[Herald Interview] NK could be lying about shooting: US defense analyst

Bruce W. Bennett (Rand Corporation)The North Korean story about what led its officers to shoot a South Korean fisheries official who drifted into North...

Greece warms to EU asylum pact but refugee groups rage

ATHENS: Greece's government has cautiously welcomed a plan from Brussels to reform the EU's shaky asylum system, but charity groups working with refugees on...

Five flights diverted from Incheon due to drone

(Incheon International Airport Corporation)Five flights were diverted from Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, due to suspected drone activity on Saturday, the airport operator...

Taiwan’s armed forces strain in undeclared war of attrition with China

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen visited a low-key but critical maintenance base for fighter jet engines on Saturday, offering encouragement as the Chinese-claimed island’s armed...

‘It is clear Lukashenko has to go’: France’s Macron

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron said Belarus's leader Alexander Lukashenko has to step down, in comments to a French weekly published on Sunday."It's clear...

Chinese ambassador calls for South Korea to join Beijing’s data security...

(Yonhap)Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming has called for South Korea to join Beijing's global data security initiative seen as a move to counter a US...

Japan to put traveller health questionnaires online

TOKYO: Japan will introduce an online version of a health questionnaire that travellers are required to fill out before entering the country in order...

New virus cases fall back below 100 as nation vigilant ahead...

(Yonhap)South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 100 for the first time in four days Saturday, as the country is struggling with sporadic cluster...

Cadets among 22 dead in ‘shock’ Ukraine military plane crash

CHUGUIV (UKRAINE) - At least 22 people including military cadets were killed and two others were seriously injured on Friday when a Ukranian air...

Govt. medical sector still haggling over state licensing exam

(Yonhap)The government and the medical sector are still at odds over whether to give a second chance to fourth-year medical students to take the...