Preview of Daegu World Championships in Athletics

2011-08-07

The mood surrounding the Daegu World Championships in Athletics is heating up as athletes from around the world will soon begin arriving at the Athletes ...

Japan's Dokdo Provocation

2011-08-07

Japan has renewed its territorial claim over South Korea's Dokdo Islets. Three lawmakers from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party have sought ...

S. Korea-Peru FTA Takes Effect

2011-08-07

The South Korea-Peru free trade agreement took effect on Monday. Peru is Korea's 7th free trade partner. Korea also has FTAs with Chile, Singapore, ...

World Markets Shaken Up

2011-08-05

The plunge in major world markets is believed to be due to a general sense of fear and pessimism rather than concrete negative factors. Stocks ...

The Escalating Tension between Korea and Japan over the Dokdo Islets

2011-08-05

S.Korea 1st to Slap Sanctions on Apple, Google

2011-08-04

Location Data Collection The disputed privacy violation of Apple and Google's collection of smartphone users' location data was first raised ...

Gov't Steps up Efforts to Boost Sovereignty over Dokdo

2011-08-03

The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday issued a statement that urged Japan to immediately make corrections to its defense white paper that repeated Japan’s ...

Japan's Defense White Paper

2011-08-02

Japan’s Defense Ministry draws up a defense white paper every year. The document is revealed after undergoing Cabinet deliberation and serves ...

3 Japanese Lawmakers Seeking Ulleung Trip

2011-08-01

The three Japanese lawmakers of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party seeking to visit South Korea's Ulleung Island despite Seoul's ban are ...

Mass Killings in Norway

2011-07-31

Seventy-six people were killed in Norway in terror attacks carried out by a 32-year-old man named Anders Behring Breivik. On July 22nd, the ...