S.Korea Raises 2017 GDP Growth Forecast To 2.8%
South Korea's central bank on Thursday tweaked upwards its growth forecast for Asia's fourth-largest economy this year, citing strong exports. ...
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China Says Trade With N.Korea Up 10.5% In First Half
China's first-half trade with North Korea rose 10.5 percent year-on-year, Chinese officials said Thursday, as the US urges Beijing to ...
N. Korean Defectors Down As Border Tightened
The number of North Koreans escaping to the South declined sharply in the first half of this year as Pyongyang ...
USA Open Gold Cup With 1-1 Draw Against Panama
The United States and Panama played to a 1-1 draw on Saturday to open Group B action in the CONCACAF ...
Top Mali Court Orders Changes To Controversial Referendum
Mali's constitutional court Wednesday dealt another blow to embattled President Ibrahima Boubacar Keita over a controversial referendum, saying changes his ...
Guinean Former Fashion Model Digs Into West African Mining
Leaving behind chic gowns and catwalks to stomp in the mud in heavy work boots, Guinean former fashion model Tiguidanke ...
EU To Consider Additional NKorea Sanctions After Missile Test
The European Union on Tuesday warned it may consider additional sanctions against North Korea after it carried out what Pyongyang ...
South Korea’s Moon Urges IOC Help To Invite North To Pyeongchang
South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Monday urged the International Olympic Committee to help with inviting North Korea to next ...
Young Liberians Slap On Any Message You Want
Standing in sweltering heat for hours at a time, painted head-to-toe in the colours of the tax authority, Emmanuel Howard ...
Trump Warns N Korea ‘patience Is Over’
US President Donald Trump says that years of “strategic patience” with North Korea have failed and it is now time ...
US Returns Looted Royal Seals To S.Korea
South Korean President Moon Jae-In is returning from an official visit to Washington with two ancient royal seals looted during ...
Trump, South Korean President Hold Post-Dinner Talks On NKorea Policy
US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart held talks Thursday on how to halt North Korea's nuclear drive, ...
US Sanctions Chinese Bank For Laundering N.Korean Cash
The United States slapped unprecedented sanctions Thursday on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean cash after President Donald ...
Kim Jong-Un Vows To Execute South Korea’s Former President
Kim Jong-un has threatened South Korea's president with a 'miserable dog's death' over an alleged plot to assassinate the tyrant. ...
North Korea Threatens To Kill South’s Ex-President Park
North Korea threatened on Wednesday to "impose the death penalty" on the South's former president Park Geun-Hye over an alleged ...
52 Die During Desert Crossing
Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine. A group of 75 set out ...
Zimbabwe Police Charge Protest Pastor Over Speech
Zimbabwe police arrested prominent protest pastor and anti-government campaigner Evan Mawarire on Monday after he spoke to a group of ...
In Mongolia, Democracy Unfolds In A Yurt
At 6:55 a.m. on Monday, a man in rural Mongolia stood outside a yurt and looked down at his watch. ...
N.Korea Doubts Over South’s Olympic Invite
A top North Korean sports official voiced doubts over a proposal by South Korean President Moon Jae-In to form a ...
Guatemala, El Salvador Host Gay Pride Parades
Some 5,000 supporters of gay rights marched in the Salvadoran capital Saturday in a show of solidarity after the recent ...