UN Report Recommends N. Korea to Improve Human Rights

2014-05-11

The UN Human Rights Council has finalized a report advising North Korea to improve its human rights conditions. The council held a meeting in ...

Jury Concludes Samsung, Apple Both Violated Patents

2014-05-11

A U.S. federal jury has ordered Samsung to pay 119-million dollars to Apple for violating some of its patent rights. The jury in a federal court ...

S. Korean ODA-FTA Strategy with Emerging Economies

2014-05-09

Income Polarization Index Worsens

2014-05-04

A new report by Statistics Korea shows an index on the middle class has worsened, raising concerns of widening income polarization. According ...

N. Korea's Provocation

2014-05-04

South Korea's Defense Ministry has blasted North Korea's live fire drill, saying Seoul cannot but doubt the sincerity of Pyongyang's sympathy ...

PM Offers to Resign Over Ferry Sinking

2014-05-04

Prime Minister Chung Hong-won has offered to resign to take responsibility over the sinking of the Sewol passenger ferry that left hundreds dead ...

Korea-US Summit Talks: Meaning and Future Prospects

2014-05-02

S. Korea-U.S. Summit

2014-04-27

President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama held summit talks in Seoul on Friday for 90 minutes before holding a joint news briefing. ...

Special Disaster Zones Declared

2014-04-27

The government has declared Ansan, Gyeonggi Province and Jindo, South Jeolla Province as special disaster zones in the wake of the sunken ferry ...

Midnight Ban on Online Games Ruled Constitutional

2014-04-27

The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday a law restricting children’s access to online computer games after midnight is constitutional. The ...