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The recent plunge in global oil prices is increasing uncertainties in the global economy. There are both positive and negative aspects of the rapid drop in oil …

NEW YORK ― At long last, the United States is showing signs of recovery from the crisis that erupted at the end of President George W. Bush’s …

JERUSALEM ― The dissolution of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, just a day after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sacked two senior cabinet ministers, …

Do you know what a “hostess” is in Japan? If you guessed that it’s a woman who greets you at the entrance of a restaurant, guess again. “Hostess” in …

Koreans may have gotten a glimpse of the goings-on inside the Blue House Friday when Senior Presidential Secretary for Civil Affairs Kim Young-han refused to …

Saturday morning’s fire at an apartment in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, claimed four lives and injured 124 with the death toll likely to rise as several of the …

WASHINGTON ― When William J. Bratton was appointed to his second stint as New York police commissioner by Mayor Bill de Blasio in late 2013, he said he …

U.S. President Barack Obama, the premature Nobel Peace Prize winner, appears to have finally pried himself away from the gaming console and gone outside for …

On most occasions, the Korean government latches on to any new international report or study that commends the country, be it on competitiveness, ease of doing …

Most Americans never encountered the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. But they know today that the magazine was fearless in the face of threats. …