Some 1,500 South Korean students who dream of attending elite American colleges are scrambling after the U.S.-based …
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Venezuela’s Brawl Is the Latest Edition of Parliament Fight Club
The first rule of Parliament Fight Club is try not to be among the opposition. On the evening of April 30, members of Venezuela’s political opposition, including a former presidential candidate, were apparently roughed up by …
Looming Clash Between Seoul and Washington Over Nuclear Technology
When South Korean President Park Geun-hye visits Washington on May 5 she will be reaffirming the 60-year alliance between the U.S. and her country with cordiality. Relations between Washington and Seoul are better than ever …
Party in Pyongyang: Amid Tension, North Korea Celebrates Kim Il Sung’s Birthday
The 101st anniversary of the birth of the country’s venerated founding father, the late dictator Kim Il Sung, is a pointer to the regime’s current state of mind
Psy Unveils His New ‘Gentleman’ Video and Dance at Extravagant Seoul Concert
Fans of pelvic thrusts are going to love Psy’s new single. At a concert in Seoul on Saturday night, the South Korean star debuted the music video — and cheeky dance moves — for his new song, “Gentleman.” The show, which kept …
Why the North Korean Crisis Demands a New Diplomatic Approach
Even as Washington presses Pyongyang on its arsenal, a growing number of analysts worry that unconditional denuclearization is a strategic dead end
In the Shadow of North Korean Threats, South Korea Shrugs
Nobody does bluster better than Pyongyang. In the past few weeks the country’s hardworking propagandists declared a “state of war” with South Korea, announced plans to restart a plutonium-producing reactor and threatened the U.S. …
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North Korea raises the stakes, glacial ice that took 1,600 years to form has melted in just 25 years in Peru’s Andes and a flagship Indian jobs program has been defrauded of around $10 billion by local officials
Filial Pity: Is South Korea Doing Enough to Stop Elderly Suicides?
Why some South Koreans are calling their country the Republic of Suicide
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North Korea is believed to be training teams of “cyber warriors”, poverty in Bulgaria pushes people over the edge and British Prime Minister David Cameron is to announce plans to restrict access to welfare, housing and free …
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An ex-dictator of Guatemala is on trial on genocide charges, the Vietnamese government might give cash to families who have daughters and China’s Xi Jinping says he is willing to promote dialogue between North and South Korea
South Korea Rattled by Suicide of Bullied Teen
South Korea is stepping up its campaign against school bullying in the wake of a young victim’s suicide last week
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dies, thousands flee their homes as violence grows in eastern DR Congo and David Beckham becomes China’s soccer ambassador
