Police snatch body of Korean Samsung worker
A leader of a new union at Samsung in South Korea named Yeom Ho-seok took his own life to protest the vicious anti-union policies of the company.
The White House's flawed Korea policies
In the current crisis on the Korean Peninsula, the Obama administration is virtually repeating the 2004 Bush playbook.
Peaceful resolution of Korea confrontation is needed
The U.S. should not use military maneuvers in Korea to try out new weapons and make political points.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead
According to the White House, "President Obama spoke with [South] Korea President Lee Myung-bak to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula."
Small movement on Korea nuclear issue
Though eclipsed in recent months by the Arab Spring and the international economic crisis, Korea remains volatile, with the states on both sides of the DMZ trading threats.
In South Korea, strike leaders land in court
180 Vietnamese migrant workers building a wharf in Inchon, South Korea, launched one brief strike in July, 2010, and another last January.
World Notes: Algeria, Greece, Canada and more
Protests in Algeria, migrant workers' hunger strike in Greece, steelworkers in Canada, and news from South Korea, Haiti, Cuba.
World Notes: Cuba, Gaza and more
From workers striking in Korea to Spanish complicity in U.S. war crimes, what's going on in the world.
WikiLeaks puts U.S. on the spot
The release of more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables lifts the veil that cloaks the seemingly prim and proper world of international diplomacy.
UN lets all sides claim victory on Korea crisis
UNITED NATIONS - A UN Security Council statement, reflecting weeks of diplomatic wrangling over the March 26 sinking of the South Korean military ship Cheonan, seems to have diffused tensions.
