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South Korea's consumer price inflation rose at a slower rate than expected in December.

The so-called Samsung Galaxy S4 rumor mill got heated up Friday when a new report, coming straight from South Korea, hit the web saying that the next generation Galaxy S smartphone would be released in April 2013 with S Pen functionality.

Asian markets rose in the week amid the hope that the policymakers in Japan and China would announce stimulus measures.

U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open on Friday ahead of the National Association of Realtors' Pending Home Sales Index report.

South Korea’s industrial output rose in November compared to that in the previous month.

Beijing and a city just two hours north of the capital will jointly bid to co-host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Wednesday with Japanese shares extending their gains after rally in the previous session on expectations that incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pursue drastic stimulus measures to boost the economy.

Asian markets rose marginally Monday as investors remained cautious with the Christmas period set to be quiet in terms of both economic data and political events.

Most Asian markets fell by week's end as investor sentiment turned negative due to Congressional leaders' lack of progress on reaching an agreement to avert the looming fiscal cliff.

North Korea is holding an American man in custody after he confessed to crimes which have not been identified.

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A new Gallup poll claims that the world's happiest countries are almost all in Latin America.

Park, a conservative, also took an apparent swipe at Japan, Korea’s former colonial ruler.

South Korea has elected Park Geun-hye, the 60-year-old candidate of the Saenuri party, as the country’s first woman president.

South Korean presidential polls that opened Wednesday pitted the daughter of a former dictator against a North Korean descendant.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a national memorial service Monday for his predecessor Kim Jong Il on the first anniversary of his death.

Asian markets were mixed Monday as investors remained cautious, as an agreement between the U.S. Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama in adopting measures to overcome the looming fiscal cliff remains elusive.

Most of the Asian markets rose in the week as investor sentiment was lifted on hopes that the policymakers in Japan would soon announce stimulus measures to boost the growth of the world’s third-largest economy.

Apple launched the iPhone 5 in 33 new countries today, including China, Turkey, Israel and Russia.

South Korea’s Navy is claiming it retrieved the debris from a long-range rocket that North Korea launched Wednesday.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Friday after a private survey showed a pickup in Chinese manufacturing activity in December.