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South Korea confirmed Wednesday two more deaths related to Middle East respiratory syndrome, along with 13 additional cases of infection which brought the …

A Seoul appellate court has upheld the guilty verdict of a former naval officer who was convicted of bribery tied to a faulty rescue and salvage ship that …

U.S. senators have introduced a resolution welcoming South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s upcoming visit to Washington, congressional records showed …

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday it will continue to monitor the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in South Korea after …

Scores of activists for the rights of sexual minorities plan to go ahead with an annual festival here later Tuesday, organizers said, amid fierce outcry from …

South Korea said Tuesday it is closely monitoring the global response to the MERS outbreak as Hong Kong issued a travel alert for the country following its …

An Army colonel was sentenced to a two-year jail term Tuesday for receiving bribes in exchange for helping former and active-duty officers find employment, the …

A former top Japanese official said Tuesday many women from Korea and other nations were forcibly recruited as “comfort women” for Japanese troops …

North Korea is likely to see its food production fall by up to 20 percent this year from 2014 if a shortage of rainfall continues until early July, a …

President Park Geun-hye will leave for Washington this weekend as scheduled for talks with her U.S counterpart, Barack Obama, despite the spreading MERS virus …