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North Korean ruler Kim Jong-Un has reportedly given copies of Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" to his top officials, urging them to study it as a leadership skills manual.

A war diary by Admiral Yi Sun-shin, the naval commander who repelled Japanese invaders in a famous 16th-century maritime battle during the Chosun Dynasty, will be registered as a UNESCO World Heritage asset.

A woman surfs the Internet on a computer for visitors at a registration desk at South Korean mobile carrier KT's headquarters in Seoul December 2, 2011.

Thais flock to Nami Island to see where 'Winter Love Song' was filmed, but nearby Chuncheon should not be ignored The Thai flags flapping in the breeze alongside South Korea's emblem on the ferry taking tourists to Nami is a clear indication of how popular this small island known as Namiseom locally has become among Thais.

This summer at all three Los Angeles locations of the Korean restaurant Bibigo , Korean pop megastar Psy, also known as the King of YouTube -- or his actual name Park Jae-sang -- is everywhere.

Overseas Korean leaders opened their annual meeting in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss ways to better nurture young talent and support the government's "creative economy" initiative.

South Korea's top envoy on North Korea left on Tuesday for a meeting in Washington with his US and Japanese counterparts, two days after Pyongyang proposed direct, high-level talks with the United States.

Hope that a Korean consortium, led by the Incheon International Airport Corp., could win the first deal to build an international airport overseas this month is rising as the government is developing a package of programs to support the deal.

JUNE 18, 2013 03:00. . President Park Geun-hye said Monday, "A recent media survey on teenagers` history awareness showed 69 percent of respondents saying South Korea invaded North Korea in Korean War," adding "Distortion of truth and history at schools is should never happen."

The President spoke to Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye yesterday evening to discuss regional security issues, building on discussions from her May visit to Washington.

Samsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.

China's increasing assertiveness and Japan's sense of insecurity would further spur nationalism in Northeast Asia, hampering the region from achieving huge potential gains from mutual cooperation, a renowned foreign policy analyst said.

A vice principal at a prestigious South Korean middle school committed suicide on Sunday amid an ongoing investigation into admission-related fraud.

The fifth edition of the Chinese Film Festival got underway on Sunday and will run concurrently in Seoul and Busan until Thursday.

After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No.

The trade mission that helped launch United Airlines' nonstop Denver-Tokyo flight attained its short-term goal of creating a critical mass of people needed to make an impression in the monstrous city, but it has only begun the long-term work of maintaining enough momentum to sustain the flight.

THE Department of Tourism in Davao Region said Friday that it met with four airline companies last June 1-2 in a bid to introduce Davao City as the next destination for South Korean tourists.

The government on Sunday said it would build a polycarbonate "dam" inside Sayeon Dam in Ulsan to protect the rock faces of Bangudae, located on Daegokcheon Stream Cliff, from erosion.

South Korea is strengthening supervision of foreign exchange transactions as President Park Geun Hye broadens her country's part in a global crackdown against tax evasion .

While some kids are being sent away to summer camps in New England right now, others are on their way to the Songdowon International Children's Camp in Wonsan, North Korea.