In exclusive interviews, photos and research, The Associated Press has documented 72 of the mass graves that Islamic State extremists have left behind. It is the most comprehensive survey so far, but many more will likely be found as IS retreats.
In Syria, AP obtained 17 mass grave locations, includ… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Domestic] : Anchor: In an exclusive report by KBS, Reckitt Benckiser appears to have been aware of the toxicity …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
LG will unveil its premium V20 smartphone on Sept. 7 in both Seoul and San Francisco around the same time as Apple’s new iPhone.
The Korean electronics giant changed the location of the U.S. launch from New York to San Francisco, the better to challenge the American market leader on its own turf.
Sa… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : China has urged concerned parties not to engage in actions that can escalate tensions in regards to …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Russia on Monday will appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s decision to uphold a blanket ban on its athletes from competing in next month’s Rio Paralympics.
Russian Paralympic Committee President Vladimir Lukin announced Friday that the appeal would go before the Swiss Federal Court, according… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Sports] : South Korea’s Little League baseball team has finished runner-up in the 2016 Little League World …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
[International] : The UN Security Council(UNSC) on Friday adopted a press statement strongly condemning North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches, including the latest one fired from a submarine on Wednesday.
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[Politics] : Ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker Kim Do-eup submitted a revision to the Territorial Sea and Contiguous …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
The first driverless taxi began work on Thursday in a limited public trial on the streets of Singapore.
Developer nuTonomy invited a select group of people to download their app and ride for free in its “robo-taxi” in a western Singapore hi-tech business district, hoping to get feedback ahead of a p… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
Actress Kim Ye-won is on the lookout for a new and challenging role after the release of her latest film “Run Off” early this month.
In the film, she appears as a hockey player who seems to be more interested in looks than training, but later tries hard to do her best with passion for the sport.
“It… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : Germany has warned North Korea that it will deal with another North Korean provocation with actions.
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Household spending at home in the second quarter of this year fell to the lowest level ever, while credit card spending overseas reached a record high. The average propensity to consume — the spending money left over after standing costs — fell to 70.9 percent, which was a record low.
But Korean … …read more
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[International] : The UN Security Council has reportedly launched discussions on how to respond to North Korea’s …[more…] …read more
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[Politics] : South Korea’s Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se says that the timing of Wednesday’s trilateral meeting with his Chinese and Japanese counterparts is of great importance due to ongoing disagreements among the three nations.
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North Korean troops have been spotted planting landmines near the truce village of Panmunjom, apparently to prevent soldiers from defecting.
A government source here said on Tuesday, “North Korean military personnel were spotted last week laying several landmines in the northern part of Panmunjom.” … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : A high-ranking Chinese official has reiterated Beijing’s stance that it is resolute about …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Temperatures defied predictions on Sunday by setting a new record for the capital as the heatwave refused to abate.
Daytime temperatures soared particularly in the Seoul metropolitan region and Jeolla provinces, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration, rising above 37 degrees in Siheun… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : Residents opposing the planned deployment of THAAD in their town of Seongju are divided over the …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Politics] : The main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea has reaffirmed its stance that it will not cooperate in …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
After a two-year absence from the big screen, actress Kim Yun-jin is set to return in a new horror flick.
“Kim has decided to appear in a horror film,” her agent said on Thursday. The actress will return to Korea to film the movie in October.
Her last movie role was in 2014’s “Ode to My Father,” w… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Sports] : Anchor: Retired star table tennis player Ryu Seung-min from South Korea has earned membership at …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Thirteen North Koreans who escaped from a restaurant in China’s Ningbo left a halfway house in South Korea last Thursday and began the process of settling into their new lives, it emerged on Tuesday.
The 12 waitresses and their manager made their way to South Korea by commercial flight on April 7 a… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : Top military commanders of the U.S. and China have made their cases against one another over …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
A French judge rejected on Saturday a demand by a French Muslim group to overturn a ban on burkinis — the full-body, head-covering swimwear worn by Muslim women in public.
The southern French city of Cannes specifically banned the full-body swim outfits from its beaches on Friday, citing concerns a… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Economy] : Air conditioners and fans are flying off the shelves in South Korea due to the record breaking heat …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
[International] : Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun daily says that China’s oil supply to North Korea appears to have increased.[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Thailand’s valuable tourism industry is reeling after a series of bombs and arson attacks Friday killed four people and injured at least 30 people, many of them foreign visitors.
