South Korea

Knife-wielding attacker slashes face of U.S. ambassador in South Korea

U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was s...

Mar 05, 2015 04:55 AM EST

Japan Crown Prince urges WW2 past not be forgotten as memories fade

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito has made a call to remember Japan's wartime past and the horrors of W...

Feb 23, 2015 10:08 AM EST

North Korea fights for 'people's dreams' with barrage of slogans

"Let the strong wind of fish farming blow across the country!" "Let the wives of officers become dep...

Feb 12, 2015 05:14 AM EST

Japan global PR message could misfire with focus on wartime past

A push by Japan to correct perceived bias in accounts of the country's wartime past is creating a ro...

Feb 10, 2015 04:26 AM EST

North Korea fires short-range missiles off coast

North Korea fired five short-range missiles off its east coast on Sunday, in a demonstration of mili...

Feb 08, 2015 06:33 AM EST

South Korea, China warn Japan not to backtrack on apology over wartime past

South Korea and China warned Japan on Tuesday not to backtrack on its apology issued 20 years ago ov...

Jan 27, 2015 08:08 AM EST

North Korea offers to suspend nuclear tests in return for end to U.S. drills

North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to suspend nuclear tests if the United States agreed to ...

Jan 10, 2015 08:14 AM EST

Asia antitrust watchdogs get tough, dish out record penalties

Antitrust penalties rose to a record in Asia last year as watchdogs got tough on cartels and bid-rig...

Jan 08, 2015 02:00 AM EST

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un says open to summit with South

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to a high-level summit with neighboring South Korea...

Jan 01, 2015 07:08 AM EST

South Korea's banks to get a boost from promised lighter regulation

South Korea's banks, whose average returns on equity are the worst among lenders in Asia and are les...

Dec 29, 2014 02:00 AM EST

North Korea blames U.S. for Internet outages

North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of being responsible for Internet outages it exper...

Dec 27, 2014 08:35 AM EST

China arrests U.S. missionary near North Korea border

China on Friday arrested Korean American missionary who was being held near the country's border wit...

Dec 19, 2014 04:58 PM EST

South Korea cancer victims bring class action against nuclear operator

A group of South Korean thyroid cancer patients living near nuclear plants have filed the country's ...

Dec 16, 2014 06:21 AM EST

PM Abe's coalition cruises to big win in Japan election

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition cruised to a big election win on Sunday, but f...

Dec 14, 2014 08:16 AM EST

Korean Air chief purser in nut row says insulted, forced to kneel

The head of cabin crew who was kicked off a Korean Air Lines flight after a company executive raged ...

Dec 13, 2014 01:42 AM EST

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