South Korean Navy Fires Shots on North Korean Boats
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TOKYO) — The South Korean Navy fired warning shots against North Korean fishing boats Friday, after they crossed into disputed waters in the Yellow Sea. The shots did not hit North Korean boats and forced fishermen to retreat, a…
South Korean Navy Fires Shots on North Korean Boats
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TOKYO) — The South Korean Navy fired warning shots against North Korean fishing boats Friday, after they crossed into disputed waters in the Yellow Sea. The shots did not hit North Korean boats and forced fishermen to retreat, a…
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Founder of Unification Church, Dead at 92
Alex Wong/Newsmakers(NEW YORK) — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, an extremely successful South Korean businessman turned religious leader who parlayed his Unification Church into a soapbox for the conservative movement in the U.S., died on Monday after battl…
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Founder of Unification Church, Dead at 92
Alex Wong/Newsmakers(NEW YORK) — The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, an extremely successful South Korean businessman turned religious leader who parlayed his Unification Church into a soapbox for the conservative movement in the U.S., died on Monday after battl…
Protesters Want Dogs Taken Off the Menu
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SEOUL, South Korea) — A small group of animal rights activists caged themselves in protest against eating dog meat.The protest came on “malbok,” which falls on the last day of summer according to the lunar calendar. …
2012 Olympics: Flag Flub Prompts North Koreans to Walk off Field
Stanley Chou/Getty Images(GLASGOW, Scotland) — The opening ceremonies of the London Summer Olympics are still a day away and already there’s a controversy.As usual, the soccer competition started early as North Korea’s women’s team met the Colombian s…
Cooked Squid Inseminates Woman’s Mouth
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Here’s one not for the squeamish, from South Korea: A semi-cooked squid inseminated a woman’s mouth, according to a paper published in the Journal of Parasitology. After experiencing “severe pain in…
Infant Flesh Capsules Seized in S. Korea
ABC News(LONDON) — The dried flesh of dead infants appears to be the not-so-secret ingredient in a health supplement that is reportedly being smuggled out of China. The performance-enhancement pills, touted for increasing vitality and sex drive, have …
North Korea Threatens ‘Special Action’ Against South Korea
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea issued a warning to its southern neighbor on Monday, vowing to take “special action” against South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his followers.In a breaking news broadcast, North Korea’s st…
Double Slip: Controversial Korean Oreo Ad Leaked
PRNewsFoto/Kraft Foods Inc.(SEOUL, South Korea) — A controversial advertisement from South Korea of a baby holding an Oreo while breastfeeding may have two slips — an exposed nipple and a leaked ad never meant for public distribution.The ad shows the…
US Fighter Jets Intercept Korean Airlines Flight After Bomb Threat
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — Two U.S. fighter jets scrambled to meet a Korean Airlines Boeing 777 Tuesday night after a bomb threat was reported shortly after the plane took off from Vancouver, British Columb…
North Korea Prepares Third Nuclear Test
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — As North Korea prepares to launch its controversial rocket this week, recent satellite images show they are also readying for a third nuclear underground test, according to South Korean media quoting an…
North Korea Readies for Controversial Rocket Launch
Ryan McVay/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — North Korea has moved a long-range rocket into place for a controversial launch later this month, the BBC reports. Pyongyang said the rocket will put a satellite into orbit, but opponents believe the na…
North Korean Defector Threatened over His Reliable News Reports
Photos.com/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One of the most difficult places in the world to get accurate information, both for journalists and intelligence officers, is the closed and paranoid regime of North Korea. Former North Korean intelligence offi…
Obama, Pakistani PM Concede Strained Ties, Vow to Rebuild Alliance
JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — Acknowledging their strained relationship, President Obama and Pakistani Prime Minster Yousaf Raza Gillani vowed on Tuesday to rebuild their frayed alliance, following a period of increased tension be…
Obama to North Korean Leaders: ‘Have the Courage to Pursue Peace’
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — President Obama paused during his speech to local college students in South Korea Monday to directly address the North Korean leaders across the DMZ, urging new dictator Kim Jong Un and his regime to p…
Obama Asks Russian President for ‘Space’ on Missile Defense
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — At the tail end of his 90-minute meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, President Obama said that he would have “more flexibility” to deal with controversial issues such…
Disagreeing on Syria, Obama Bids Farewell to Russian President
The White House/Pete Souza(SEOUL, South Korea) — In what will almost certainly be their last presidential-level meeting, President Obama and outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had kind words for one another and the work they were able to accom…
Obama, South Korean President Warn North Korea Over Missile Launch
KIM JAE-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — Despite threats from North Korea that any criticism of its nuclear weapons program would be considered “a declaration of war,” President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on …
President Obama Makes First Ever Visit to DMZ
Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images(PANMUNJON, Republic of Korea) — Through a pair of binoculars and two inches of bullet-proof glass added especially for him, President Obama looked for the first time into North Korea on Sunday. In his first visit to the…