BAN KI-MOON RULES OUT PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN SOUTH KOREA

A news report says former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared that he won't run for South Korea's presidency... READ MORE›

TRUMP TELLS SOUTH KOREA THAT ALLIANCE IS IRONCLAD

Mr. Trump's assurances came amid anxiety in South Korea over the future of the alliance with the United States... READ MORE›

WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AT HELM, JAPAN FEELING ADRIFT AT SEA

In Asia, resistance against Western imperialism is on the rise, and Japan is in a panic... READ MORE›

'HE WOULD NEVER LET YOU WIN'

To the brutal North Korean regime, Thae Yong-ho seemed a loyal servant, faithfully manning their embassy on a residential street in West London... READ MORE›

BAN KI-MOON WEIGHS PRESIDENTIAL BID IN SOUTH KOREA

Skepticism and Support in South Korea as Ban Ki-moon Weighs Presidential Bid... READ MORE›

'GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY, CHINA'

From schoolyard taunts to social media racial abuse, South Korean-born singer and musician Dami Im has overcome the hardships of migration with music... READ MORE›

IMPEACHED S KOREAN PRESIDENT PLANS TO BE INTERROGATED BY PROSECUTORS

The special prosecutors said its face-to-face investigation into the president should be conducted as late as the beginning of February... READ MORE›

'I'VE KNOWN THAT THERE WAS NO FUTURE FOR NORTH KOREA FOR A LONG TIME'

Instead, his misgivings had been simmering for two decades, even as he went around Europe espousing the superiority of the North Korean system... READ MORE›

ANTI-HACKING MANAGER AT RUSSIAN CYBERSECURITY FIRM ARRESTED

A manager at Russia's biggest cybersecurity firm in charge of investigating hacking attacks has been arrested... READ MORE›

PEOPLE WILL RISE AGAINST N KOREAN REGIME, SAYS DEFECTOR

Why, the teenager asked, were North Koreans barred from the internet?... READ MORE›

BACKPEDALLING WILL NOT FACILITATE REBUILDING OF AMERICAN GREATNESS

Ban Ki-moon apologised on Saturday for family members who had caused public concern... READ MORE›

FORMER U.N. CHIEF BAN KI-MOON FALTERS AS HE PREPARES TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA

I'm so relieved he's come back to South Korea and is going to run for president, she said... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA ARRESTS 2 PRESIDENTIAL AIDES OVER BLACKLIST OF ARTISTS

Ms. Cho is the first sitting member of Ms. Park's cabinet to be arrested in the investigation... READ MORE›

WORLD REACTS TO TRUMP'S 'AMERICA FIRST' INAUGURAL SPEECH

President Donald Trump's inaugural speech promised America first policy, but offered no specifics about America's place in the world... READ MORE›

APPLE FILES $1 BILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST CHIP SUPPLIER QUALCOMM

In a statement, Qualcomm General Counsel Don Rosenberg called Apple's claims baseless... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA COURT REJECTS ARREST OF SAMSUNG HEIR JAY Y. LEE

The de facto head of the Samsung Group and vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG'S HEIR APPARENT WAITS TO HEAR IF HE WILL BE ARRESTED IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL

The acting head of South Korea's largest conglomerate would be the first executive indicted in the case... READ MORE›

CHINA-UK TRAIN A LOADED SYMBOL OF XI JINPING'S AMBITIONS

China-UK train a loaded symbol of Xi Jinping's ambitions... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG HEIR IN COURT FOR HEARING ON BRIBERY ALLEGATIONS

A South Korean court has begun reviewing the arrest of a Samsung Electronics vice chairman who faces allegations of bribery, embezzlement and perjury... READ MORE›

'WORLD'S BRAVEST DUCK' PLAYS WITH TIGER AT AUSTRALIAN ZOO

The hearing on whether to detain Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong will be held at about 10 30 am local time 0130 GMT ... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA SEEKS ARREST OF SAMSUNG SCION IN GRAFT SCANDAL

