Brussels, Nov 19 (DPA) Top diplomats from the so-called "5+1" group of world powers were to meet in Brussels Friday to discuss how to respond to Iran's refusal to reach a ...

Seoul (S.Korea), Nov. 19 (ANI): US President Barack Obama said Thursday the United States has begun talking with allies about fresh punishment against Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear ...

Kabul, Nov.19 (ANI): Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to seize the moment of his second term as head of state to end government corruption. "President ...

Seoul, Nov 19 (DPA) US President Barack Obama said Thursday he planned to send his special envoy to North Korea Dec 8 in a bid to restart stalled multinational talks to ...

London, November 19 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has new concerns to address in addition to the stock of national and international problems - greying hair. The 48-year-old leader confessed in a ...

Seoul, Nov 19 (DPA) US President Barack Obama met his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak in Seoul Thursday on the final leg of his Asian tour. At the top of the ...

Seoul, Nov 15 (IANS) Ten people, including eight Japanese tourists, were killed and six others injured when a fire broke out at an indoor shooting range in Busan in South Korea, the ...

Washington, Nov 14 (DPA) The US urged North Korea Friday to avoid taking any provocative steps following a clash earlier in the week between North and South Korean warships. Ahead of President ...

Washington, Nov 11 (DPA) The US urged North Korea Tuesday to avoid taking any steps that could escalate tensions following the gunfight that broke out between North and South Korean naval ...

Seoul, Nov 10 (DPA) Warships belonging to North and South Korea clashed off their west coast Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported, citing a defence official in Seoul. A North Korean patrol ...

Seoul, Nov 9 (IANS) The South Korean capital will host a Group of 20 (G20) summit in November next year, an official said Monday. Sakong Il, former economic affairs adviser to President Lee ...

Seoul, Nov 6 (DPA) South Korea's parliament on Friday ratified a comprehensive economic partnership deal with India, paving the way for closer trade ties. Seoul's ratification opens the way for eliminating or lowering ...

Seoul, Nov 4 (IANS) South Korean health officials said Wednesday three more people have died of swine flu, raising to 45 the number of fatalities from the viral disease in the country, ...

Seoul, Nov 3 (DPA) South Korea Tuesday raised the swine flu alert level to its highest status due to the rapid spread of the viral disease in the country, officials said. The red ...

Seoul, Nov 2 (DPA) The US needs to decide whether it wants to engage in bilateral talks with North Korea on the country's nuclear weapons programme, the foreign ministry in Pyongyang said ...

Seoul, Oct 31 (IANS) South Korea will send troops to Afghanistan to protect its civilian aid workers there, WAM news agency reported citing the Korean foreign ministry. The decision came as Seoul ...

Seoul, Oct 30 (DPA) Samsung Electronics Co's profit more than tripled in the third quarter to hit a record 3.72 trillion won ($3.14 billion), the company said Friday. Rising prices for memory chips ...

Seoul, Oct 27 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman and Prakash Amritraj entered the second round of the $125,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger here Tuesday. Somdev, seeded fourth, advanced after South ...

Seoul, Oct 26 (IANS) India's Somdev Devvarman and his American partner Todd Martin crashed out of the $125,000 Association of Tennis Professional (ATP)challenger, losing in the doubles first round here Monday. Somdev ...

Seoul, Oct 26 (DPA) South Korea's economy grew at its fastest pace in seven years in the third quarter, rising 2.9 percent from the quarter before, the central bank said Monday. The third-straight ...

Seoul, Oct 26 (DPA) South Korea Monday offered North Korea its first food aid in nearly two years as part of a recent cautious rapprochement between the two neighbours. South Korea made the ...

Seoul, Oct 24 (IANS) South Korean Defence Minister Kim Tae-young has told lawmakers that the government is preparing for its reconstruction work in Afghanistan, WAM news agency reported Saturday. Kim said the government ...

Sydney, Oct 23 (DPA) Australia's biggest city is scheduled to host the opening leg of the International Triathlon Union 2010 world championships series in April, the union said in a statement Friday.Sydney ...

Seoul, Oct 21 (DPA) The danger posed by North Korea has grown as it develops its nuclear and missile programmes and engages in proliferation, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday on ...

Seoul, Oct 15 (DPA) North Korea Thursday accused the South Korean military of sending warships into its territorial waters off its west coast on several occasions. North Korea's naval command threatened military action ...

Washington, Oct 15 (DPA) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates will travel to Japan and South Korea next week before attending a NATO gathering in Slovakia, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Gates will arrive in ...

London, October 13 (ANI): Scientists have reported the discovery of the tiniest dinosaur footprints ever found, which were made by a baby dinosaur as it fled for its life. The prints were discovered ...

Seoul, Oct 13 (DPA) North Korea appears to be preparing to conduct new missile tests, a South Korean news agency reported Tuesday. After five rocket tests on Monday on North Korea's east coast, ...

Seoul, Oct 12 (Xinhua) North Korea Monday test-fired five short-range missiles off its eastern coast, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing government sources. The missiles were launched from the bases between North ...

Seoul, Oct 12 (DPA) North Korea Monday test-fired two short-range missiles off its eastern coast towards the Japan Sea, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported, quoting government sources. Further details were not ...