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Foreigners scratch their head when they see the name “Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.” ICT is a technical term that stands for information …

When presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama meet in the United States in a few days time, they will not be short of things to talk about. The state of the …

The UNHCR has said that approximately 400,000 refugees from Africa and the Middle East will arrive in Europe this year and 450,000 more next year. Asylum …

People have various perceptions and images of a country. It is the same with Japan. One of the common impressions of Japan is a bad one, which stems from its …

As world leaders prepare to gather next week at the United Nations in New York to ratify the new Sustainable Development Goals and commemorate the U.N.’s …

The Presbyterian Church in the Republic of Korea, a major Protestant church here, has decided that its clergy will voluntarily pay income tax. It was the first …

The installation of closed-circuit television became mandatory for all new child care centers Saturday. New child care centers catering to children under the …

Saturday marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark deal in which North Korea agreed to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for economic aid and …

More than 18 months after former President Viktor Yanukovych was driven from power (and into exile), the crisis in Ukraine is at a stalemate. Crimea has been …

Maybe Donald Trump plans to buy a foreign policy. Because based on the CNN Republican presidential debate, he doesn’t seem to have one of his own — …