Samsung Electronics is South Korea's most successful company and a source of pride for many who equate its huge global success with national prestige... READ MORE›

HEAD OF SAMSUNG FACES ARREST FOR BRIBERY

Shares in group flagship Samsung Electronics extended losses on Monday and were down 2.3 percent... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG GROUP CHIEF FACES ARREST, ACCUSED OF PAYING MILLIONS IN BRIBES

She also denied having any prior knowledge of the Samsung Group's controversial 2015 merger of two affiliates... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREAN PROSECUTORS SEEK WARRANT TO ARREST SAMSUNG HEAD FOR BRIBERY

Samsung said Monday that it found it hard to accept the prosecutors' conclusions because the group did not make contributions in order to receive favors... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG HEIR FACES ARREST ON CHARGES OF BRIBING SOUTH KOREAA??S PRESIDENT

Its crown jewel, Samsung Electronics, alone accounts for 20 percent of South Korea's total exports... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA SEEKS ARREST OF SAMSUNG HEIR AS BRIBERY SUSPECT

Samsung Electronics is South Koreaa??s biggest and most valuable company... READ MORE›

SAMSUNG HEIR LEE JAE-YONG LEAVES PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE

He became the de facto head of the Samsung Group after his father Lee Kun-hee was incapacitated by a heart attack in 2014... READ MORE›

TRUMP TEAM STRUGGLES FOR COHESION ON TOUGHER CHINA POLICY

But an influential Chinese state-run tabloid warned on Friday that blocking Chinese access to South China Sea islands would require the United States to wage war... READ MORE›

JAPANESE PM SHINZO ABE ARRIVES IN SYDNEY

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has described Saturday's planned discussions as a very important agenda, and says the two countries have great relations and collaboration... READ MORE›

DEFINITIONS OF 'COMFORT WOMEN' REVEAL JAPAN-S. KOREA DIVIDE

The South Korean government uses the phrase comfort women of the Japanese military to reflect the victims' preferences... READ MORE›

NINE U-TURNS DONALD TRUMP HAS ALREADY PERFORMED SINCE WINNING THE ELECTION

Donald Trump made some of the most divisive and outlandish pledges ever heard during a US election campaign... READ MORE›

THREE PEOPLE INJURED AT ISLAMIC CENTRE AS SUSPECT'S BODY FOUND NEARBY

Three men have been badly injured after a gunman opened fire on people praying at an Islamic centre in Zurich... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA CANCELS MEETING AFTER PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT CALLS HIM 'SON OF A WHORE'

Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with the president of the Philippines after Rodrigo Duterte appeared to call him a son of a whore ... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA PARLIAMENT VOTES TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT

If the court votes to remove Ms. Park, South Korea will hold an election for a new president in 60 days... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA VOTES TO IMPEACH SCANDAL-PLAGUED PRESIDENT

South Korea's National Assembly passed a bill on Park's impeachment by a vote of 236 for and 56 opposed... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA'S PRESIDENCY 'ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE' AS SCANDAL GROWS

But South Korean media have uncovered evidence that, they claim, shows that Choi Soon-sil wielded undue influence over the president... READ MORE›

US B-1 BOMBERS FLY OVER SOUTH KOREA IN SHOW OF FORCE

A US B-1B Lancer bomber flies over the Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Tuesday... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA'S PARLIAMENT VOTES TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE

Lawmakers in South Korea's National Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA PRAISES TRUMP AND URGES US VOTERS TO REJECT 'DULL HILLARY'

South Korea dismissed Pyongyang's call for talks but Pyongyang reiterated their intention to resolve the current inter-Korean deadlock through the dialogue... READ MORE›

PEOPLE IN CHINA ARE CALLING KIM JONG UN FAT, AND NORTH KOREA ISN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT

North Korean traffic police women chat next to a residential building while off duty Oct. 18, 2016, in Pyongyang... READ MORE›

