Helping defend South Korea would be easier if the U.S. entered into a free trade agreement for military equipment with the South, according to a former commander of U.S. Forces Korea.

North Korea's propaganda machines are churning out reports highlighting the early achievements of new leader Kim Jong-un, as his young age and apparent lack of experience continue to raise doubts about his leadership.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is expected to visit South Korea to attend the Nuclear Security Summit in March, media reported on Saturday.

Nine-member South Korean girl group Girls' Generation made their major American broadcast TV network debut on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" on Tuesday, Jan.

Kolkata, Feb 6: As the volume of two-way trade between India and the Republic of Korea is all set to touch the 30 billion USD mark from the current volume of 17.10 billion USD within the next 24 months, efforts are underway to relax the present stringent visa rules.

The South Korea captain has played a total of just six minutes in the Premier League since his summer move from Monaco and is growing more and more frustrated Arsenal striker Park Chu-Young will seek a summer move away from the Emirates if he continues to be frozen out of the first-team squad, according to his agent.

Japan's biggest makers of phones, televisions and chips say they'll lose about $17 billion this year, about three-quarters of what Samsung Electronics Co.

Semester fees here equivalent to annual tuition plus living expenses in ChinaTotal While Korean students struggle with rising college tuition fees and living costs, Chinese students are also feeling the strain.

South Korea and Turkey agreed Sunday to work together to conclude their free trade negotiations at an early date, possibly in the first half of the year, and resume stalled negotiations on the Eurasian nation's atomic power plant construction project, officials said.

A handful of Korean restaurants had been shut down for alcohol violations. Emergency responders struggled to navigate areas where the only signs were in the Hangul alphabet.

When General Motors Co. , Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp. look into their rear-view mirrors, they see Hyundai Motor Co.

A SCANDINAVIAN airlines flight with 135 people on board, including the Norwegian Crown Prince and Princess, has been evacuated at Copenhagen's main airport Kastrup after smoke was detected in the cabin.

With similar traditional cultures, two countries look forward to a new chapter in bilateral ties Since being appointed as the South Korean Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, I've come to realize that many Saudis are still very fond of Korea and its people.

Los Angeles - Hana Financial Group Inc., Korea's No. 4 banking group, said that it is pushing to acquire a Korean American commercial bank in the United States as part of its bid to accelerate expansion abroad.

More English literature and language programs in local universities should offer English-immersion courses, and collaboration among scholars with different interests would strengthen the local English-language studies, said the newly appointed president of English Language & Literature Association of Korea.

AP - Wherever North Korea's young new leader goes, they're there: a group of graying military and political officials who shadow Kim Jong Un as he visits army bases, attends concerts and tours schools.

AP - North Korea is open to immediate talks with rival South Korea if Seoul responds to several preconditions for dialogue, a North Korean military official told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Reuters - North Korea's new leadership, highly critical of South Korea since taking power, published an unusual "open questionnaire" to its rival on Thursday, demanding answers to show that Seoul was sincere about resuming inter-Korean dialogue.

AP - In a message aimed at both Koreas, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday that Washington is open to settling the North Korean nuclear standoff through diplomacy, but only if Pyongyang improves ties with archrival South Korea.

AP - North Korea's young new leader gets rock star treatment when he visits his troops — just as his father did. But while the late Kim Jong Il mostly stayed aloof in dark shades, his son holds hands and hugs his soldiers.

AP - South Korean activists have floated giant balloons carrying boxes of socks into North Korea.

AP - South Korea allowed members of a private group to accompany aid to North Korea for the first time Friday since leader Kim Jong Il died last month.

Reuters - Secretive North Korea is making rapid progress in building a uranium-fuelled reactor that poses an alarming safety risk, a nuclear expert said on Thursday.

AP - North Koreans bundled against the freezing cold paid respects again to late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's main plaza Monday and celebrated the Lunar New Year holiday with colorful flowers and children's games.

AP - The author of a new book on North Korea says late leader Kim Jong Il's eldest son believes the country now run by his young half brother could fail without economic reforms.