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The Improper Solicitation and Graft Act had already been a target of public criticism when it passed the National Assembly last March. Some of the criticisms …

Good leaders aren’t necessarily good speakers, but it is important for them to deliver the right message at the right time if they want to rally people …

On July 30, Yakub Memon, a chartered accountant and the brother of a notorious gangster now living in self-imposed exile, was hanged for complicity in the …

One way to think about the recent financial turmoil in China is as a parenting dispute between “Xi Dada” and “Yang Ma” — meaning “Big Daddy …

There have been rapid advances in assisted reproductive medicine, such as improved techniques for achieving pregnancy via eggs or sperm donated by third …

Chinese state media has expressed skepticism over the possibility of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe apologizing for the country’s wartime actions, citing …

Ah Ho, 81, has never read a book in her life. Or a magazine or newspaper or a letter; not even a postcard.It’s not because she’s indifferent to the written …

Escapism has a special lure this summer, if you’re saturated with Islamic State atrocities, the Iran nuclear deal and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. …

Speechwriters for President Park Geun-hye are said to be preparing two versions of the address she will give Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea’s …

South Korea’s ties with North Korea and Japan remain as tense and frayed as ever 70 years since the peninsula’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule and …