The Pentagon cleared Samsung Electronics Co. (005930)'s devices for use on its networks, signaling the start of a battle for military market share among top smartphone makers.
The Defense Department yesterday approved use of the Suwon, South Korea-based company's devices running a secure version of (...)
The official statistics of the foreign trade revealed that the Egyptian exports to South Korea in 2012 amounted to $ 802 million, 16% up, compared to $ 691 million in 2011.
These exports were divided into petroleum exports at $ 731.6 million in 2012, while they hit $ 616 million in 2011, rose by (...)
Champions Borussia Dortmund slumped to a surprise 4-1 defeat to visiting Hamburg SV but managed to hold on to second place after Bayer Leverkusen conceded a late equaliser in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Latvian Artjoms Rudnevs and South Korea international Son Heung-min (...)
FIFA has extended the match-fixing sanctions on 41 players in South Korea to worldwide life bans.
The scandal goes back to 2011 when more than 50 players and coaches in the K-League were indicted for accepting money to fix matches.
Forty-one players received life bans from the K-League and the (...)
GB Auto (AUTO.CA) Egyptian Passenger Car Market Brief for November 2012 revealed that, overall sales in the Egyptian passenger car market increased 32% year-on-year in the month to 13,279 units, as consumer sentiment continues to show signs of improvement in November.
Year-to-date, sales have risen (...)
Seventy out of 4,500 prisoners at Bangkok Remand Prison put on a show Tuesday for the media and corrections department executives after competing in a "Gangnam Style" dance contest last week.
Officials said the program was to relieve inmates' stress and help them keep fit.
Psy's "Gangnam Style" (...)
U.S. stock market futures pointed higher on Tuesday, as Americans prepared to cast their votes in what could turn out to be a tight presidential race. Outside of politics, earnings from AOL Inc. and CVS Caremark Corp. and job-openings data could provide some distraction.
Futures for the Dow Jones (...)
South Korea's Financial Services Commission said it ordered four mutual savings banks to halt operations for six months because they failed to meet the regulator's financial strength criteria.
The regulator told the lenders to improve their finances within next 45 days by boosting capital and may (...)
LG Electronics Inc. posted its first profit in three quarters, beating expectations thanks to a revival in its mobile business and demand for high-end TVs.
The South Korean company Wednesday reported net profit of 243 billion won for the January-March period. It had a loss of 15.8 billion won a (...)
PRINCE Nawaf Bin Faisal Bin Fahd recently received Ayman Abdel-Wahab, president of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region of the Special Olympics (SO), who attended a SO MENA seminar for training football coaches hosted by Saudi Arabia. Thirteen SO programmes from MENA were represented. The (...)
The Koreans have seven points from three games, while the UAE has lost three straight.
Seo Jung-jin, making his first full appearance for South Korea, threaded a pass through the middle of the UAE defense and Park rolled the ball past the goalkeeper from the edge of the area after 51 (...)
A first-half strike by captain John Terry and a remarkable back-heeled goal from Daniel Sturridge guided Chelsea to a 2-1 victory over Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday.
Terry fired Chelsea into an 18th-minute lead at the Stadium of Light following a free kick by Juan Mata, and (...)
The 26-year-old American was third quickest in his semi-final. He had to overtake two swimmers on the last lap after turning for home in fifth and eventually posted a time of one minute 46.91 seconds.
“I don't really care where I am in the pool as long as I have a lane,” Phelps told reporters (...)
The South African Press Association reports that the world champion, Caster Semenya, led the field through the first lap in 61 seconds, at Kings Park Athletics Stadium on Sunday. She then powered down the home straight, pulling clear of defending champion Makhanya and crossing in an unofficial time (...)
South Korea has been criticized heavily world wide for burying an estimated number of a million pigs alive due to a spread of mouth and foot disease outbreak. Authorities have already culled over 1,057,939 animals and the Korean Ministry of Food and Agriculture has since ordered the culling of over (...)
HONG KONG - Acupuncture may be helpful in alleviating menstrual cramps, which affect up to half of all young women, an extensive review of past studies has found.
In a review of 27 studies that involved nearly 3,000 women, researchers from the Oriental Hospital at Kyung Hee University Medical (...)
Millions in South Korea protested yesterday at the funeral of the former President, who committed suicide by throwing himself off the tip of a mountain. Their reason for this was that they believe he was involved in corruption.
Roh Moo-Hyun led the fundamental political transformation, which (...)
North Korea Wednesday announced plans for a top leadership meeting and launched a tirade against South Korea's new president, as heightened military alert levels frayed nerves on the tense border.
State media said the politburo of the ruling Workers' Party would meet sometime in the next few days (...)
North Korea threatened South Korea with "final destruction" during a debate at the UN Conference on Disarmament Tuesday, saying it could take "second and third steps" after a nuclear test last week.
"As the saying goes, a new-born puppy knows no fear of a tiger. South Korea's erratic behavior would (...)
Pope Francis is making an Easter Sunday peace plea, saying conflicts have lasted too long in Syria, and between Israelis and Palestinians.
Francis also urges reconciliation on the Korean peninsula, where North Korea says it has entered "a state of war" with South Korea.
Before a crowd of 250,000 in (...)
North Korea's representative at the International Olympic Committee expressed anger and frustration on Thursday at a diplomatic blunder that marred the opening day of the women's Olympic football tournament.
The North Korea women's soccer team walked off on Wednesday after the South Korea flag was (...)
North Korea announced Saturday that Kim Jong Un has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further strengthening his authority after the death of his father, longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong Il
Officials and state media have bestowed on Kim Jong Un, who is in his late 20s, a (...)
PYONGYANG, North Korea — Tens of thousands of North Koreans lined the snowy streets of Pyongyang on Wednesday, wailing and clutching their chests as a black hearse carrying late leader Kim Jong Il's body wound its way through the capital for a final farewell.
The funeral procession from Kumsusan (...)
Wailing and sobbing, mourners beat their chests and dropped to their knees as North Korean President Kim Il Sung's hearse crawled through the streets of Pyongyang in 1994, draped with a red flag and bedecked with white magnolias.
But even as they cried out on a hot summer's day for the leader (...)
Kim Jong Il's son was identified Monday as head of a top decision-making body of the ruling Workers' Party, a post that now gives him authority over political as well as military matters in North Korea.
A week after state media reported leader Kim Jong Il's 17 December death, the campaign to (...)