By Kim Eun-jung
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- Kenneth Crawford, a renowned U.S. meteorologist who
recently made headlines for his employment contract with the South Korean

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SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday stepped up its demand for the

Dozens of workers have been evacuated from a Timor Sea oil rig after an oil and gas
spill, the project operator says.

SANA'A, Aug.

It is now a crime for Australians to associate with Somali-based al-Shabaab after
Canberra joined Washington in listing the militant group as a terrorist
organisation.

KUCHING (Malaysia), Aug 21 (Bernama) -- Sarawak, an East Malaysia state,
will get its own test laboratory by the middle of next month to enable the

By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's vice unification minister and former
unification minister will greet a North Korean delegation due in Seoul on Friday

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SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday stepped up its demand for the

CHEONGJU, South Korea, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- Two prison guards at a state-run
prison have tested positive for Type A influenza, with three others also

SAYANOGORSK, August 21 (Itar-Tass) -- The death toll of the
large-scale accident at Sayano-Shushenskaya hydropower plant in Siberia