...cal police stand earlier in the morning while claiming he was carrying an explosive, according to the police in this eastern port city of Pohang. The police said they could not immediately verify Oh's claim that he had an explosive on his body, and kept others at a distance from him. Oh's parents later appeared and took him home, but in the afternoon he was found dead on a breakwater near his home with the wreckage of an explosive littering the site, the police said. Police said Oh ...

...ims, a British judge ruled Thursday after throwing out arguments that he would face an unfair trial. Lawyers for Assange immediately said they would appeal, setting up a legal battle through Britain's appeal courts that could postpone the 39-year-old Australian's ultimate fate for months. "I must order that Mr Assange be extradited to Sweden," judge Howard Riddle said in a decision at Belmarsh Magistrates Court in southeast London, following a three-day ext...

South Korea and the U.S. are “on the best of terms” regarding a shared belief to remain firm against North Korea’s nuclear activities and activate their free trade deal at the earliest possible date, Seoul’s ambassador to Washington said Thursday. “We have been together on maintaining international sanctions against North Korea, while also keeping open chances of dialogue,” Amb. Han Duck-soo sai...

...lion baht ($5.7 million) takeover deal with Siritaj Rojanapruk, owner and license holder of Lampang’s Yonok University. Under the deal, Nation University will own and operate the university, which has...terms of its network and skills in the media field.” Thanachai, meanwhile, explained that the group’s entry into the education field was in line with NMG’s mission statement ― “to inform, to educate a...

During his three years in office, President Lee Myung-bak is praised for achieving a rapid recovery from the financial crisis and boosting Korea’s economic clout in the world. His government has widened Korea’s free trade relations with major economies, mediated conflicts between traditional and emerging powers as the first host of G20 Summit and pulled off 6.1 percent growth last year to rank s...