Obama urges North Korea and Iran to change course On the final leg of his tour of East Asia, US President Barack Obama has used a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to urge North Korea and Iran to...
Iraq vote faces likely delayBAGHDAD (AP) _ Iraq's path toward political stability after years of war threatened to veer off course Wednesday when a vice president vetoed part of a key election law, a move likely to delay a...
By CHOE SANG-HUN, The New York Times When a daughter of Kim Jong-chang, South Korea's top financial regulator, got married last June, Mr. Kim did something unusual: He eliminated the cashier and the cash-filled envelopes. In...
November 13, 2009 President Obama arrived in Tokyo on Friday, hoping to shore up relations with a new Japanese government, which is seeking to be more assertive with Washington. The trip is the start ...
NEW HOPE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF H1N1 VACCINE AZG DAILY 11-11-2009 Swine flue According to CNN, researchers at a South Korean university say they have discovered a candidate strain for an H1N1 vaccine, though it has not yet been...
On three fronts -- South Korean trade, Ukrainian/Russian diplomacy and Afghan war fighting -- the Obama administration is being increasingly pressured by unfolding events to shed ideology and rationalizations and come quickly...
By Jack Kim SEOUL, Oct 28 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's ruling conservative party stands to avoid embarrassing setbacks in by-elections on Wednesday that could add momentum to economic reforms stalled in...
Speaking today at the London Games Conference, Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey outlined far-reaching proposals to back one of the UK’s high-tech success stories, the video games sector. He announced that the Conservatives...
SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans voted in parliamentary byelections Wednesday seen as a gauge of support for President Lee Myung-bak and his administration's attempt to scale back a contentious project to move several...
The U.S. President's dithering on foreign policy inflicts irreversible damage to our national security -- and the security of our allies. On three fronts — South Korean trade, Ukrainian/Russian diplomacy and Afghan war fighting...