The Korea Herald

Articles by AFP

LATEST NEWS

March 15, 2019 World News

49 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 15, 2019 (AFP) - Attacks on two Christchurch mosques left at least 49 dead Friday, with one gunman -- identified as an Australian extremist -- apparently livestreamin...

Vietnamese woman in N. Korea murder case loses bid for release

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, March 14, 2019 (AFP) - A Vietnamese woman suspected of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother lost her bid for immediate release Thursday as Malaysian authorities r...

March 14, 2019
World News
Malaysia court frees woman in North Korea murder case

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia, March 11, 2019 (AFP) - An Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader's half-brother was freed Monday after Malaysian prosecutors dropped a murder charge ag...

March 11, 2019
World News
N. Korea media acknowledges 'no deal' at Hanoi for first time

North Korea's state media Friday acknowledged for the first time the collapse of the summit between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump last week without a deal. The high-stakes meeting...

March 8, 2019
North Korea
US positive on N. Korea denuclearization despite 'operational' rocket site

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - The US still believes the "fully verified denuclearization" of North Korea is possible by the end of President Donald Trump's "first term," a senior official said Thursday, despit...

March 8, 2019
North Korea
IS teen's Dutch husband wants to head home: BBC interview

The Dutch husband of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who fled to join Islamic State, wants to live with her in the Netherlands, the BBC reported Sunday after finding him in Syria. Yago Riedij...

March 3, 2019
World News
Qaeda-linked Syria group kills 21 regime forces: monitor

A Syrian jihadist group linked to Al-Qaeda killed 21 regime and allied forces Sunday near Idlib province, in one of the deadliest breaches of a six-month-old truce deal, a monitor said. "At dawn, 21...

March 3, 2019
World News
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dead: Chanel

The fashion world has been plunged into mourning by the death of legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld, the rapier-witted dandy who ruled over the industry for half a century. Chanel, the iconic French ...

February 19, 2019
World News
Bernie Sanders announces he is running for US president

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Senator Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday he is running for president, launching a second bid for the White House after a surprisingly strong run for the Democratic nomination in 2...

February 19, 2019
World News
North Koreans pay tribute to Kim's father in freezing cold

The Day of the Shining Star dawned bitterly cold in Pyongyang. But thousands of North Koreans lined up in temperatures of minus 8 degrees Celsius on Saturday to pay their respects to late leader Kim ...

February 16, 2019
North Korea
Louvre Abu Dhabi introduces Rembrandt, Vermeer

ABU DHABI -- The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the first museum to carry the famed name outside of France, announced Sunday it will roll out works by Dutch masters Rembrandt and Vermeer this month. Works by the...

February 10, 2019
Arts&Design
US envoy back from North Korea after talks on Trump-Kim summit

SEOUL (AFP) - The special US envoy for North Korea returned to Seoul on Friday after talks with North Korean officials in Pyongyang to set up the agenda for the second summit between President Donald...

February 8, 2019
Foreign Policy
Why Vietnam for the second Trump-Kim summit?

HANOI (AFP) - Communist-run but with capitalist leanings, and a friend to both the United States and North Korea, Vietnam will host the next summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jung Un from February ...

February 6, 2019
North Korea
From boardroom to prison: Ghosn still CEO at heart

Carlos Ghosn started his interview like an executive running a board meeting. "We don't have too much time, so let's start," he told two reporters from AFP and French daily Les Echos, as if calling ...

January 31, 2019
World Business
[Newsmaker] US charges Huawei in technology theft, sanctions violations

The US Justice Department on Monday unveiled sweeping charges against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases likely to ratchet up tensions between the two superpowers -- including that ...

January 29, 2019
World News

The Korea Herald by Herald Corporation

Address : Huam-ro 4-gil 10, Yongsan-gu,Seoul, Korea
Online newspaper registration No : Seoul 아03711
Date of registration : 2015.04.28
Publisher. Editor : Kwon Chung-won
Juvenile Protection Manager : Yang Sung-jin
Tel : 02.727.0114