The 12 attacks across southern Thailand’s beach resorts came as the country marked the 84th birthday of Queen Sirikit, a … …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Science] : Weather forecasters say the sweltering heat is expected to continue for the next few days before slightly edging down to average levels after Tuesday, which marks the last of the three “dog days of summer.”[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Korea rose to fifth with five gold medals in the overall medals tally at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil as of Thursday.
The U.S. leads the way with 16 gold medals, followed by China with 11 and Japan with seven.
The U.S. hopes to hold its lead to rank top for the second Olympics in a row. Th… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : Japan’s Kyodo News said Friday that South Korea and Japan have agreed on how to use the one billion …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Seol-hyun of girl band AOA and Zico of boy band Block B have been in a romantic relationship for five months.
Seol-hyund’s agency on Wednesday said they two became close because they “counted on each other while going through tough times.”
Seol-hyun and fellow member Ji-min went through a rough pa… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Domestic] : The government and the ruling Saenuri Party have agreed to adjust the progressive electricity …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
The sales of the nation’s top 100 companies have been dwindling even as the economy grew for three years running.
This has not happened since Korea began industrializing in the 1960s.
Lee Ji-pyeong of the LG Economic Research Institute said the sales of big businesses “are shrinking because they c… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : A Chinese daily has expressed strong discontent towards six South Korean opposition lawmakers who …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
The United States summoned the envoy of its close Asian ally, the Philippines, on Monday to clarify insulting and “inappropriate comments” made by President Rodrigo Duterte about U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, according to the State Department.
“We have asked the Philippine chargé to come into the… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : The U.S. has forward deployed three B-2 stealth bombers to Guam amid increased nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Samsung on Sunday denied that the Samsung Pay mobile payment service is vulnerable to hacking.
Security expert Salvador Mendoza showed at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas last week that it is possible to steal a token from a Samsung Pay device and use it to make a transaction on anoth… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : Opposition parties have urged the government to revise the controversial progressive power rate for …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Domestic] : More than one-thousand people were treated for heat-related diseases in South Korea this year amid the scorching heat wave affecting the country for weeks.[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
[Sports] : South Korea’s archery team won the country’s first gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Source:: KBS World Radio
[Sports] : The much-anticipated 2016 Rio Olympics kicked off with an opening ceremony on Friday.
At the …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Riot police in Rio de Janiero broke up a small protest Friday just hours before the opening ceremonies for Brazil’s Olympic Games.
Police used tear gas and stun grenades to subdue the group of a few hundred protesters denouncing what they said was corruption and overspending in preparation for the g… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
China is rolling out fake North Korean defectors who then apply for asylum overseas and reap medical and other benefits from foreign governments. The ruse is another feather in the cap of China’s burgeoning industry in fakes and knockoffs that covers everything from electronics to toxic frozen peas…. …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Economy] : The Ministry of Employment and Labor has made a final confirmation of next year’s minimum wage at six-thousand-470 won, or about five-point-eight dollars, per hour and has notified the public.[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
North Korea fired two mid-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning, one of which flew some 1,000 km and fell into Japan’s exclusive economic zone. The other exploded above the ground immediately after launch. The Joint Chiefs of Staff here on Wednesday said the North fired two presumed Rodong m… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Politics] : The U.S. Pacific Air Forces said Wednesday that it has completed the deployment of 12 F-16 fighter …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Racist language in old tweets from the freshly crowned Miss Teen USA is just the latest controversy for the Miss Universe Organization, which suffered a round of turmoil last year over then-owner Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments against Mexicans.
The new flap came over the weekend, shortly after… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[International] : Mongolia was said to have revoked its decision to allow North Korean ships to operate under the …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday, a week before the event kicks off in Rio de Janeiro.Nearly half a million people are expected to visit for the Games, many from the United States. Worries abo… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Economy] : South Korea’s consumer price has posted the lowest on year growth in ten months due to …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
Actors Kam Woo-sung and Han Chae-ah have been appointed promotional ambassadors for organ donation, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Kam appeared in a 2014 TV soap as the husband of a woman who donates her organs and registered as an organ donor during filming.
Han also re… …read more
Source:: Chosun Ilbo
[Inter-Korea] : Over 50 email log-ins and passwords of those who work at the government complexes have been hacked …[more…] …read more
Source:: KBS World Radio
