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North Korea said Saturday it has deported an elderly U.S. tourist and war veteran detained for more than a month for alleged hostile acts against the country.

The New Mexico State Police officer who fired shots at a minivan full of children during a chaotic October traffic stop has been fired.

And indeed, your visit to Korea marks the first of its kind in 10 years by a U.S. Vice President, and I believe that this visit to Korea adds further significance to the 60th anniversary of our alliance partnership that we mark this year.

Seeking to reassure wary allies, Vice President Joe Biden on Friday pushed back against those who question America's commitment to Asia, which has at times been obscured by an array of distractions at home and abroad.

Plastic surgery is so common now, it shouldn't shock us anymore. But you can't help being amazed at certain transformations.

In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, Chinese director Zhang Yimou arrives to attend in Daejong Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea.

GM, which has been mulling its future in Australia for months, has decided to pull out as early as 2016, Australian media reported on Friday.

South Korea enshrined the remains of 666 soldiers on Friday, more than 60 years after they were killed in the three-year Korean War that ended in a truce in 1953.

North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia, a relative of leader Kim Jong-Un, has been recalled just days after the young supremo's uncle was apparently ousted in a leadership purge, according to a report.

Under the deal, announced by the Abbott government on Thursday, tariffs will be eliminated on local exports of agricultural products such as beef, sugar, wheat, wine and dairy, as well as energy, resources and manufactured goods.

BEIJING a?? After getting no concessions from China on its new air defense zone, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden flew to Seoul on Thursday to meet South Korean leaders also worried by Beijing's claim that it now controls all air space over the vast East China Sea.

Ex-Smithsonian curator Cho Chang-soo has been posthumously awarded the Okgwan Order of Cultural Merit, one of the highest cultural honors in South Korea.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea for CH-47D Model Aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $151 million.

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has floated a tanker-shaped vessel tagged as the world's largest "floating facility" with a length greater than the height of the Empire State Building in New York [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries has floated a tanker-shaped vessel tagged as the world's largest "floating ... (more)

Seoul, Dec 4 : An Institute for Indian Studies Korea was inaugurated here Wednesday to help South Koreans understand India better as the country becomes a major magnet for Korean businesses.

On Wednesday, Amanda Seyfried attended the Muse party in Seoul, an event that promoted cosmetic brand Cle de Peau Beaute.

In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, South Korean students cheer their seniors' success in the Scholastic Aptitude Test in front of the main gate of an examination hall in Seoul, South Korea.

It's intriguing news: the claim by South Korea's spy agency that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un probably sacked the country's second-most-powerful official - his uncle.

It's intriguing news: the claim by South Korea's spy agency that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un probably sacked the country's second-most-powerful official - his uncle.

A nuclear reactor at South Korea's Hanbit Nuclear Power Plant was temporarily shut down Wednesday due to what appears to be a problem with its generation turbine that pose no danger of radiation leak, plant operators said.