By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government announced a set of reform
plans in its support for the cultural sector Wednesday, which will include more

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea opened a consulate general in the Russian
city of Irkutsk Wednesday to help strengthen the two nations' cooperation on

(ATTN: UPDATES with ministry's official position on retaining Kaesong park, more
analysis)
By Kim Hyun

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
said he wants to "walk faster and further" in developing Malaysia's bilateral
relations with China.

By Lee Youkyung
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The government is pushing to revise a law on organ
donation in an effort to cope with an increasing shortage of donated kidneys,

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The Home Ministry may use the Internal
Security Act (ISA) or other preventive laws against the leader and main members

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The setting up a committee dealing with
the issue of conversion and religion change by the Cabinet proves that the

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government Tuesday agreed
to make it compulsory for employers to give one day off a week for their maids.

Mumbai,Jun 16 (PTI) In a severe indictment of the then
Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Gafoor, a
government-appointed committee that probed the 26/11 terror

By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, June 17 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean advance team left for the North on
Wednesday to prepare for upcoming inter-Korean talks over a joint industrial