Kim Hye-Sook survived a total 28 years of brutality, overwork and near-starvation in one of North Korea's notorious prison camps. Now she travels the world campaigning to shut them down.

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The new chief executive of South Korean giant Samsung Electronics stressed on Monday the need for more investment on software to maintain the company's lead in the fast-changing technology industry.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year's Seoul Peace Prize, the prize foundation said.

Ban was chosen for promoting the rights of women and chil

North Korea said on Saturday it has no plans ‘at present’ to conduct a nuclear test despite what it called South Korean attempts to provoke the situation.

Seoul's government was trying to aggravate t

South Korea's Samsung Electronics vowed on Thursday to press ahead with the US launch of its newest smartphone this month, despite a fresh lawsuit filed by rival Apple seeking to block the cutting-edg

South Korea's Samsung Electronics on Thursday named Kwon Oh-Hyun, one of its vice-chairmen, as its new chief executive officer.

Kwon succeeds former CEO Choi Gee-Sung and will handle ‘corporate-wide

Two senior US officials made a secret visit to North Korea in an apparent attempt to persuade it to cancel last month's long-range rocket launch, a South Korean report said Thursday.

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North Korea has resumed construction work on an experimental light water reactor (ELWR) in a move that could extend its capacity to produce more material for nuclear weapons, website 38North reported

South Korea has intensified a crackdown on the smuggling of capsules from China containing the powdered flesh of dead babies, taken by some as a cure for disease or a way to boost sexual performance,

German premium carmaker BMW and South Korea's Hyundai Motor are discussing a possible tie-up in engine development and other areas, a source who has direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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