By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il made the highest
number of public appearances this year since taking power, Seoul's Unification

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean health authorities ordered Lotte Mart
Friday to recall a honey-ginseng tea product found to contain higher bacteria

MOSCOW, December 18 (Itar-Tass) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will
travel to St. Petersburg on Friday to chair a meeting devoted to navy
upgrading and development.

COPENHAGEN, December 18 (Itar-Tass) -- The Presidents of Russia and
the United States, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, will meet on the

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Former Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook suspected of
receiving a large sum of money from a corrupt business executive was arrested on

By Byun Duk-kun
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was to
attend a U.N. summit here Friday for discussions on a new international climate

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the European Union agreed to expand
exchanges in the culture and tourism sector Friday with a free trade deal between

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea sent 500,000 doses of H1N1 flu medication
to North Korea on Friday in the first state-level humanitarian assistance to its

COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva urged countries worldwide to jointly rewrite projected course of the world's history by joining forces in tackling the challenge of

The government of Azerbaijan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed loan agreement on the first tranche worth $ 75 mln as a part of Water Supply and Sanitation Investment Program.