December 06, 2012
The commander of U.S. troops in Japan said on Dec. 6 that the situation ahead of North Korea's planned launch of a long-range rocket this month is “very dangerous.''
December 06, 2012
SEOUL--Samsung Electronics, the world's leading technology company by revenue, is likely accelerating the launch of its next-generation flagship Galaxy smartphone--which may come with a breakthrough unbreakable screen.
December 06, 2012
BRUSSELS--NATO on Dec. 5 called on North Korea to cancel plans for its second rocket launch of 2012, saying it would violate U.N. resolutions and could further destabilize the Korean peninsula.
December 05, 2012
SEOUL--As “Gangnam Style'' gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click. So too has his agent and his grandmother. But the money from music sales isn't flowing in from the rapper's homeland South Korea or elsewhere in Asia.
December 05, 2012
SEOUL--Samsung Electronics Co. pushed the anointed heir of the company chairman closer to the top job on Dec. 5 as it cemented a global lead in smartphones with a stock price that is close to record highs.
December 05, 2012
UNITED NATIONS--Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly urged North Korea on Dec.4 to reconsider its decision to launch a rocket which would be “a clear violation” of U.N. sanctions.
December 04, 2012
SEOUL--South Korea says it plans to reroute passenger flights over the Yellow Sea to avoid possible collisions with debris from a long-range rocket that North Korea plans to launch this month.
December 03, 2012
SEOUL--North Korea's threatened launch of a long-range missile in the next couple of weeks has thrown a curve ball in the campaigns of the two main candidates in South Korea's presidential election.
December 03, 2012
Japan will position surface-to-air Patriot missiles on three southern islands to prepare to shoot down a North Korean long-range missile this month if it threatens Japanese territory.
December 03, 2012
South Korea's Park Jong-woo has been banned for two games by FIFA and fined 3,500 Swiss francs ($3,800) after he inflamed a diplomatic row with Japan at the London Olympic soccer tournament, the governing body said on Dec. 3.
December 03, 2012
MOSCOW/BEIJING--Russia and China urged North Korea on Dec. 3 not to go ahead with a plan for its second rocket launch of 2012, with Moscow saying the launch would violate restrictions imposed by the U.N. Security Council.
December 02, 2012
North Korea has a lot more than bravado riding on its announcement of plans to launch a long-range rocket later this month.
December 02, 2012
SEOUL, South Korea--North Korea is gearing up to fire a long-range rocket this month in a defiant move expected to raise the stakes of a global standoff over its missile and nuclear programs.
November 29, 2012
SEOUL--South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. is taking aim at its Japanese rivals with an Android-powered digital camera that allows users to swiftly and wirelessly upload pictures to social networking sites.
November 29, 2012
SEOUL--South Korea cancelled the launch of its first space rocket on Nov. 29 after a glitch in the propulsion system halted the countdown just minutes before the scheduled lift-off.
November 29, 2012
SEOUL, South Korea--Park Jung-in, an 11-year-old South Korean, sleeps with her Android smartphone instead of a teddy bear. When the screen beams with a morning alarm, she wakes up, picks up her glasses and scrolls through tens of unread messages from friends, shaking off drowsiness.
November 29, 2012
SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has named a hardline general who is believed to have masterminded an attack on South Korea to the post of Armed Forces Minister as part of a broad reshuffle of the military, South Korean officials said on Nov. 29.
November 28, 2012
BEIJING--How did a spoof article about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un being the sexiest man alive end up as a real news item in China? Turns out it was a case of telephone, or Chinese whispers, in the digital age.
November 28, 2012
SEOUL--The two main contenders in South Korea's presidential election next month kicked off their campaigns Nov. 27 with barely a policy mention of Japan or simmering diplomatic disputes over territory and history issues.
November 28, 2012
UNITED NATIONS--A committee of the U.N. General Assembly on Nov. 27 condemned North Korea for rampant human rights violations, while an envoy of Pyongyang dismissed the move as reflective of hostile U.S. policies.