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Nearly three out of every 10 South Korean adults do not read one single book the whole year, a government survey showed Friday, indicating a growing number of people are choosing other interests such as Web surfing and watching TV over reading.

Is the government taking a hard enough line with indebted conglomerates? Reuters In the middle of a makeover ON THE face of things, the restructuring of South Korea's heavily indebted family-owned conglomerates is proceeding apace.

North Korea's first TV beer commercial is set to be "the new look of Pyongyang" North Korea's latest launch is not missiles, but a TV advertising campaign for a locally-brewed beer.

WASHINGTON: The United States said on Thursday that the missile test-fires by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are "not helpful" and are "dangerous." "North Korea knows exactly what it has to do ... They need to cut out these kinds of provocative actions and return to denuclearization talks," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told a ...

A bachelor farmer has found a way to turn his obsession with satellite TV dishes into a community service and a link to the wider world beyond his village By Choe Sang-hun NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, YEONGJU, SOUTH KOREA Friday, Jul 03, 2009, Page 9 Lee Si-kap, a shy farmer living in the central South Korean town of Yeongju, holds a record: He owns more ...

Premier Liu Chao-shiuan, right, toasts outgoing American Institute in Taiwan Director Stephen Young during a cocktail reception held yesterday to mark U.S. Independence Day tomorrow.

When it comes to economic performance, it's hard to believe that impoverished North Korea could do better than its affluent capitalist neighbor to the south.

IT IS more than 50 years since Tom Barrie set off to fight in the Korean War. Just 19 years old, he was to spend two years in the war-torn country.

Throughout the years the Letters From Home organization has received a myriad of plaques, certificates, accommodations, U.S. flags, photos and much more from American military men and women stationed around the world in appreciation of the organization's efforts in supporting the U.S. Armed Forces.

The GSMA today announced that the world's first interoperable enhanced communication service incorporating key elements of the GSMA's Rich Communication Suite specifications is now a live commercial service in South Korea.

A driver was formally arrested Tuesday in Shanghai for his role in a road accident early this month that left five people dead, including four women from the Republic of Korea and a Chinese male driver inside the same taxi.

Christina Stockton and Brittany Smith are among 10 members of the Collegiate All-Star Women's Golf Team in the midst of a 20-day trip to Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong.

South Korea is aggressively expanding its free trade agreement network, aiming at rebuilding its economy damaged by the global financial crisis through the increase of automotive and electrical exports.

A North Korean ship tracked by the U.S. Navy on suspicion of carrying a banned arms cargo may be returning home, a U.S. official said, as Washington cracks down on companies helping Pyongyang export missile systems.

The United States and South Korea committed more than 200 cases of aerial spying in June, official media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea reported Tuesday citing a military source.

Japan pledged to shore up Elpida Memory Inc with public money, bringing the total aid coming to the loss-making chip maker to $1.7 billion as it struggles compete with its larger South Korean rivals.

More than 30 Koreans in New York City have committed suicide this year. According to a Korea Times survey of the three major Korean funeral parlors in New York and New Jersey -- Jung-Ang Funeral Parlor, Je-Mi Funeral Parlor and Kim, Ki-Ho Yae Hospital -- 31 Koreans committed suicide between January and June 26th.

Seoul - South Korea's first swingers' club - where couples can swap partners for sex - has made a roaring debut, leaving police who want to close it down struggling to respond.

All 21 public high school students and three of the chaperones on the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council trip to South Korea have resumed their travel itinerary after being quarantined over swine flu fears.

Former U.S. defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld's attempts to be philosophical about 'known unknowns' and 'unknown unknowns' gave him a reputation for slipperiness and cant.