SEOUL – Former president Lee Myung-bak was sentenced Friday to 15 years in jail over a set of corruptions, including bribery and embezzlement, becoming the fourth ex-South Korean leader to be criminally convicted. The Seoul […]
SEOUL – South Korea and Mercosur agreed to begin formal negotiations for a trade deal in the latter half of this year to facilitate commerce and investment, the Seoul government said on Friday. South Korea […]
SEOUL – South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye has been sentenced to 24 years in jail after she was found guilty of abuse of power and coercion. The first female president of South Korea was […]
SEOUL – In a symbolic act at the opening of the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, North and South Korea’s delegations marched together under the unification flag. South Korea and its northern neighbor allied to […]
LONDON – The Britain’s capital city has come a close second to Bangkok as a top-ranked international travel destination, according to the annual Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index released this week. Chile ranked 33rd in […]
MEXICO CITY – Mexico has expelled the North Korean ambassador in protest over Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test which it says posed “a grave risk for peace.” Ambassador Kim Hyong Gil was declared persona non grata […]
PYONGYANG – North Korea said Sunday it has successfully tested a nuclear weapon that could be loaded onto a long-range missile. The communist state said its sixth nuclear test was a “perfect success”, hours after […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has rejected a U.S request to break off all diplomatic and commercial ties with North Korea that was made by Vice President Mike Pence during a visit to the South American nation. […]
SEOUL – A former South Korean diplomat has been sentenced to three years in prison by a regional court for sexually assaulting a minor when he was stationed in Chile. The Gwangju District Court found […]
NEW YORK – Dar es Salaam, a city of five million, is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, a major economic hub in East Africa and a major port city on the […]
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