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Today: Obama in Korea and a World Cup controversy

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home


Stories compiled by Gizem Yarbil, Connie Kargbo, Channtal Fleischfresser, Christine Kiernan, Ivette Feliciano, and Mohammad al-Kassim, and edited by ...

Obama In Flux

William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | World


William Bradley

As he embarks on his first big trip to Asia, President Barack Obama's strategies are in flux in many areas.

N.J. servicemembers from four wars talk about Veterans Day

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home


World War II, Iraq/Afghanistan, Vietnam and Korea war vets on celebrating holiday -- Veterans Day events ...

South Korea Taxi Drivers Can Watch TV Despite Crash Risks, Judge Rules

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology


Cab drivers in South Korea can continue to have televisions on their dashboards, despite the risk of crashing, a court has ruled....

Back to the Roots: Entrepreneurship and Global Competition

Leslie Pratch, Ph.D. | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


Leslie Pratch, Ph.D.

The very rich and the very poor exist under capitalism and communism. We must look to the middle class, and its size and growth, to see the secret of capitalism.

Asean to study free trade pact

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.24.2009 | Home

Read More: Korea, Home News

Asian leaders tackle regional economic integration and N Korea's nuclear ambitions....

6 1/2 Years On, the U.S. Mission in Iraq has Only Just Begun

Rahim Kanani | Posted 10.23.2009 | World


Rahim Kanani

There seems to be a colossal disconnect between the rhetoric and reality of the Obama Administration's strategy to withdraw troop levels in Iraq from 120,000 down to 50,000 by August 2010.

Young Korean-American Hahn-Bin Wows Carnegie Hall In Debut Performance

Jim Luce | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Was it a deal with the devil that made this young Korean-American superstar become so incredibly talented? Was it the training from Itzhak Perlman? No explanation suffices.

Afghanistan: The Original Quagmire

James Campion | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics


James Campion

The United States must leave Afghanistan now. Not in eleven months or after careful discussion and continued study to determine an undisclosed time, but now.

Hundreds Of Korean Families Separated For More Than 50 Years Reunite

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 09.27.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Dong-un cried and held the hands of his 60-year-old North Korean daughter Saturday during their first meeting in more t...

Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

Global Warming: 2 German Cargo Ships Pass Through 'Arctic Passage'

AP | MATT MOORE and SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


FRANKFURT — Two German merchant ships have traversed the fabled Northeast Passage after global warming and melting ice opened a route from South...

Journalists Laura Ling And Euna Lee Break Silence On North Korea Capture, Release

AP | LISA LEFF and HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media


SAN FRANCISCO — Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers "violently dragged" them back when...

North Korea Reopens Border With South

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — A top South Korean official said Wednesday that North Korea's recent conciliatory gestures do not represent any fundamental...

KIA -- a brand new name for Asia's middle powers

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 09.10.2009 | Home


South Korean President Lee inspects troops. Jonas Parello-Plesner works as senior advisor with the Danish government on Asian affairsand is c...

The (Sing-Along) Sound of Musing: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Korea?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


Rick Horowitz

How do you solve a problem like Korea?

N Korea 'tests weapons on children'

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 08.23.2009 | Home

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Ex-special forces captain says biological and chemical weapons tested on human guinea pigs....

North Korean Ship Kang Nam Turns Around

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 07.31.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — U.S. officials said Tuesday that a North Korean ship has turned around and is headed back toward the north where it came from, afte...

North Korea's Forgotten Orphans: They Live in China

Elisabeth Braw | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


Elisabeth Braw

An estimated 70% of North Koreans living illegally in China are women, many of whom live with Chinese men, have children with them and were sold by human traffickers.

Taking Time To Remember On Memorial Day

Rachael Freed | Posted 06.24.2009 | Living


Rachael Freed

Memorial Day on the calendar provides us an opportunity to make the secular sacred, to name, remember, communicate with, and preserve memories of family members now gone.

Possible H1N1 vaccine?

CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | CNN / Anderson Cooper 360° | Posted 06.18.2009 | Home


S. Korea says it has candidate strain for possible H1N1 vaccine SEOUL, Korea (CNN) — Researchers at a South Korean university say they h...

The World In Photos: 30 April, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2009 | World


The HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This Huffington Post World feature is available Monday t...

The Immorality of Intolerance and Inconsistency

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

The inconsistent standards by which Gingrich, Cheney and Republicans are judging Obama are troubling.

First North, South Korea Meeting In A Year Ends In Tension

Korea Times | Kim Sue-young | Posted 05.23.2009 | World


The government will carefully review North Korea's demand for operational changes at a joint industrial complex in the North Korean city of Gaeseong, ...

Baghdad Redux?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Will the role of the U.S. in this millennium, be that of an empire that profits by promoting global instability? Or will the empire strike back?