International
Written: 2012-08-18 12:17:52 / Updated: 2012-08-18 13:41:12
The White House says President Barack Obama signed legislation on Friday that would extend the power of the existing law for North Korean human rights ...
International
Written: 2012-08-18 11:56:59 / Updated: 2012-08-18 14:33:49
The Japanese government is expected to ratchet up pressure on Seoul by demanding an explanation for its inaction towards Tokyo’s decision to take ...
International
Written: 2012-08-17 18:18:29 / Updated: 2012-08-17 19:03:11
A senior North Korean official has met with China’s President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao.
Vice Chairman Jang Sung-taek of North Korea’s ...
International
Written: 2012-08-17 13:15:33 / Updated: 2012-08-17 20:29:30
The U.S. government expressed its opposition against UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s participation in the upcoming summit of the Non-Aligned ...
International
Written: 2012-08-17 12:55:26 / Updated: 2012-08-17 20:29:11
Around 60 people have been killed in a mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Foreign media, including AP and BBC, reported that ...
International
Written: 2012-08-17 12:54:38 / Updated: 2012-08-17 14:33:47
The European Union is revising plans to benchmark Australia’s anti-smoking policy and remove brand names from cigarette packs.
European ...
International
Written: 2012-08-17 09:07:46 / Updated: 2012-08-17 15:51:33
Ecuador has decided to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.
The Ecuadorian government said Thursday that if Assange ...
International
Written: 2012-08-17 08:23:05 / Updated: 2012-08-17 17:16:40
The United States says it will continue to use both the terms "comfort women" and "sex slaves" to refer to the women who were forced to serve as sex slaves ...
International
Written: 2012-08-17 07:24:16 / Updated: 2012-08-17 13:41:54
The Japanese government will reportedly propose to South Korea that both countries jointly take the Dokdo issue to the International Court of Justice ...
International
Written: 2012-08-16 13:59:49 / Updated: 2012-08-16 17:14:01
Japanese electronics company Sharp is toiling to devise measures to overcome a liquidity crisis.
Japan’s newspaper the Yomiuri Shimbun reports ...