Korean badminton doubles pair Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung failed Sunday to defend their Korea Open title after a heartbreaking loss to World No. 1 duo Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China at the finals in Seoul. Lee and Jung, who were looking to win their third consecutive Korea Open title, lost to the Chinese pair in a close three-end match with 21-18, 17-21 and 19-21 after a more than hour and a...

Ahn Cheol-soo headed for San Francisco on Sunday to meet Microsoft founder Bill Gates to receive advice on charitable foundations and discuss the latest trends in information technology with other IT moguls. Ahn, who currently teaches at the Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, embarked on his trip to visit prestigious universities in Silicon Valley ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site built to withstand possible airstrikes, a leading hard-line newspaper reported Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran's nuclear program. The operations at the bunker-like facility south of Tehran, reported by the Kayhan daily newspaper, are small in comparison to Iran's main en...

North Korea's new young leader navigated a tank and watched as jets tore through the skies in footage aired Sunday on state television, in the latest effort to show that he has the support of the powerful military. Kim Jong-un, who was named ``supreme leader'' of North Korea's people, ruling Workers' Party and military following the death last month of his father, Kim Jong-il, was shown maneuver...

An exhibition of award-winning children’s art will promote Southeast Asian countries in Seoul from Jan. 19. More than 1,000 elementary school students in Korea entered the ASEAN-Korea Children’s Drawing Contest in December. Sixth grade Seoul elementary student Im Se-yeon won the grand prize for a drawing titled “Glittering ASEAN” in the contest which aims to raise awareness of ASEAN among the y...

With its success in drawing high-level international conferences, Korea has enjoyed an especially full diplomatic calendar in recent years. And 2012 looks set to be no exception with foreign heads of state attending the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul in March, and international experts coming to the World Water Conference in Busan this September. The Yeosu Expo is also set to draw high-level p...

“The collection holds many masterpieces, enough to establish an art museum,” said an art industry insider. The list of the Chinese artists include Chen Lianqing whose work insiders say is beyond pricing these days; Zhang Xiaogang, a representative avant-garde artist known for the “Bloodline Series”; Feng Zhengjie, a second-generation contemporary artist and Yin Zhaoyang, a veteran contemporary a...