SEOUL - ROK President Moon Jae-in has picked special envoys to be dispatched to China, the United States, Russia, Japan and the European Union, senior presidential press secretary Yoon Young-chan said on Monday.
WASHINGTON - US lawmakers on Sunday called on President Donald Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with fired FBI chief James Comey, potentially setting up a showdown with the White House as Democrats considered a boycott of the vote on Comey's replacement.
CANBERRA - Soaring demand for cattle from China is likely to bolster the Australian beef industry, analysts said.
LONDON - A team of scientists from the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain has uncovered the "death drag" of a squid-like creature, made about 150 million years ago.
Chinese nationals were behind a 500 percent increase in the number of applications to the Irish immigrant investor scheme in 2016, according to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service.
SEOUL - New President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in on Thursday appointed senior presidential secretaries on his second day in office. Moon also wants to reorganize the presidential office, and the plan will be announced during an emergency cabinet meeting, his chief of staff, Im Jong-seok, told reporters.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's dismissal of James Comey from the post of FBI director has sparked a media firestorm and much disagreement.
NEW DELHI - At least 26 people were killed and 26 others injured when a wall of a marriage hall collapsed due to heavy rains and thunderstorm in the western Indian state of Rajasthan on Wednesday night, a senior police official said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON - The US government is likely to expand a ban on laptops on commercial aircraft to include some European countries, but is reviewing how to ensure lithium batteries stored in luggage holds do not explode in midair, officials said on Wednesday.
The California state Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution designating May 10 as California Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial Day in honor of the nearly 12,000 Chinese who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad more than 150 years ago.
A pair of rare Chinese famille rose vases from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) sold for $16.8 million at Christie's auction house in London on Tuesday, making it one of the top 10 most-expensive Chinese ceramics lots sold at auction.