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Wasn’t it just yesterday that President Barack Obama extended his arms like some Hollywood Moses, promising his election would calm the seas and heal the …

Los Angeles-based artist Paul McCarthy recently made international news by erecting a giant green sex toy in Paris’ Place Vendome and calling it “Tree.” …

Government data this week showed Korea’s tax collection continuing to fall below target this year amid a prolonged economic slump. In the first eight months …

HONG KONG ― The massive public demonstrations by students and young members of the middle-class that have roiled Hong Kong in recent weeks are ostensibly …

South Korean officials appear somewhat taken aback by the remark by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the U.S. is prepared to reduce its military …

For Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Diwali came early this year when his Bharatiya Janata Party won crucial elections in the states of Maharashtra and …

North Korea has released one of three American citizens it had in confinement. Although Pyongyang did not give any indication of the fate of the other two …

Defense acquisition is vulnerable to corruption around the world, largely due to collusive links between the military and contractors. Korea is no exception, …

If Malaysian leader Najib Razak thought he already had problems at home, now he also needs to worry about a “Jokowi effect” spreading from neighboring …

The brouhaha over the screening of “Diving Bell,” a documentary on the Sewol tragedy that is critical of the government’s failure to rescue the more than …