oad diplomatic push to stop the killings. Diplomatic pressure has done little so far to stop Syria’s regime, a close ally of Iran that is used to international isolation. But Davutoglu’s visit was a...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ― Though he’s not officially a candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s visits this weekend to three important presidential nominating states threaten to overshadow any lift his would...m a big week in Iowa. Perry’s expected entrance into the Republican race looms large over Saturday’s Iowa straw poll and a nationally televised debate two days earlier ― and he’s not participating in...

...ps who died on his watch. Sadness hung everywhere. For Obama, it was a day to deal with the nation’s single deadliest day of the decade-long war in Afghanistan. For the families of the 30 Americans w...down, and the face behind it, Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden, was killed months ago by elite U.S. forces. Saturday’s blow claimed 22 Navy SEALs from the same special forces team that pulled off ...

Grand Korea Leisure has said it named former Paju Mayor Ryoo Hwa-sun as the new CEO at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday. Ryoo received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Seoul National University and an MBA from Sogang University. GKL CEO Ryoo Hwa-su (GKL) He served as managing editor of the Korea Economic Daily, CEO of Korea Economic Daily TV and a member of the presid...

...ams that celebrate non-fiction films worldwide. The official poster of EIDF 2011 (EIDF) This year’s theme is “Be the Voice,” and over 660 films from 83 countries were submitted for consideration. A ...iest who suggests making a film about the famous Biblical figure Samson. A scene from the festival’s opening film, “How Are You Doing, Rudolf Ming?” by Latvian director Roberts Lubins. (EIDF) There ...

...lying support for the United Nations’ development goals. Hosted by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s key wire service, the show features more than 80 award-winning works by photojournalists and freel...ountries. Their depictions of human suffering and environmental threats serve to highlight the U.N.’s eight Millennium Development Goals, which include freedom from extreme poverty and hunger, achieve...

...r Korean name “Nuntteugo Cobein,” roughly translated as “nose cut off with the eyes open.” The band’s name did not come from Kurt Cobain, the late front man of Nirvana, the members said, but they felt...d, formed in 2002 is to hold its first solo concert “Pop to the High” on Aug. 14 at Sangsang Madang’s Live Hall in Seoul. “It’s our first solo show after releasing three studio albums. The set list w...

Korean students from top U.S. and Canadian universities have helped less fortunate young people here reach for their dreams this summer. The newly established Teach for Korea has offered free tutori...cally disadvantaged students from four Seoul schools. Graduates and students from world-renowned U.S. institutions including Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania Universities are helping with the non-p...