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The Nobel Prize announcements this year marked another year with Korea coming away empty-handed, which has caused another round of soul searching. Korea’s …

Korea’s top economic policymakers are slowly awakening to the need for massive corporate restructuring, but they still seem to lack the determination …

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has proposed a bill to enact a “three strikes and you’re out” law for overcharging taxi and van …

These days, North Korea frequently appears in American movies and TV shows as a serious threat to the United States. In the 2013 Hollywood action flick …

There are many silly things in Korean government and politics — silly in the sense that follies and stupidities are being repeated although many know what …

An intense ideology-packed war looms large between the ruling and opposition parties, with the confrontation certain to worsen the already deep left-right …

CAMBRIDGE — Agreement among negotiators from 12 Pacific Rim countries on the Trans-Pacific Partnership represents a triumph over long odds. Tremendous …

WASHINGTON — A favorite Arab proverb goes something like this: A shepherd asks the Prophet: Should I let my camels loose and trust in God? No, answers …

North Korea put up its largest ever military parade on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party. The country’s young leader Kim …

Nothing says “autumn” more beautifully and, unfortunately, pungently than the ginkgo trees that line the streets of Seoul and elsewhere around the country. …