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SPREADING KINDNESS — Participants pose during a ceremony awarding lawmakers recognized by a group of students for using kind expressions during …

BEIJING (AP) _ China’s president on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of a Chinese hostage by Islamic State extremists, saying such groups are …

President Park Geun-hye on Thursday urged leaders participating in a regional summit to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to become more vibrant …

In the wake of last week’s deadly attacks in Paris and the arrest of an Indonesian migrant here on Wednesday over alleged links with an international …

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon’s plan to provide cash benefits to unemployed young people has prompted political debate as the government slammed it as an …

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has demanded the removal of a statue of a teenage Korean girl, a symbol of Korean victims of Japan’s wartime sexual …

This is the sixth installment in a series of interviews with scholars and experts on China as a resurgent Asian power that is changing the regional order. This …

Police have taken measures to hold some 3 billion won ($2.5 million) in assets from brothels in an effort to more effectively fight prostitution, the …

A Korean civic group has sued German carmaker Volkswagen over an emissions-rigging scandal, claiming that it affected public health rights, the organization …

South Korea is in the final stage of negotiations with Indonesia over their partnership on a local fighter jet development program and the results will …