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Following the attacks on Paris last Friday, the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the well-coordinated shootings and bombings outside the group’s …

Picture a giant snake and a fearsome lion battling — in a manner as gory as possible — to the death. Now, picture a beautiful woman baring all for …

Lebanese are justifiably frustrated that Friday’s attacks in Paris overshadowed the bombings that killed 43 people in Beirut City the day before. But equal …

In Korea, a duty-free shop is regarded as a goose that lays golden eggs. Once you are awarded a license to operate a duty-free shop, you are expected to make …

President Park Geun-hye is pushing hard for her plan to set up a multilateral development bank to finance infrastructure construction in North Korea and other …

Do Western nations think that Muslim lives matter less? Most of us would resist any such characterization of callousness. But Western outrage about the carnage …

There are tens of thousands of them, in different colors and shapes. At the base of the Seoul Tower on Mount Namsan, you can see how many different small …

The multiple cases of irregularities city education officials have found in their recent audit of the Hana Academy Seoul make one wonder whether the school — …

With job opportunities becoming increasingly scarce, young Koreans began calling themselves the “Three G Generation” some time ago. The “G” was a …

The shocking terrorist attacks in Paris have quite naturally put Korean authorities on edge. Government officials have been holding a series of meetings to …