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Russia declares Khodorkovsky arrested in absentia

World NewsDec 23, 2015

Russia's top investigative body on Wednesday declared Mikhail Khodorkovsky as arrested in absentia, two years after the Kremlin critic and former oil tycoon was pardoned after serving 10 years in pri...
France looks to enshrine emergency anti-terror laws in constitution

World NewsDec 23, 2015

The French cabinet backed reform proposals Wednesday that could see the state of emergency called after last month's Paris attacks enshrined in the constitution. Special policing powers used under t...
Court rules chemical castration constitutional

Social affairsDec 23, 2015

The Constitutional Court ruled in a 6-3 vote Wednesday that hormonal treatment to suppress sexual impulses in sex offenders is constitutional. In 2013, a district court had challenged the law that a...
Saenuri chief apologizes for racist remark

PoliticsDec 18, 2015

Ruling Saenuri Party leader Kim Moo-sung apologized Friday for a racist remark he made to an African student during volunteer work earlier in the day. Kim had been delivering briquettes to the socia...
[Newsmaker] Bright future on LPGA Tour

More sportsNov 24, 2015

NAPLES, Florida (AP) -- Lydia Ko had just been handed a $1 million bonus for the second consecutive year, and the first thing she thought about buying with those newfound additional riches was a new ...
Korea, Egypt agree to jointly fight terrorism

Foreign affairsNov 24, 2015

The foreign ministers of South Korea and Egypt agreed Tuesday to work together to combat the growing threat of terrorism in the world, the Foreign Ministry said. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and hi...
Turkey shoots down Russian jet

World NewsNov 24, 2015

Turkey shot down a Russian warplane Tuesday, claiming it had violated Turkish airspace and ignored repeated warnings. Russia denied that the plane crossed the Syrian border into Turkish skies. “We a...
China takes one-third stake in U.K. nuclear project

World BusinessOct 21, 2015

China vowed Wednesday to finance one third of Britain's first nuclear power plant in decades in a project led by French energy giant EDF confirmed on the second day of President Xi Jinping's state vi...
Syrian President Assad travels to Moscow to meet Putin

World NewsOct 21, 2015

President Bashar Assad has traveled to Moscow in his first known trip abroad since war broke out in Syria in 2011, meeting his strongest ally Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The two leaders stressed t...
Prosecutors raid home, office of conman’s dead nephew

Social affairsOct 21, 2015

Prosecutors raided the home and office of the dead nephew of the nation’s largest pyramid schemer on Wednesday as they try to find evidence that the conman may be alive. Cho Hee-pal has been at larg...
KOGAS to import 2.8 mln tons of LNG from the United States

IndustryOct 21, 2015

South Korea’s state-run gas corporation said Wednesday that it will import 2.8 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually from the United States starting in 2017. The amount to be imported...
President warns against split over history education

EducationOct 13, 2015

South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that history lessons should not “lead to division within people over ideological standoff,” in a rebuttal to the opposition’s criticism of the govern...
[News Focus] Facts and fable behind textbook conundrum

EducationOct 13, 2015

The nationwide dispute over the Education Ministry’s recent decision to reinstate state history textbooks for secondary education hinges on the government and the ruling party’s claim that current te...
Korea wary of yen’s repeat slide

Oct 7, 2015

The nation’s export sector could face further woes in terms of price competitiveness as Japan may consider another round of quantitative easing later this year, some analysts predict. Korea, with...
Abe reshuffles Cabinet, adding minister to focus on economy

World NewsOct 7, 2015

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reshuffled his Cabinet to focus on reviving the world's No. 3 economy. A newly appointed minister will steer programs aimed at achieving a strong economy and i...