Lisa Wangsness and Susan Milligan. It also includes a so-called public option, a government-backed insurance plan in states that want one, a concession to liberals. "With President Obama calling for a bill to be sent to his...
Obama urges North Korea and Iran to change course On the final leg of his tour of East Asia, US President Barack Obama has used a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to urge North Korea and Iran to...
Iraq vote faces likely delayBAGHDAD (AP) _ Iraq's path toward political stability after years of war threatened to veer off course Wednesday when a vice president vetoed part of a key election law, a move likely to delay a...
By CHOE SANG-HUN, The New York Times When a daughter of Kim Jong-chang, South Korea's top financial regulator, got married last June, Mr. Kim did something unusual: He eliminated the cashier and the cash-filled envelopes. In...
November 13, 2009 President Obama arrived in Tokyo on Friday, hoping to shore up relations with a new Japanese government, which is seeking to be more assertive with Washington. The trip is the start ...
NEW HOPE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF H1N1 VACCINE AZG DAILY 11-11-2009 Swine flue According to CNN, researchers at a South Korean university say they have discovered a candidate strain for an H1N1 vaccine, though it has not yet been...
On three fronts -- South Korean trade, Ukrainian/Russian diplomacy and Afghan war fighting -- the Obama administration is being increasingly pressured by unfolding events to shed ideology and rationalizations and come quickly...
AFP - South Korea's opposition party Wednesday beat the ruling party in parliamentary by-elections which tested a recent rebound in the popularity of President Lee Myung-Bak's conservative government.
SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans voted in parliamentary byelections Wednesday seen as a gauge of support for President Lee Myung-bak and his administration's attempt to scale back a contentious project to move several...
Speaking today at the London Games Conference, Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey outlined far-reaching proposals to back one of the UK’s high-tech success stories, the video games sector. He announced that the Conservatives...