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Parliament to convene extra session on Feb. 2

Rival political parties agreed Tuesday to convene an extra parliamentary session next month to handle pending bills, including one aimed at rooting out …

Missing S. Korean might have joined Islamic State: Seoul

A South Korean teenager who recently vanished in Turkey may have crossed the border into Syria to join the Islamic State, a Seoul official said Tuesday. The …

China ‘never paid businessman’ who bought aircraft carrier: report

The Chinese businessman who bought an unfinished Soviet-era vessel that became his country’s first aircraft carrier was never paid back the $120 million …

Two killed, 29 wounded in Brazil prison riot

A police officer and an inmate were killed and 29 prisoners wounded Monday in the latest riot to hit Brazil’s overcrowded prison system, authorities …

Two workers die at separate Fukushima nuclear plants: operator

A worker at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant died Tuesday after falling into a water tank, the country’s nuclear operator said, the second …

Opposition party vows to review new tax scheme

The main opposition party vowed Tuesday to review the government’s new tax settlement scheme amid public anger over the larger tax burden for middle and …

Park readies Cabinet shake-up
Park readies Cabinet shake-up

President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that she will conduct a small-scale Cabinet shake-up and partly reorganize the presidential office as she seeks to regain …

Bolstered by economy, Obama faces hostile Congress

Barack Obama faces the massed ranks of Congress on Tuesday for the first time since his party lost control there, but don’t expect him to cut a humbler …

Incumbent judge arrested over alleged graft

A Seoul court judge has been put under emergency arrest on suspicion of taking bribes from a notorious loan shark in return for legal favors, prosecutors said …

S. Korea to begin spy satellite project this year

South Korea plans to develop military reconnaissance satellites and deploy five units by 2022 as part of efforts to beef up defense capabilities to better …

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