Archive for December 3rd, 2016
Korean police question Pirates’ Kang over DUI crash
Police in South Korea are investigating Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang for allegedly crashing a luxury car while driving under the influence of alcohol and then [...] » More
The Uncertain State of Korea
Prosecutors in South Korea are investigating a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-Hye. Allegedly, President Park’s friend asked major companies, namely [...] » More
S. Korea opposition to file impeachment motion
South Korea’s three opposition parties said they would file an impeachment motion Friday against beleaguered President Park Geun-Hye, and push for a national assembly [...] » More
Step By Step: What It Would Take to Impeach Korea’s President
South Korea’s lawmakers have given President Park Geun-hye an ultimatum: Resign or be impeached. In a national address this week, Park offered to step down over an [...] » More
Birthplace of S. Korea president’s father ‘hit by arson’
The birthplace of the father of South Korea’s scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye was damaged in an arson attack Thursday, police said, with the suspect allegedly [...] » More
N Korean Volcano Provides Rare Chance For Scientific Collaboration
In 2011, when North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il died, the state news agency reported that Mount Paektu took on a supernatural glow, and that at its summit, Heaven Lake shook [...] » More
Latest coal export restrictions by UN add teeth to N Korea sanctions
A North Korean flag is pictured at its embassy in Beijing January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon The UN Security Council has imposed restrictions on North Korea’s [...] » More
Approval rating of Korea’s Park remains at record low fourpct – poll
South Korean opposition parties said on Friday they will hold a parliamentary impeachment vote on scandal-tainted President Park Geun-hye next week, while her own party [...] » More
Women find their voice as S. Korea’s first female president falls from grace
The presidential scandal’s bizarre details have provided fertile ground for misogynistic beliefs in a nation where gender inequality is deeply entrenched. But women are [...] » More
UN decapitates N Korea’s statue export business
Impoverished North Korea is not known for a bustling manufacturing industry but has earned a reputation in some African states for a highly visible export – its huge [...] » More
Central bank pushes Korea toward coinless society
South Korea’s central bank said it will carry out a test project in the first half of next year to reduce the use of coins. The Bank of Korea said it will select [...] » More
Korea political crisis could derail US priorities in the region
The pro-US foreign policy of South Korean President Park Geun Hye is at risk now that she appears to be on her way out over a growing corruption scandal. Park, whose approval [...] » More
Korea to kill the coin in path towards ‘cashless society’
Hand over your coins. That is the message being sent by the central bank in South Korea as one of the world’s most technologically advanced and integrated nations eyes [...] » More
Foreign Companies Face New Clampdown for Getting Money out of China
Until this week, big companies could ‘sweep’ $50 million out of China; now, cap is equivalent of $5 million Multinational companies are suddenly finding [...] » More
Did Pope Francis Just Validate China’s Godless Communist Regime?
According to reports, the Vatican and Communist China have reached an agreement that would end six decades of diplomatic gridlock. While details of the agreement [...] » More
