Korea

U.N. urges Japan to block defamation of 'comfort...
Protesters shout anti-Korean slogans outside JR Tsuruhashi Station in Osaka, close to a large community of ethnic Koreans, on March 31. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A United Nations committee on May 21 called on Japan to prevent hate speech and other actions that degrade former “comfort women” and portray them as prostitutes for...
BIZ BRIEF: Mitsui Chemicals acquires shares of...
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. announced Feb. 20 that it will acquire a 51-percent stake in KOC Solution Co., a South Korean manufacturer and distributor of plastic optical lens...
Novelist uncovers 'lost' 1909 Soseki musings on...
A copy of Natsume Soseki's "Kanman Shokan" that appeared in the Manshu Nichinichi Shimbun (Provided by So Kurokawa)
A novelist has found two newspaper contributions written by famed Meiji Era author Natsume Soseki that touch upon the assassination of Ito Hirobumi, Japan's first prime...
The Internet army: Foreign shogi players raise...
(Photo: Hiroyuki Kodera)
The world of shogi registered a seismic shift in May when Karolina Styczynska, a 21-year-old Polish woman, beat a professional Japanese woman during a preliminary round of the...
Japan recalls envoy after S.Korea's Lee visits...
Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba also said Tokyo had recalled its envoy to Seoul(Photo: Hiroki Endo)
SEOUL -- Japan recalled its ambassador to South Korea on Aug. 10 after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited disputed islands believed to contain frozen natural gas...
BIZ BRIEF: Teijin begins producing lithium battery...
Teijin Ltd. announced on July 9 that Teijin CNF Korea Co., a joint venture between Teijin and major Korean film processor CNF, has begun commercial production of Lielsort, a...
Raw, gritty film takes on Korea's powerful chaebol
Im Sang-soo (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SEOUL--A wealthy and powerful company chairman swings open the steel door of his family bank vault, revealing tottering heaps of money to the dazzled eyes of his male secretary.
South Korea: Immersive English as a national...
More than 100 students take a preparatory lesson for the TOEIC in a large classroom at YBM, South Korea's top language school in central Seoul. (Photo: Naoto Inagaki)
Although the temperature outside is only 3 degrees, more than 100 students are burning with enthusiasm in a large classroom at YBM, South Korea's top language school in central ...
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