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North and South Korea patrol boats tangled on the high seas Monday in a simmering dispute on who’s water is whose two days before U.S. President Barack Obama heads a diplomatic mission for talks throughout Southeast Asia. A northern vessel...

This has gone too far. First President Barack Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize “without actually producing any peace,” writes Andrew Malcolm. Now the South Korean president has awarded him a black belt in tae kwon do “after zero long...

In 2007, the 40-year-old was convicted of murdering 13 people and robbing, raping and assaulting 20 others during a two year spree. Although South Korea still has the death penalty, it has not carried out an execution in 12 years....

Today in Goyang (South Korea) raised the flag of Armenia and the Armenian national anthem sounded. At the World Championships in weightlifting among women in the weight category 69 kg three gold medals won member of the Armenian team Nazik...

President Obama's push to improve math and science education for children has some heavy hitters for the younger set: Elmo and Big Bird. Besides two of the best-known denizens of Sesame Street, joining Obama Monday as he discusses initiatives designed...

President Obama flew to South Korea Wednesday, ending his maiden visit to China and leaving behind a strong impression that the new partnership he seeks with the Asian giant remains to be built, issue by issue. Mr. Obama and his...

President Barack Obama arrives home Thursday with no big policy breakthroughs after more than a week in Asia trying to recast the U.S. relationship with a dynamic region. Critics in Washington complained that Obama was too accommodating to foreign leaders...

North Korea said Friday it wanted an apology from South Korea for firing at a patrol boat, setting it on fire. Local media said one North Korean sailor was killed and three wounded, The Washington Post reported. A protest from...

North Korea intensified its rhetoric against South Korea on Thursday, just days after their two navies exchanged gunfire in disputed waters on the west coast of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper denounced South Korea and said...