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Mark Zuckerberg Went To South Korea To Meet With Samsung

AP | Posted 06.18.2013 | Technology

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has met South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul to discuss ways to stimulate entreprene...

5 Best Destinations for Female Travelers

Kelly Lewis | Posted 05.22.2013 | Travel
Kelly Lewis

While it's true that bad things happen even in the safest corners of the globe, by and large these countries top our list for female-friendly hotspots.

An American Tourist in Seoul

Julie Alvin | Posted 05.07.2013 | Travel
Julie Alvin

What was remarkable about the visit was how unremarkable it was. The lack of outward concern, the minimal departure from the daily routine, the refusal to stop traveling, reveling, shopping and dining -- this was as revealing as any protest could have been about life in South Korea.

We Have Lost Sight of the Real Ticking Bomb on the Korean Peninsula

Bhaskar Chakravorti | Posted 05.05.2013 | Business
Bhaskar Chakravorti

There is, indeed, a bomb waiting to go off on the Korean Peninsula, but it is not of the Kim Jong-un's making. Seoul and its allies in the U.S. and elsewhere must give equal -- if not greater emphasis -- to the very real and complex crisis that might cause the Korean economic miracle to implode.

Enough To Give Pause? North Korea's Military Might

National Post | Richard Johnson, Andrew Barr and Jonathon Rivait | Posted 04.11.2013 | World

With the world staring down the barrel of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, intercontinental missiles, and biological and chemical weapons, sane people...

North Korea Stomps Its Feet: Who Cares, Right?

Michael Evans | Posted 06.10.2013 | World
Michael Evans

I've seen this product countless times before. I remember buying it, in fact, a few years ago. I ingested it and convinced others of its potency, of its value as a product. So what's different about it this time? What's it doing back on the shelf, a seemingly old product with a new label?

Seoul in a State of War

Jarrod S. Chlapowski | Posted 06.09.2013 | World
Jarrod S. Chlapowski

South Korea is always in a state of war with its Northern neighbor. Today is no different from yesterday, last year, or even 10 years ago. Tomorrow, next week, next year will follow the same pattern.

Cooperating With China to Contain North Korea

Donald Gross | Posted 06.07.2013 | World
Donald Gross

As much as some U.S. policymakers and most American experts detest diplomacy with Pyongyang, they now face a pressing issue that has upended their earlier calculations. The U.S. must rely on diplomacy once again.

Never Been To Asia? Go To Seoul First

Carey Polis | Posted 06.05.2013 | Travel
Carey Polis

While countries like Japan or Thailand seem to get more buzz than South Korea, the city of Seoul has definitely tried its darndest to make it accessible to outsiders.

NKorea Training Teams Of 'Cyber Warriors,' Experts Say

AP | YOUKYUNG LEE | Posted 05.24.2013 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, th...

The Asian Face and the Rise of Cosmetic Surgery

Andrew Lam | Posted 05.21.2013 | Home
Andrew Lam

Almost 4 decades ago, fresh from the refugee camp of Vietnam, I was first made acutely aware of my own Asian looks by a schoolyard bully in my junior ...

WATCH: Seoul Police Catch U.S. Soldiers In High-Speed Car Chase

AP | Posted 03.04.2013 | World

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean police say they are questioning U.S. soldiers over a high-speed car chase that resulted in a Seoul officer shooting...

Can Governments Create Industries?

Marcelo Giugale | Posted 04.30.2013 | World
Marcelo Giugale

It is an old debate. Back in the '50s and '60s, from Asia to Latin-America, an idea caught fire among development economists: governments should try to create industries.

PHOTOS: The Korea That Was

Posted 02.12.2013 | Travel

Tourists in Seoul invariably find themselves at the top of the N Tower, marveling at the massive expanse of the South Korean capital. The Han River wi...

North Korea Defies World, Conducts Nuclear Test

Reuters | David Chance and Jack Kim | Posted 04.14.2013 | World

SEOUL, Feb 12 (Reuters) - North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, angering the United Stat...

USGS: Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Detected In North Korea

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 04.13.2013 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea apparently conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, strongly indicated by an "explosion-like" earth...

South Korea Thinks North Korea Hacked One Of Its Newspaper

AP | By HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 03.18.2013 | Technology

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Wednesday that North Korea was behind a cyberattack last year against a conservative Seoul newspaper crit...

'Phablets' Are Making Samsung A Lot Of Money

Reuters | Miyoung Kim | Posted 03.09.2013 | Technology

By Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world leader in mobiles and memory chips, likely earned a quarterly profit of...

Google's Chairman Is Going To Totalitarian State

AP | By JEAN H. LEE | Posted 03.04.2013 | Technology

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google's executive chairman is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea. ...

LOOK: Lego Houses In Unexpected Places

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 02.10.2013 | Arts
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington

Street artist Jaye Moon is doing a diminutive deed to alleviate New York's ongoing housing crisis by leaving new buildings cradled in the limbs of tre...

Scuba Diving Santas Frolic With Sardines

Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 12.11.2012 | Green

This Christmas season, Santa Claus has taken the plunge, swimming with schools of fish in South Korea. At the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, divers clad ...

Everything You Need to Know About Seoul Fashion Week

Michael Hurt | Posted 01.21.2013 | Style
Michael Hurt

Despite the fact that the moniker "Seoul Fashion Week" hasn't been in use for more than 5 years, the Korean fashion industry has been on the international scene for far longer than that, although very much behind the scenes.

Homeless in Seoul, Korea

Ed Shurna | Posted 01.19.2013 | Chicago
Ed Shurna

I recently had the privilege of visiting Seoul, South Korea. As part of my trip, I talked to several homeless organizations.

LOOK: Thousands Of South Korean Women Make 140 Tons Of Kimchi To Feed The Poor

Posted 11.18.2012 | Impact

To help South Korea's hungry, a group of volunteers cooked a hefty batch of a local favorite dish. So hefty it weighed the equivalent of 35 elephants....

PHOTOS: 10 Amazing Works Of Architecture

Trippy | Posted 01.08.2013 | Travel
Trippy

Whether it's intricate carving on an ancient temple or steel bended in ways you never thought possible, the complexities of architecture never cease to amaze.