Ch'ungch'Ong-Namdo, South Korea News

A memorial service took place at the Yuten-ji temple in Tokyo on Wednesday for 44 Korean soldiers and military staff who were pressed into the Japanese Imperial Army during the colonial period and died in World War II, a day before their remains returned to Korea.

The National Police Agency is considering using helicopters to facilitate surveillance of mass rallies or sit-in protests, officials said yesterday.

In a global society, many services are offered to suit the needs of the local foreign population.

CHEONAN ©- A Filipina woman married a Korean man in 1999 and settled in Haenam County, South Jeolla Province.

Anticipated personnel changes in the state prosecution office began to unfold yesterday as veteran prosecutors submitted their resignations after President Lee Myung-bak announced his choice for the post of new prosecutor-general. Kwon Jae-jin, head of the Seoul High Prosecutors Office, and Kim Joon-gyu, head of the Daejeon High Prosecutors Office, ...

FINDING THE PULSE Sujeong finds the chaos on the roads in Bangalore exciting Sujeong Chloe Park hails from Daejeon in South Korea.

"Blue Dot ASIA 2009": An art fair that aims to discover the next blue chip artists opens today at Hangaram Art Museum at the Seoul Arts Center.

A SOUTHPORT expat who lives just 120 miles from the North Korean border says nuclear tests being conducted by Pyongyang are not causing anxiety in the South.

South Korean researchers are exploring the viability of electric roads. The roads work using inductive charges, which power small car batteries as the cars travel over special strips installed in the pavement.

An ambulance leaves a military hospital in Sanaa, to which the bodies of two German nurses and a South Korean teacher were transferred, on Monday.

CHENNAI: The apparent release of two Indian marine officers, who were arrested by the South Korean authorities for causing the countrya s worst ever oil spill 17 months ago, came as a big reprieve for sailor community in the country.

School children place roses at a grave in Seoul National Cemetery in Dongjak-dong, southern Seoul.

One of the issues that comes with plug-in autos , whether they are hybrid or straight-up electric, is the ability to charge the battery.

An artist's rendering of the DubaiSat-1 satellite in orbit. DUBAI // The UAE's first government satellite, DubaiSat-1, will be launched on July 25, scientists announced yesterday.

North Korea's decision to stage a nuclear test in direct contravention of an international ban has been widely condemned and led to fears of conflict in south-east Asia.

Riot police rest behind the frontline during protests in Seoul last year against the resumption of U.S. beef imports.

South Korean researchers check air samples for radioactive material at the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety following North Korea's second nuclear test Monday in Daejeon, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2009.

Mourners wait in long lines yesterday to leave flower tributes at an altar for former President Roh Moo-hyun yesterday in Bongha Village, Gimhae, South Gyeongsang.

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak , whose first year in office was plagued by economic challenges and street protests, must now work to heal political wounds arising from the suicide of his predecessor Roh Moo Hyun .

After a few years of playing with the concept of a foreign-guided and climbing service, Peter Jensen-Choi said it finally just sunk in and he agreed to go ahead with the idea with fellow climber Eddy Park.