A Seoul court has sentenced an American soldier to six years in prison for raping a teenage South Korean girl last year. The Seoul Central District Court’s sentencing of Pvt. Kevin Robinson on Wednesday follows the sentencing in November of another U.S. private to 10 years in prison for a similar crime. The two cases rekindled anti-American sentiments in South Korea and prompted U.S. officials ...

North may want to show off missile technology before negotiations: experts Experts and informed sources raised the possibility that North Korea may conduct another rocket launch to perfect its long-range missile capabilities and use them to negotiate with the U.S., possibly next year. Good Friends, a Seoul-based rights group, cited an official with the North’s Workers’ Party late Wednesday as s...

The number of countries recognized as having supported South Korea or expressing intent to do so during the Korean War was officially revised to 63 from the previous 41 on Thursday. According to the Ministry of National Defense, research has shown that 22 countries that had until now not received recognition had in fact sent supplies or expressed the intent to do so during the 1950-53 war. The ...

High-ranking monks of South Korea's largest Buddhist sect, the Jogye Order, resigned en masse on Thursday, a day after prosecutors launched a probe into video footage showing eight of the sect's monks gambling while playing poker. The investigation was launched after the video footage, which filmed the eight monks with hundreds of millions of won in play at a hotel in southern South Korea on Apr...

North Korea on Thursday lashed out at a South Korean presidential contender for an alleged insult to its dignity, sparing no flak for the son of a prominent businessman who pioneered lucrative projects with the North. In a comment posted on the North's propaganda Web site Uriminzokkiri, the communist regime heaped criticism on Rep. Chung Mong-joon of the South's ruling Saenuri Party for challeng...

A man remains in a Texas jail after allegedly attempting to hold up a police station, a report said. Police said Keithan Manuel, 18, entered the Police Department building in Wilmer, Texas, near Dallas, Saturday evening with a towel covering his hands and a demand for money. "A young man walked into the lobby and approached the dispatch window and told our communications officer, 'Give me all y...