Arianna Huffington is leaving The Huffington Post

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Huffington Post is going to be without a Huffington. Arianna Huffington says she is stepping down as editor-in-chief to focus on a new health startup. She founded The Huffington Post in 2005, and it grew to become one of the biggest online media players. It is currently owned by Verizon Communications Inc.The departure comes several weeks after Verizon said it was buying the media properties of Yahoo Inc. for about $4.8 billion.The Huffington Post is known for its celebrity

Aug. 11, 2016

'Sexual' British children's book seized from Uganda school

KAMPALA (AFP) -- Ugandan officials raided a prestigious private school on Thursday to seize copies of British children's author Jacqueline Wilson's "Love Lessons" on the orders of a minister who has led several crackdowns on "obscene" conduct.Minister for ethics and integrity Simon Lokodo said the book exposed children attending the exclusive Greenhill Academy to sex at too young an age. The school in the capital Kampala is popular with Uganda's elite and Western expatriates, and admits pupils b

Aug. 11, 2016

Korean man shot dead in Cambodia: gov't official

South Korea has requested Cambodian police to thoroughly investigate the killing of a South Korean man there earlier this week, a Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.The man in his 50s was shot dead in a region some 30km south of Phnom Penh on Wednesday, according to the official.The victim is believed to be a resident in Cambodia, but more details of the incident are still unknown. Local police are looking into the case."The South Korean Embassy in Cambodia dispatched a consular official to

Aug. 11, 2016

Korea to broaden economic cooperation with development bank in Central American

South Korea will seek wider cooperation with a development bank in Central America to help its companies tap into the sectors of infrastructure building and energy developing in the region, the trade ministry here said Wednesday.Trade Minister Joo Hyung-hwan held a meeting with President Nick Rischbieth of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration in Seoul to discuss ways to widen cooperation between South Korea and Central American countries, according to the Ministry of Trade, Infrast

Aug. 10, 2016

Uncoordinated military action in event of N.K. collapse could lead to U.S.-China war: report

Uncoordinated military intervention by China, South Korea or the United States in the event of North Korea's collapse could lead to war between the U.S. and China, a U.S. research institute said.RAND Corporation raised the prospect in a report titled, "War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable," saying the two super powers are in a row over a series of issues that could lead to a military confrontation.Other situations that could turn violent included China and Japan skirmishing over disp

Aug. 10, 2016

Korea successfully hosts trade fair in Los Angeles

South Korea successfully hosted a trade road show in Los Angeles aimed at helping local firms make inroads into the U.S. market and attract foreign investment, Seoul's science ministry said Wednesday.The "Creative Economy Global Road Show" closed on July 31 after a three-day run at the Los Angeles Convention Center with the participation of 90 local companies and 106 foreign buyers, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said.The trade fair was held on the sidelines of KCON 2016 LA, th

Aug. 10, 2016

White House seeks 'additional ways' to move Obama's nuclear-free world vision forward: official

The United States continues to look for "additional ways" to move President Barack Obama's vision for a nuclear-free world forward, the White House said Tuesday, amid reports the administration is considering adopting a nuclear "no first use" policy."The president during his landmark 2009 speech in Prague detailed a trajectory to place us on the path to a world without nuclear weapons. In the intervening years, this administration -- through our own actions and by galvanizing the international c

Aug. 10, 2016

Arirang satellite to be launched via Russian vehicle in 2020

South Korea is set to launch a multipurpose satellite using a Russian launch vehicle in 2020, Seoul's aerospace research institute said Tuesday.The Korea Aerospace Research Institute said it inked a deal to load its Korea Multipurpose Satellite 6, known as KOMPSAT-6, on the Angara 1.2 vehicle developed by Russia's International Launch Services.The satellite, also known as the Arirang 6, will be launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwestern Russia in 2020, the KARI added."The ILS Angara 1

Aug. 9, 2016

South Korea signs agreement for cooperation in Thai water project

South Korea and Thailand agreed Monday to jointly check the feasibility of Thailand's planned water management project, a move that could also lead to Seoul's participation in the project valued at 680 billion won (US$609 million), the Seoul government said.Under a memorandum of intent signed Monday, South Korea will help review the technical feasibility of the two-stage water management project, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.The project mainly seeks to build fl

Aug. 8, 2016

Cheong Wa Dae says China's criticism of THAAD unreasonable

South Korea's presidential office on Sunday urged China to raise questions over North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, instead of criticizing the planned installation of an advanced anti-missile system on South Korean soil.In a statement, Cheong Wa Dae said Chinese media's criticism of the recent decision by Seoul and Washington to install the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in South Korea is unreasonable.The statement from the office of President Park Geun-hye also asked six lawm

Aug. 7, 2016

Korean Navy to resume exchange program with Japan

The Korean Navy will resume its exchange activities with Japan next month, a local military official said on Sunday."A delegate of 600 Navy sailors and senior-year cadets of the Korea Naval Academy will make a port call to Japan in early September," said a military official in Seoul. The group is set to leave on Sept. 5.Japan will be one of the 12 countries that the sailors and cadets visit during their global training cruise, along with Russia, Australia, Singapore and the United States, accord

Aug. 7, 2016

Korea helps transportation of 2 injured Chinese in Fiji

Two Chinese who were seriously injured in Fiji have been safely transported to their home country with the help of South Korea's foreign ministry and the country's top carrier Korean Air Lines Co., diplomatic sources said Sunday.The move is seen as an exemplary case of consular cooperation between Seoul and Beijing, even as China is voicing strong opposition to Seoul's planned deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system.On Tuesday, two Chinese workers in their 50s were seriously injure

Aug. 7, 2016

U.S. court rejects Japanese right-wing group's demand for removal of 'comfort women' statue

A U.S. court on Thursday rejected a demand from a right-wing Japanese group that a girl's statue symbolizing victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery be removed from the city of Glendale, a Korean-American activist group said.The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals issued the verdict, upholding a lower-court ruling that also dismissed the demand from the Japanese group Global Alliance for Historical Truth, according to the Korean American Forum of California.Thursday's ruling means that there will be no

Aug. 5, 2016

Trump: U.S. could end up in 'massive war' while protecting

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said the U.S. could end up in a "massive war protecting somebody" if North Korean leader Kim Jong-un suddenly becomes "frisky."Once again displaying deeply negative views of U.S. security commitments to allies, Trump also said in a campaign speech Wednesday that the U.S. would find itself in "essentially World War III" if Japan comes under attack, arguing that the Asian nation does not have to do anything if the U.S. gets attacked."The man that we kno

July 29, 2016