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Mood gets right for "meaningful" dialogue between S.Korea, DPRK

Amoodisgettingrightfora"meaningful"dialoguebetweenSouthKoreaandtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)asnewgovernmentsbothintheUnitedStatesandSouthKoreawerel

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Chef 's book, food fest offer tastes of her native Cape Town

South African food made a splash in China last week, with two TV hosts and authors scooping up honors at the Gourmand International awards in Yantai, Shandong province. One of them, Cape Town's Zola Nene, is lingering in Beijing for a food festival at The Village Cafe, which continues through Monday.

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Daughter of Park's confidante arrested en route to South Korea

The daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the confidante of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye who was at the center of the 2016 corruption scandal, was arrested on Wednesday en route from Denmark to South Korea, according to Yonhap News Agency.

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Daughter of Park's confidante arrested en route to South Korea

ThedaughterofChoiSoon-sil,theconfidanteofformerSouthKoreanPresidentParkGeun-hyewhowasatthecenterofthe2016corruptionscandal,wasarrestedonWednesdayenroutefromDenm

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Hosting AIIB's 2nd annual meeting to have great meaning for S.Korea

HostingtheChina-initiatedAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(AIIB)'ssecondannualmeetingwillhaveagreatmeaningforSouthKorea,Seoul'sfinanceministryofficialssaidTuesd

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Daughter of ousted President Park's confidante to return to South Korea

ThedaughterofChoiSoon-sil,theconfidanteofformerSouthKoreanpresidentParkGeun-hye,willbeextraditedfromDenmarkonTuesday,YonhapNewsAgencyreportedonMonday.ChungYoo-r

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China's Sudirman Cup domination ended by South Korea

Ten-timechampionChinalosttoSouthKorea2-3inthefinaloftheSudirmanCuponAustralia'sGoldCoastonSunday.TheSudirmanCupistheWorldMixedTeamChampionship,heldeverytwoyears

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28,000 South Sudanese refugees arrive in Sudan during first half of May

Itisestimatedthatover28,000SouthSudaneserefugeesarrivedinSudanduringthefirsthalfofMay2017,accordingtoareportfromtheUNHCR.Therecentinfluxofrefugeesmeansthatatota

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South Korea and Japan condemn DPRK's latest missile test

SouthKoreaandJapanhavejointlycondemnedtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)overthecountry'slatestmissilelaunchonMonday,whichwasthethirdsuchlaunchinthespace

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China slams G7 interference in its sea issues

ChinastronglydenouncedthecommuniquereleasedafteraG7summit,whichinterferesinEastChinaSeaandSouthChinaSeaissuesundertheguiseofinternationallaw,ForeignMinistryspok

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South Korea's anti-piracy unit searches for Mongolian ship off Somalia

SouthKoreahasdispatcheditsanti-piracynavalunittowatersoffSomaliaaftercommunicationwithaMongolianfishingvesselwascutwhenitrequestedhelp,fearingitwasbeingfollowed

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President Moon supports re-start of six-party talks on DPRK

SouthKoreahassentspecialenvoystoChina,Germany,Japan,RussiaandtheUStobolstertiesastensionsmountontheKoreanPeninsula.AccordingtoYonhapNewAgency,Seoul'sspecialenvo

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UN envoy calls for "common strategy" on political process in South Sudan

The United Nations (UN)'s envoy in South Sudan on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to unite behind a common strategy to advance the political process and ensure peace in the crisis-torn country.

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DPRK fires unidentified projectile across border with South Korea

TheDPRKfiredanunidentifiedprojectileacrossitsborderwithSouthKorea,SouthKorea'snewsagencyYonhapreportedonTuesdaycitingamilitarysource.(YONHAP)

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UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on DPRK missile launch

The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday in response to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) latest ballistic missile test.

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The ancient and modern treasures of the South China Sea

Anyone lucky enough to stroll on the white sands of Nanshazhou, a tiny islet in the middle of the South China Sea, should not be surprised to come across fragments of ceramics, hundreds of years old.

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The ancient and modern treasures of the South China Sea

AnyoneluckyenoughtostrollonthewhitesandsofNanshazhou,atinyisletinthemiddleoftheSouthChinaSea,shouldnotbesurprisedtocomeacrossfragmentsofceramics,hundredsofyears