Denis Ten to collaborate with Kim YunaKazakhstani figure skater Denis Ten will be working with All That Sports company created by Ice-Skating Queen Kim Yuna and her mother Park Mee-hee.
Two frontline soldiers commit suicide in S. KoreaSouth Korea's military confirmed the apparent suicides of two army privates, raising fresh questions over the deployment of young conscripts in frontline units after a deadly shooting spree last month.
29 July 2014
Student survivors testify in Korea ferry trialTeenaged student survivors of South Korea's ferry disaster began giving video testimony under tight security Monday in the murder trial of the vessel's captain and crew.
28 July 2014
S. Korean police slammed over ferry tycoon's bodySouth Korea's police force was pilloried as doltish and incompetent Wednesday after announcing that a body found six weeks ago was that of a fugitive tycoon at the heart of a months-long manhunt.
23 July 2014
S. Korea police find body of fugitive ferry ownerSouth Korean police said Tuesday they had found the body of the fugitive business tycoon who headed the family operating the Sewol ferry which sank in April with the loss of around 300 lives.
Switzerland tops innovation rankings for fourth yearSwitzerland has claimed the top spot on the Global Innovation Index for the fourth-straight year while Sub-Saharan Africa "posted significant regional improvement".
19 July 2014
S. Korea lifts rice import caps, but vows high tariffsSouth Korea announced it would scrap rice import caps from next year, but said high tariffs would be imposed to prevent a damaging surge that would hurt local farmers.
18 July 2014
Five killed as helicopter crashes in S. Korean cityA fire department helicopter crashed Thursday near an elementary school in a residential district of the South Korean city of Gwangju, killing five people on board, officials said.
North Korea fires 100 artillery shells into seaNorth Korea fired 100 artillery shells into the sea Monday in a live-fire drill near the eastern maritime border with South Korea that followed a recent series of missile tests.