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A newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said Saturday that Beijing voted against a U.N. resolution on North Korea’s human rights record …

A South Korean fishing boat has been stranded by ice in the Antarctic sea but no casualties have been reported with help from the country’s icebreaker …

The U.S. Congress could try to exercise oversight over the government’s handling of new multilateral development banks, a congressional report said, …

Seoul police leveled an additional charge of sedition against the leader of Korea’s second-largest umbrella trade union on Friday as they handed him over to …

Korean and Vietnamese police authorities have launched special teams to ensure the safety of their respective citizens in each other’s countries, as they …

Ruling Saenuri Party leader Kim Moo-sung apologized Friday for a racist remark he made to an African student during volunteer work earlier in the day. Kim had …

South Korea will host the largest ever ministerial-level African cooperation meeting in 2016, as the country moves to strengthen economic ties with the …

Hundreds of South Koreans bid their last farewells to former parliamentary speaker Lee Man-sup at a funeral ceremony at the National Assembly. Nearly 500 …

South Korea’s government on Friday gave approval for the opening of a foreign-owned for-profit hospital on Jeju Island, which can lead to diversification …

Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, rejoined a forum on inter-Korean reconciliation Friday, nine months after he suffered a knife attack. In …