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Iran snubs Doha proposal, won‘t freeze oil output

World NewsFeb 18, 2016

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran appeared Wednesday to back a plan laid out by four influential oil producers to cap their crude output if others do the same, though it offered no indication that it has any plan...
Park, Obama, Abe to cooperate for strong sanctions on N. Korea

North KoreaFeb 9, 2016

President Park Geun-hye and her U.S. and Japanese counterparts agreed Tuesday to cooperate to ensure that the U.N. Security Council can adopt a resolution for strong sanctions on North Korea for its ...
S. Korean FM embarks on trip to push for N.K. sanctions

North KoreaFeb 9, 2016

South Korea‘s foreign minister on Tuesday embarked on a five-day trip to the headquarters of the United Nations and Germany to drum up international support to punish North Korea for its latest nucle...
N. Korea‘s satellite achieves orbit: Defense Ministry

North KoreaFeb 9, 2016

North Koreans gather at the Kim Il-sung Square to celebrate a satellite launch held on Monday. (AP/Yonhap) The satellite North Korea launched into space earlier this week has achieved orbit, but whe...
N. Korean satellite ‘tumbling in orbit’: U.S. reports

DefenseFeb 9, 2016

WASHINGTON -- The North Korean satellite put into orbit after a widely condemned rocket launch over the weekend is not functioning properly, U.S. reports said Monday. Both CNN and CBS cited unidenti...
U.S. hopes to deploy THAAD in S. Korea ‘as quickly as possible’

DefenseFeb 9, 2016

WASHINGTON -- The United States hopes to deploy the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea “as quickly as possible” and the two countries will begin formal discussions on the matter “in the next...
Chaebol under fire for humiliating waitress’ looks on Instagram

IndustryFeb 1, 2016

Shinsegae Group vice chairman Chung Yong-jin has come under fire for an Instagram post that appeared to poke fun at a waitress. Chung is the eldest son of Lee Myung-hee, chairman of South Korea’s se...
Top 3 places to avoid during Christmas in Seoul

TravelDec 14, 2015

With Christmas just around the corner, people are wondering where and how to spend some quality holiday time with their loved ones. Some of you may get some ideas from Korean dramas in which couples...
Psy’s new MV is 100% going to go viral

MusicNov 30, 2015

A captured image from Psy's "Daddy" music video. (The Korea Herald) Psy released music videos for his long-waited seventh album “Chiljip Psy-da,” and we think this is going to go viral worldwide, an...
Footage of Paris terror attacks at restaurants revealed (video)

World NewsNov 19, 2015

A collection of CCTV footage showing diners diving for cover as an Islamic State jihadist sprayed the cafe with bullets last week was revealed by British newspaper the Daily Mail on Thursday. The vi...
Eight militants killed in Paris attacks: investigation source

World NewsNov 14, 2015

Police officers secure the area near La Belle Equipe, rue de Charonne, at the site of an attack on Paris on November 14, 2015 after a series of gun attacks occurred across Paris as well as explosions...
France mourns, seeks clues those behind attack

World NewsNov 14, 2015

PARIS (AP) _ Thousands of French troops deployed around Paris on Sunday and tourist sites stood shuttered in one of the most visited cities on Earth, while investigators questioned relatives of a sus...
Superstitions and cheering squads on ‘Suneung’ day

Social affairsNov 12, 2015

More than 630,000 South Korean 18-year-olds began the “Suneung” college entrance exam at over 1,000 exam sites Thursday morning. Korea’s education fever is most evident on exam day, with mothers pra...
AmorePacific in controversy over ‘inappropriate job interview question’

IndustryNov 2, 2015

South Korean cosmetics giant AmorePacific Group has been embroiled in a controversy over political questions asked during job interviews. An anonymous interviewee, who recently failed the final inte...
Seoul’s new slogan ridiculed

Social affairsOct 29, 2015

“I.SEOUL.YOU” This is the new slogan the Seoul city government chose, after debating between “Seoulmate” and “SEOULing.” The government officials, and people who voted for the new slogan, probably ...