By Kurt Achin Seoul 20 June 2008 South Korea's President has begun a high-level shakeup of his government expected to continue next week. The move is aimed at soothing the anger of tens of thousands of protesters who say he has disregarded public se...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 24 May 2007 South Korean officials say it is unlikely that massive rice shipments will be sent to North Korea by the end of the month, as previously scheduled. The impoverished North, which badly needs food and basic supplies, has...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 22 November 2006 Reconstruction in central and southern Iraq has been hindered by the ongoing violence. But in northern Iraq's relatively calm Kurdistan region, some 2,000 South Korean troops are on a mission to help...
By Kurt Achin Seoul, South Korea 15 November 2006 watch North Korea Kumgang Mount Kumgang, North Korea The international community is looking at ways to enforce U.N. sanctions imposed after North Korea conducted its first-ever nuclear test on Octobe...
By Al Pessin Washington 19 October 2006 Amid intense diplomacy in Asia over North Korea's nuclear test, the senior U.S. and South Korean defense officials will hold annual security talks in Washington on Friday. A senior U.S. defense official says t...
By Peter Heinlein New York 02 October 2006 South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon has won an informal U.N. Security Council poll, virtually ensuring that he will be the world body's next secretary-general. ---- Ban Ki-Moon South Korean foreign m...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 27 September 2006 For an increasing number of South Koreans, being a family man means seeing less of the family than ever before. Many South Korean fathers stay at home and work while they send their wife and children abroad - of...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 14 September 2006 A preliminary poll of U.N. Security Council members has reaffirmed South Korea's foreign minister as the leading candidate to become the world body's next secretary-general. Council diplomats expect...
By Kurt Achin Seoul 29 June 2006 North Korean Kim Young Nam, right, speaks at press conference as Kim's South Korean sister Kim Young-ja, left, sits during the separated Family Reunion Meeting at Kumgangsan Hotel in Diamond Mountain, North Korea, Ju...
By Steve Schy Washington 17 January 2006 Kim Hyo-Jung Kim Hyo-Jung, 17, left her native South Korea and family two years ago to get a fresh start in speedskating, after what she describes as bad exper...