NewlyelectedSouthKoreanpresidentMoonJae-inhasliveduptohispromisetoshakeupthecountry’spolitics,butperhapsnotinthewaythatheexpected.Inhisfirstfewdaysinoffice,MrMo
The new South Korean president is so eager to distance himself from his disgraced, jailed predecessor that he plans to partially abandon one of the job’s major perks: the mountainside presidential palace, the Blue House, from which Park Geun-hye conducted her imperial presidency.
MoonJae-in,headofSouthKorea'sDemocraticParty,wonTuesday'spresidentialracebyalargemargin.However,thenewleaderinSeoulmayhavelittletimetocelebrateashefacesaserieso
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea said Wednesday he will visit Pyongyang, capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), under right conditions.
SEOUL, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Liberal Moon Jae-in won the South Korean presidential by-election as he gained votes enough to confirm victory, vote count results showed Wednesday.
Polls have opened in South Korea's presidential election, called early after a corruption scandal that brought down President Park Geun-hye.
Two major presidential hopefuls in South Korea's biggest opposition party beat outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a simulated presidential election, a local survey showed on Thursday.
Japanese anime character Sailor Moon is taking on a new fight: against sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
South Korean parties continued to bicker over whether President Park Geun-hye should retain her control of foreign affairs and national security after she retreats from state affairs in the wake of a scandal involving her civilian confidante.
A former opposition leader has kept a steady lead in a poll for 15 straight weeks over his potential rivals for South Korea’s presidential race next year, a new poll showed Monday.
A Chinese-owned consortium seems to have survived a challenge from a rival Australian group contesting the purchase of Australia's oldest dairy company, after a judge dismissed an injunction order holding up the sale.
Although Pingyao, a city dating back some 2,700 years in northern China's Shanxi Province, has become increasingly modernized, residents stick to their Moon Festival traditions.
South Korea's Prime Minister nominee Moon Chang-keuk has been under rising pressures to withdraw his candidacy for his past pro-Japanese comments, which some critics claimed glorified the Japanese colonial rule.
Russia had ambitious goals and looked forward to regaining the title of leading space power by 2023, a leading scientist said Tuesday.