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Strong quake in southwestern Japan kills nine, topples homes

World NewsApr 14, 2016

Nine people were killed after a powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, toppling homes, sparking fires and injuring hundreds, officials said Friday, as rescuers scrambled to find residents feared tra...
Istanbul bomber identified as militant with links to IS

World NewsMar 20, 2016

Turkey's interior minister on Sunday identified the suicide bomber who killed himself and four foreign tourists in Istanbul as a militant with links to the Islamic State group. Minister Efkan Ala sa...
Obama arrives in Cuba for what he calls a "historic visit"

World NewsMar 20, 2016

Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba on Sunday, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former...
Defense Ministry dismisses N.K.’s missile claim

DefenseMar 15, 2016

South Korea’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday cast doubts on North Korea’s ability to ensure that its intercontinental ballistic missiles can reenter the atmosphere after being fired, despite its claims ...
Execs of int'l school in Seoul indicted over alleged embezzlement

Social affairsMar 8, 2016

Prosecutors said Tuesday they have indicted three board members of the Seoul branch of a British international school over allegations they embezzled some billions of won in school expenses in violat...
Denuclearization of Korean Peninsula top priority: U.S.

North KoreaMar 8, 2016

The United States said Tuesday that denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the highest priority in its North Korea policy and pressed the communist country to give up its nuclear programs. The ...
A look at sweeping new U.N. sanctions on North Korea

North KoreaMar 3, 2016

A U.N. resolution unanimously adopted Wednesday ratchets up sanctions on North Korea, with a raft of new measures that are the toughest yet to hit the reclusive country. Here are the key points of t...
Seoul warns of N.Korean terror threat

DefenseFeb 18, 2016

The National Intelligence Service reported to the National Assembly on Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently ordered terrorist attacks in the South, which reportedly include kidnappi...
Korea-U.S. drills to map out N. K. endgame scenario

DefenseFeb 18, 2016

Next month’s joint military drills by South Korea and the United States will simulate an endgame scenario for North Korea that has the military recover the entire territory of the peninsula after the...
N. Korea tells U.N. agencies it will launch satellite between Feb. 8-25

North KoreaFeb 3, 2016

North Korea notified a U.N. maritime agency Tuesday that it will launch a satellite later this month, confirming widespread concern the communist nation is readying for a banned long-range rocket lau...
Cruz upsets Trump in Iowa, Clinton escapes with narrow win

World NewsFeb 2, 2016

U.S. presidential hopefuls trained their sights on New Hampshire and beyond Tuesday, with conservative Ted Cruz keen to build on his dramatic Iowa victory over Donald Trump, and Democrat Hillary Clin...
The rooms where time refuses to pass

EducationJan 18, 2016

ANSAN, Gyeonggi Province – Lockers have not been emptied, boards not erased, class timetables not updated and the calendar not flipped since that fateful day of April 16, 2014. This photo shows one ...
Korea braces for year of confrontation

Social affairsDec 31, 2015

It was a harsh end to the year 2015, as the nation roiled in escalating angst against the government’s agreement with Japan to settle the World War II wartime sexual slavery issue. The year had alre...
Ewha hospital opens organ transplant center

Social affairsDec 31, 2015

Ewha Womans University Medical Center said Wednesday it had opened the Organ Transplantation Center to provide a wide range of services for patients who need organ transplants. One of the nation’s l...
Russian raids in Syria may amount to war crimes: Amnesty

World NewsDec 23, 2015

Amnesty International said on Wednesday that nearly three months of Russian air raids in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians, many in targeted strikes that could constitute war crimes. Some “app...