By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- The city of Pyongyang is bustling with festivities as
it prepares to greet North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's birthday with a mix of

SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks are expected to trade within a
slim range next week as massive stimulus plans across the world are increasingly

SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- Five South Koreans released this week by Somali
pirates off the coast of Kenya will return home in about a week, Seoul's foreign
ministry said Saturday.

By Sam Kim
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- North Korea accused South Korea Saturday of pretending
to seek dialogue while blocking reconciliation, slamming President Lee Myung-bak

PENANG (Malaysia), Feb 14 (Bernama) -- The number of workers retrenched in northern Penang-state may be more than that reported by the Labour Department so far, said the secretary of the Malaysian

SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major Korean newspapers on Feb. 14.

The bill for the bar exam that defines new ways to select lawyers was rejected in the National Assembly on Thursday.

With the country suffering from the worst drought in 12 years, the government is scurrying to find ways to handle water scarcity, which could develop into a crisis if substantial rainfall does not

SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Yonhap) -- The following is the weather
forecast for South Korea's 12 major cities at 9:00 a.m. Saturday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday reconfirmed that the Obama administration will continue six-party talks to denuclearize North Korea.