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Both bad news and good news came Monday regarding Korean exports: The nation’s outbound shipments suffered their biggest fall in almost six years in May, but …

The U.S. Federal Reserve is indicating the first interest hike in nearly seven years after launching the three-phase quantitative easing program to ride out …

The late Nobel laureate Sir Peter Medawar wrote that a virus is a “piece of bad news wrapped up in protein.” That bad news is the story of the day: The …

Contrary to the health authorities’ earlier claims that the Middle East respiratory syndrome was not highly contagious and thus poses little threat to the …

Live anthrax bacteria were “inadvertently” shipped to Osan Air Base along with U.S. military labs and commercial labs in 11 states as well as Australia and …

One of the common misunderstandings that people have about Interpol is that it operates secret offices at unknown places and sends out special agents all over …

Somerset Maugham believed that novels should both entertain and educate. His works almost always had a keen sense of humor, fun and insight.  In “The Round …

During their first meeting in four years Saturday, South Korean and Japanese defense ministers agreed to strengthen joint efforts to deter North Korea’s …

It is unwelcome news for many indebted households in the country that mortgage interest rates have been rising recently. The increase in the interest rates for …

When policymakers turn to economists for guidance, they expect the advice they receive to be grounded in science, not academic factionalism or political …