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President Park Geun-hye met with the head of the World Health Organization over how to contain the MERS virus that has sparked the public scare across South …

The Chinese ambassador to North Korea, Li Jinjun, has vowed to forge agricultural cooperation with the reclusive North, which said it was hit by its worst …

Shin Kyung-sook, author of the best-selling novel “Please Look After Mom,” has been sued on allegations that she plagiarized a work published …

President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating fell to an all-time low over the deadly MERS virus that has killed 24 people, a poll showed Friday. A poll …

North Korea said Friday it has developed an injection that is highly effective in preventing and curing the MERS virus and other contagious diseases. But …

A former Korean wartime sex slave said Friday she will soon file a suit against the Japanese government with a U.S. court, seeking an apology and financial …

All except two of the 166 confirmed patients of Middle East respiratory syndrome in Korea have contracted the virus from hospitals, statistics by the Health …

South Korea reported another death from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome but only one new case Friday, which officials here said may indicate the outbreak is …

South Korea’s antitrust watchdog said Friday that it has slapped a 114 million won ($103,100) fine on convenience store chain Ministop Korea for unfair …

The drought now gripping North Korea is not yet a “catastrophe,” a U.S. agricultural expert said Thursday, suggesting the communist nation may be …