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Lee Kwang Soo wins Top Excellence Award at 2016 SBS Entertainment Awards

The members of Running Man reunite for the last time at the 2016 SBS Entertainment Awards.

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SBS TV to end 'Running Man' in February amid casting mishap

SBS TV's popular variety show "Running Man" will be wrapped up once and for all in February amid an audience backlash over its producers' botched communication with cast members.

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Kim Jongkook And Song Jihyo confirmed to leave ‘Running Man,’ production team issues official apology

It seems that popular SBS variety show, ‘Running Man‘ will be losing more of their original cast. And this time, it seems that this one is an abrupt decision. It was confirmed by the producers of the show that, Kim Jongkook and Song Jihyo will be leaving the show after 6 years. Just this past October, original member Kang Gary also left to focus on his music career.

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China files WTO dispute case over surrogate country approach

China has launched dispute settlement procedures at the World Trade Organization (WTO) by requesting consultations with the United States and the European Union (EU) regarding the surrogate country approach when calculating anti-dumping measures against Chinese exports, the Ministry of Commerce said Monday.

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Two officials fill vacancies of CPC Central Committee membership

Two new members have been added to the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee to fill vacancies, according to a communique released Thursday after the sixth plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee.

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Strict new CPC discipline rules on way

The Communist Party of China opened a top-level meeting in Beijing on Monday to institutionalize the experience from its four-year-long anti-corruption campaign.

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Philippine military says S. Korean ship hijacked

Armed men believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf group have hijacked a South Korean vessel off the island of Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines seizing its two crew members, a spokesman for the Philippine military said on Friday.

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Oil prices won't recover immediately in case OPEC freeze outputs: expert

Algeria and several OPEC members express hopes that an informal meeting of the cartel here could pave the way for OPEC and non-OPEC members to freeze oil outputs, but oil prices won't recover immediately according to an expert.

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Lao ruling party voices concerns over members lack of discipline

Laos' ruling communist party, Lao People's Revolutionary Party, has voiced concern to its members who lack of discipline, Lao state-run online newspaper Vientiane Times reported Thursday.

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Samaranch Jr., Erdener elected new IOC vice presidents

Two new IOC vice presidents were elected along with seven new members on the executive board on Thursday at the 129th IOC session ahead of the Rio Olympic Games.

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WTO concludes China's sixth trade policy review

The sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) trade policy review of China came to a close here on Friday, with members highlighting the vital role played by the country in the global economy as well their desire to see deeper reforms in a number of areas.

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What is Oscar Season without parties? We may soon find out

​New Academy regulations forbid the parties and luncheons that have defined the awards circuit—but the open bar may not be quite dead yet.

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China innovates Party branches to reeducate members

Being of member of a Communist Party of China (CPC) branch is usually something to brag about, but not in a district of Shandong Province, where new branches have been set up to reexamine and reeducate underperforming or wayward CPC members.

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Strike by Taiwan's China Airlines crew leaves 20,000 passengers stranded

The island’s main carrier cancelled 76 flights to Hong Kong, Japan and other destinations on Friday

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UN Security Council slams DPRK's failed ballistic missile launches

​The UN Security Council on Wednesday "strongly condemned" the most recent failed ballistic missile launches of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on May 31 and April 27-28.

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Philippine president to face charges after term ends: congressman

​Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III will face charges once he steps down from office, a lawmaker warned Monday.

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N. Korea wraps up ruling party congress, Kim Jong Un elected chairman

The ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has wrapped up its 7th Congress which lasted four days and top leader Kim Jong Un has been elected chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), it was announced Monday.