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Korean businesses hasten entry into Iranian market

Feb 29, 2016

Korean administrators rushed to Iran over the weekend to resume the Korea-Iran Joint Economic Committee meeting after a decade, with the business delegation hoping to reap economic benefits from the ...
3 stabbed when violence erupts at KKK rally in California

World NewsFeb 28, 2016

Police officers investigate the scene near Pearson Park in Anaheim, California, on Feb. 27 after three counter-protesters were stabbed while clashing with Ku Klux Klan members staging a rally. Thirte...
China to follow U.N. resolution on North: nuke envoy

North KoreaFeb 28, 2016

China's chief nuclear envoy, who arrived in Seoul on Sunday for talks with key South Korean officials on the North, said Beijing will faithfully carry out the upcoming U.N. resolution aimed at imposi...
Light aircraft crashes in western Seoul, kills 2

Social affairsFeb 28, 2016

A light aircraft crashed at Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul, sources said Sunday, killing two on board after losing communication shortly after takeoff. Firefighters said the plane cras...
Lotte Duty Free workers call for license extension

IndustryJan 11, 2016

Unionists of Lotte Duty Free on Monday urged Finance Minister nominee Yoo Il-ho to extend the state license to continue operating its Jamsil store in southeast Seoul for another five years from the s...
S. Korea returns 3 rescued N. Korean fishermen

Social affairsDec 29, 2015

The South Korean government said Tuesday it repatriated three North Korean fishermen who were rescued in the East Sea this week. "Our Coast Guard found a North Korean boat drifting in the East Sea a...
Gov't seeks victims' understanding over 'comfort women' deal

Social affairsDec 29, 2015

South Korea's No. 2 diplomats met with victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery Tuesday to seek their understanding over a controversial deal aimed at ending the two countries' dispute over the crim...
Christmas wildfire destroys more than 100 homes in Australia

WorldDec 26, 2015

SYDNEY (AP) _ More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia, forcing thousands to flee their hom...
Top Syrian rebel killed in airstrike near Damascus

WorldDec 26, 2015

BEIRUT (AP) _ One month before peace talks are scheduled to begin between the Syrian government and opposition rebel groups, a Syrian airstrike killed a top rebel commander in the outskirts Damascus,...
China expels French reporter who questioned terrorism

WorldDec 26, 2015

BEIJING (AP) _ China said Saturday it will not renew press credentials for a French journalist, effectively expelling her following a harsh media campaign against her for questioning the official lin...
Banks to remove over 100 bank outlets next year

Dec 26, 2015

Five mainstream banks in South Korea plan to shut down more than 100 branches next year amid the growing popularity of on-line banking services, industries sources said Saturday. Woori Bank, the No....
China-led AIIB to start providing loans in mid-2016

Dec 26, 2015

The Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is expected to start offering loans to foreign countries in the middle of next year, a Chinese state media outlet reported on Saturday. Th...
'Comfort women' photographer wins lawsuit against Nikon

Social affairsDec 26, 2015

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese court on Friday ordered camera maker Nikon to pay damages to a South Korean photographer whose Tokyo exhibition on Japanese wartime sex slaves was temporarily cancelled, the ...
Christmastime tornadoes ravage US South, killing at least 14

WorldDec 26, 2015

Charles and Daisy Johnson, of Benton County, Miss., left, survey the damage to their home, Thursday. The couple were temporarily trapped in their shelter Wednesday as a severe winter storm rolled ove...
Violence clouds Christmas in Bethlehem

WorldDec 26, 2015

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to throw stones during clashes with Israeli security forces at the main entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday. New violence erupted in the Wes...