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Hyun Jung-taik, Policy coordination Hyun Jung-taik, new senior secretary for policy coordination, is an economy expert who started his career as a civil …

President Park Geun-hye on Friday nominated a senior governing Saenuri Party lawmaker as the nation’s next prime minister, in a move apparently aimed at …

TOKYO (AFP) — Sony said Friday it was asking Japanese regulators for permission to delay its earnings release next month after a cyberattack at its …

TOKYO (AP) – The United Nations’ official in charge of investigating human rights violations in North Korea said Friday he stands by U.N. findings …

North Korea on Friday called on Seoul to lift its bilateral sanctions if it hopes to hold dialogue, arrange a reunion of separated families and restart other …

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe, which sent the Philae lander onto a comet’s surface in November, has revealed …

China on Friday decided to free on bail 12 of the 14 South Koreans under detention on charges of drug trafficking, allowing them to be investigated without …

President Park Geun-hye and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang met in Seoul Friday, agreeing that the two countries will continue working closely on the resumption …

China called Friday for stepped-up efforts to resume international dialogue on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program after the United States rejected an …

North Korea called on South Korea Friday to lift its sanctions on the communist country first in order to resolve the issue of reunions of families separated …