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US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed security issues with top South Korean officials following a new ballistic missile test by North Korea and the reported execution of its defence chief.

They don't fit the normal fan profile, but South Korea's 40-something K-pop "aunties" are every bit as obsessed with their idols as their teenage counterparts.

Samsung rolled out a new smartphone on Friday in a bid to regain market dominance.

Samsung and LG agreed to end all pending legal disputes that had seen the South Korean electronics rivals accuse each other of stealing technology and vandalising products.

16-year-old Innara Yussupova, a Kazakh model from OK-models agency in Astana, has won the Grand Prix at the Face of Central Asia beauty contest.

Astana-Seoul flight will be launched this summer and performed twice a week.

Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten commented on his victory at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2015.

A senior LG Electronics executive facing trial for allegedly sabotaging rival Samsung washing machines at a trade fair vowed to prove his innocence.

Kazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten has won the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2015.

Kazakhstani film director Nariman Torebayev is presenting his 'free interpretation' of Dostoevsky’s White Nights under the title Prikluchenie (Adventure) at the Vesoul international film festival of Asian Cinema’s (FICA) in France.

Samsung and Microsoft said they had ended a patent dispute that had seen the US software giant sue the South Korean conglomerate for breaching a 2011 licensing contract.

Samsung is to launch a range of smart refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines as its seeks to expand its business in Internet-connected homes.

Apple caught up with Samsung as the world's biggest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter of 2014, thanks to booming sales of its new iPhone 6.

Foreign athletes will be competing for Kazakhstan at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Tattooing itself is not illegal in South Korea, but the law states that it can only be carried out by a licensed medical doctor.

Overview of 2014 and the key events in Kazakhstan.

A South Korean company Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has signed an agreement with a Kazakhstani company Karabatan Utility Solutions for the construction of a thermal power station.

LG Electronics promised to take some of the hassle out of doing laundry with a first-ever washing machine setup.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has unveiled a new titanium ingot and slab plant in East Kazakhstan Oblast.

South Korean prosecutors raided the Seoul headquarters of LG Electronics following allegations that the firm's executives vandalised their rival Samsung's washing machines.
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