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Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line
Samsung Electronics is ratcheting up its rivalry with Apple with its new Galaxy S 4 smartphone, which has a larger, sharper screen than its ...
Koreas' rhetoric no match for surreal calm at DMZ
Busloads of tourists still show up to gawk at the world's most heavily fortified border, even as governments on both sides threaten to reduce each ...
NKorea criticizes SKorea prez's 'swish of skirt'
North Korea's first public, senior-level mention of South Korea's first female president ended up being a sexist jab. The body that controls North ...
SKorea, US begin drills as NKorea threatens war
North Korean state media said Monday that Pyongyang had carried through with a threat to cancel the 60-year-old armistice that ended the Korean War, ...
SKoreans learn to live with NKorean war threats
Nearly two decades ago, South Koreans cleared store shelves after a North Korean threat to turn Seoul into a "sea of fire" raised war panic.
UN sanctions may play into North Korean propaganda
Seven years of U.N. sanctions against North Korea have done nothing to derail Pyongyang's drive for a nuclear weapon capable of hitting the United ...
PSY to unveil 'Gangnam Style' follow-up next month
South Korean rapper PSY says he'll unveil his much-awaited follow-up to "Gangnam Style" next month and celebrate it with a huge concert in Seoul.
Fiery seas, sacred war: NKorea's blustery history
South Korea will burn like a "sea of fire." Seoul's "rat-like" president will be struck with a "bolt of lightning." The country's media companies will ...
DiCaprio: on-screen violence doesn't deter him
Leonardo DiCaprio says filming violent scenes like in "Django Unchained" doesn't deter him from wanting his movies to be great art. The bloody revenge ...
Little PSY goes solo after 'Gangnam Style' cameo
The impish boy who showed off his dance moves alongside PSY in "Gangnam Style" is hoping to go viral, too. The 7-year-old nicknamed "Little PSY" is ...
A look at what NKorea vow to scrap armistice means
The armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953 is, at best, a fragile thing: The countries overseeing it have formally accused each other of more ...
NKorea vows to cancel '53 Korean War cease-fire
North Korea's military is vowing to cancel the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War, straining already frayed ties between Washington and ...
Asia stocks rise on growth hopes, BOJ pick
Asian stock markets rose Thursday as positive economic indicators and the nomination of a pro-stimulus Bank of Japan chief bolstered hopes for faster ...
Asian stocks mostly up on Fed's low rates support
Asian stock markets mostly rose Wednesday after the Federal Reserve chief played down risks from the U.S. central bank's low interest rate policies, ...
Dennis Rodman worms his way into North Korea
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style — tattoos, nose studs and all — to the country with possibly the ...
SKorea's 1st female leader yet to hire many women
The country with the developed world's biggest gender income gap now has its first female president, but Park Geun-hye already has South Koreans ...
First female SKorean president faces NKorea crisis
Park Geun-hye took office as South Korea's first female president Monday, returning to the presidential mansion she had known as the daughter of a ...
Schwarzenegger says new film has universal appeal
For his first starring role since before serving as California's governor for seven years, Arnold Schwarzenegger says he was looking for a film with ...
Chan wants 'CZ12' to tell story on sold artifacts
Jackie Chan wants his latest film to spread the message about how China's national artifacts are being looted and sold. "Chinese Zodiac" or "CZ12" is ...
NKorea to face sanctions for nuke, but China key
For the past decade, the world's most powerful nations have turned to sanctions in an attempt to punish North Korea for a series of rocket launches ...
Neighbors prep militaries after NKorean nuke test
North Korea's neighbors bolstered their military preparations and mobilized scientists Wednesday to determine whether Pyongyang's third nuclear test, ...
NKorea brandishing nukes to get US to talk peace
The way North Korea sees it, only bigger weapons and more threatening provocations will force Washington to come to the table to discuss what ...
Seoul court sentences pro-NKorea activist for trip
A Seoul court has sentenced a pro-North Korea activist to four years in prison for breaking South Korean law by visiting Pyongyang illegally and ...
Holidays, politics may give NKorea nuke test clues
So when will it be? North Korea vowed last month to carry out its third nuclear test but has said nothing about timing. As a result, the building ...
North Korea threatens US over rocket launches
North Korea is threatening to retaliate for what it calls U.S. double standards over recent rocket launches by Pyongyang and U.S. ally Seoul. A North ...