DUTCH ANTI-ISLAM POLITICIAN GEERT WILDERS FOUND GUILTY IN HATE SPEECH TRIAL

Populist anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has been convicted in a hate speech trial by a court in the Netherlands... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE: I'M NOT IN A CULT

Park has fired eight presidential aides and nominated three new top Cabinet officials, including the prime minister, in an effort to regain public confidence... READ MORE›

WORLD AWAKES TO SHOCK AND UNCERTAINTY AT PROSPECT OF A TRUMP PRESIDENCY

North Korea should not misjudge the solidity of our alliance with the United States and our joint ability to respond to provocations, Mr. Jeong said... READ MORE›

US, SOUTH KOREAN MISSILE DESTROYERS IN FRESH SHOW OF FORCE

US, South Korean missile destroyers in show of force to North Korea... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA FIRES THREE BALLISTIC MISSILES, REPORTS SAY

Yonhap, the South Korean news service, says North Korea fired three ballistic missiles... READ MORE›

KOREANS SEPARATED ALMOST A LIFETIME REUNITE BRIEFLY

On Thursday, an additional 90 elderly South Koreans will cross the border for another round of three-day reunions with 188 relatives in the North... READ MORE›

HALF A MILLION SOUTH KOREANS CELEBRATE IMPEACHING OF PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE

Large numbers of protester have taken to the streets marking Friday's suspension of Park's presidential powers with music, chanting and fireworks... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA: U.S. CROSSED 'RED LINE', DECLARED WAR

North Koreaa??s top diplomat for U.S. affairs said Washington a??crossed the red linea?? and effectively declared war... READ MORE›

TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCH DEMANDING SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE RESIGN

The scandal engulfing Park is focused on a close personal friend, Choi Soon-Sil, who is currently under arrest on charges of fraud and abuse of power... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA CLAIMS SUCCESS IN FIFTH NUCLEAR TEST

North Korea says it has carried out its fifth successful nuclear test, with the South saying it appears to be its biggest ever... READ MORE›

On Tuesday, after the episode on the flight bound for Incheon, South Korea, from New York's Kennedy Airport had become public, Ms... READ MORE›

ASIAN VIEWERS GIVE NOD TO CLINTON AFTER FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Donald Trump says Japan and South Korea can develop nuclear weapons?... READ MORE›

OBAMA VOWS TO TIGHTEN NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS

President Obama vows tighten sanctions against North Korea... READ MORE›

N. KOREA CONFIRMS 5TH NUKE TEST, CLAIMS NUCLEAR MISSILE CAPABILITY

A video released by North Korea appeared to show a tremor taking place near the test site... READ MORE›

N. KOREA CONFIRMS 5TH NUKE TEST, CLAIMS NUCLEAR MISSILE CAPABILITY

A video released by North Korea appeared to show a tremor taking place near the test site... READ MORE›

PARK GEUN-HYE EMBATTLED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT SAYS SHES WILLING TO RESIGN

Ms. Park has also been accused of helping Ms. Choi illegally gain access to confidential government documents... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA 'RACING AHEAD' ON NUCLEAR PLAN, DEFECTOR SAYS

2 at the North Korean Embassy in London, said in a news briefing, according to the Yonhap News Agency... READ MORE›

OBAMA PRAISES SOUTH KOREA FOR PAYING TEACHERS AS MUCH AS DOCTORS

Our children spend over a month less in school than children in South Korea... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN BORDER PATROL OPENS FIRE AS NORTH KOREAN FISHING VESSEL CREW RESISTS SEARCH - FSB

Russian border patrol opens fire as North Korean fishing vessel crew resists search - FSB -- RT News... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA'S HIGHEST-RANKING DEFECTOR HAS 'NO REGRETS'

As Pyongyang's deputy ambassador in London, Thae Yong-ho was the public face of North Korea in England, says Stephen Evans, BBC's Seoul correspondent... READ MORE›