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Lie detectors, solitary: How South Korea screens refugees
World
November 29, 2015
Lie detectors, solitary: How South Korea screens refugees
South Korea has spent decades screening refugees from a hostile neighbor but some enemy agents manage to get through, underlining…
South Korea, Japan hold long-awaited summit
World
November 2, 2015
South Korea, Japan hold long-awaited summit
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye was to hold her first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday after…
The next big thing in Korean beauty: muscles
Health & Fitness
October 25, 2015
The next big thing in Korean beauty: muscles
Looks no longer center only on the face in beauty-obsessed South Korea, where more women are hitting the gym to…
Many topics off limits at reunions for Koreans divided by war
World
October 18, 2015
Many topics off limits at reunions for Koreans divided by war
When Ahn Yoon-joon, 86, meets his two younger sisters this week that he has not heard from in more than…
North Korea agrees to talks with South on family reunions
World
August 29, 2015
North Korea agrees to talks with South on family reunions
North Korea has agreed to Red Cross talks with South Korea to discuss reunions of families separated during the 1950-53…
North, South Korea reach agreement to ease tensions
World
August 25, 2015
North, South Korea reach agreement to ease tensions
North and South Korea agreed early on Tuesday to end a military standoff that sparked an exchange of artillery fire…
North Korea to meet for talks with South Korea after high tensions
World
August 22, 2015
North Korea to meet for talks with South Korea after high tensions
On a day of escalating tensions and heated rhetoric on the Korean peninsula, the two sides agreed to meet Saturday…
North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South
Egypt
August 21, 2015
North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his…
South Korea fires rounds at North in response to projectile
World
August 20, 2015
South Korea fires rounds at North in response to projectile
South Korea fired tens of artillery rounds towards North Korea on Thursday after the North fired a projectile towards a…
South Korean ‘love hotels’ clean up act to woo youthful clients
Life & Style
August 12, 2015
South Korean ‘love hotels’ clean up act to woo youthful clients
The grimy windows, racks of adult videos and red bedroom lights are disappearing from South Korea's short-stay hotels as they…