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January 08, 2012
SEOUL -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will this week ask China's leaders to use their influence to lean on North Korea to show restraint amid a delicate transition to a ...
December 31, 2011
SEOUL -- North Korea announced on Dec. 31 it has appointed Kim Jong Un, the anointed successor and youngest son of Kim Jong Il, as supreme commander of its 1.2 million-strong...
December 29, 2011
SEOUL -- North Korea lauded the military might built up by deceased leader Kim Jong Il on Dec. 29, likely tying his young successor to the same policies that have set Northeast ...
December 26, 2011
BEIJING -- Japan urged China on Dec. 26 to shoulder a big role in ensuring that North Korea avoids volatile moves despite uncertainties created by the death of Pyongyang's...
December 26, 2011
Sori Yanagi, whose designs for stools and kitchen pots brought the simplicity and purity of Japanese decor into the everyday, has died. He was 96.
December 12, 2011
SEOUL--South Korea says it will allow Christians to light a second Christmas tree-shaped tower near the tense border with North Korea despite strong opposition from Pyongyang.
December 11, 2011
SEOUL--South Korea says it will allow Christians to light a second Christmas tree-shaped tower near the tense border with North Korea despite strong opposition from Pyongyang.
December 06, 2011
BONN - Foreign governments pledged on Dec. 5 to support Afghanistan long after allied troops go home, with or without a political settlement with insurgents once seen as the...
December 03, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Production of Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the costliest arms purchase in history, should be slowed because of the potential number of...
November 08, 2011
BANGKOK -- Thailand's prime minister canceled plans to attend a Pacific trade forum in Hawaii this weekend as she struggled on Nov. 8 to cope with her country's worst flooding...
November 03, 2011
BEIJING -- Two unmanned Chinese spacecraft docked above Earth successfully early Nov. 3, moving China one step closer to setting up its own space station.
November 03, 2011
BEIJING -- China's top official paper warned on Nov. 3 that the government is facing "a crisis of faith" among its people and urged local officials to win trust in the face of...
November 03, 2011
SEOUL -- North Korea's closed economy contracted for a second year in a row last year due to international sanctions, sluggish agricultural production and a slowdown in...
November 03, 2011
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines, one of the world's largest labor exporters, has ordered a ban on the deployment of workers to 41 countries -- including war-torn...
October 27, 2011
Soon after paying a record-setting fee to close a now-controversial takeover in the spring of 2010, Japanese camera and endoscope maker Olympus Corp was back out shopping for...
October 22, 2011
Japan's government approved a $157 billion extra budget on Oct. 21 including the issuance of new bonds to pay for the bulk of the spending on rebuilding from the March...
October 12, 2011
BEIJING -- China criticized an American currency bill as a threat to a shaky global economic recovery and warned on Oct. 12 that trade ties will be "severely damaged" if it...
October 12, 2011
Sony said on Oct. 12 intruders staged a massive attempt to access user accounts on its PlayStation Network and other online entertainment services in the second major attack on ...
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