South Korean rapper Psy's "Hangover" surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, Wednesday, his management agency said.Released in June last year, "Hangover" hit the milestone at about 3:15 p.m., proving its long-running popularity, according to YG Entertainment.Psy's global mega-hit single "Gangnam Style" garnered more than 2.3 billion views and the follow-up single "Gentleman" about 836 million views as of Wednesday. "Hangover" was the most-viewed K-pop music video for 2014 on YouTube.The "Hangove

May 20, 2015

Senior government officials from 57 members of the Chinese-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) began a two-day meeting in Beijing on Monday to discuss the articles of agreement and other pending issues, a diplomatic source said. This week's meeting is aimed at finalizing the articles before holding the final round of preparatory meetings in Singapore next month, the source said on the condition of anonymity. South Korea sent a deputy finance minister as a chief negotiator to the meet

Foreign Affairs April 27, 2015

--> 인도 정부 포스코에 제철소 건설 사업 “결단 내려라” 압박--> 포스코, 13조원대  제철소 건설 사업 난항 지속포스코가 인도에서 추진 중이던 13조원 규모의 제철소 건설 사업인 “오디샤 프로젝트”와 관련해 또 다른  장애물을 만났다.26일 인도 현지 보도에 따르면 인도 오디샤 주 정부의 고위 간부가 포스코의 오디샤 프로젝트에 대한 소극적인 자세에 대해 비난했다고 한다.이는 지난달 인도 현지 언론은 포스코가 오디샤 주에서 진행중인 제철소 건설 프로젝트 사업을 중단할 것이라는 보도가 나온 이후에 나온 것이다.해당 간부는 최근 현지 언론과의 인터뷰에서 “포스코는 제철소 건설을 진행 할 것인지 중단할 것인지에 대해 분명하게 결정을 내려야 할 것” 이라고 경고했다.포스코는 오디샤 프로젝트와 관련해 주정부의 공식적인 입장을 받은 것은 아니라고 일축했지만, 지난 달부터 흘러나오는 사업에 대한 불협화음으로 인해 곤란을 겪고있다.포스코와 오디샤 주 정부간의 제철소 부지와 관련된 것이 논란의

한국어판 April 27, 2015

The United States is providing reconnaissance support for Iraq's operation to retake Tikrit from the Islamic State group, a senior military official from the US-led anti-jihadist coalition said on Tuesday.The coalition has targeted IS with air strikes and provided training and equipment to Iraqi forces, but this is the first confirmation of its direct involvement in the Tikrit operation, the largest Baghdad has launched against the jihadists."The coalition began providing ISR (intelligence, surv

World March 24, 2015

South Korean President Park Geun-hye met with the foreign ministers of China and Japan on Saturday, an official said, amid fresh tensions mainly over a U.S. anti-missile system.Park met with Wang Yi from China and Fumio Kishida from Japan for more than 30 minutes, the official said. South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se also attended the meeting at the presidential office.Details of the meeting were not immediately available.The meeting came amid tensions in the region over a U.S. missile-d

Politics March 21, 2015

North Korea plans to hold an international tour fair in May at the Kumgang mountain resort on its east coast, where trips by South Korean people to the area have been stalled for nearly seven years, a Chinese newspaper reported Saturday, citing a North Korean official. Mount Kumgang resort in North Korea, developed by the South Korean company Hyundai Asan, opened in 1998 as a symbol of reconciliation, but South Korea halted tours to the area after a South Korean tourist who strayed into a restri

North Korea March 21, 2015

The foreign ministers of South Korea and China held bilateral meetings in Seoul on Saturday, but Beijing did not bring up the controversial issue of Washington's possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile-defense system on Korean soil, a Seoul official said.The meeting between South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, came as Seoul's diplomacy has been put to the test amid a mounting Washington-Beijing row over a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (TH

Foreign Affairs March 21, 2015

A North Korean envoy says his country has developed nuclear missiles and is prepared to use them at any time.North Korean Ambassador to Britain Hyun Hak Bong said in a recent interview with British broadcaster Sky News that his government would use the missiles in response to a nuclear attack by the United States. Asked whether North Korea has the ability now to launch a nuclear missile, Hyun replied: ``Any time. Any time. Yes.''``If the United States strike us, we should strike back,'' he said.

North Korea March 21, 2015

South Korea's foreign minister was to hold bilateral meetings with his Chinese and Japanese counterparts in Seoul on Saturday on the sidelines of their trilateral talks, Seoul's foreign ministry said.Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se was scheduled to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Japan's top diplomat Fumio Kishida in Seoul ahead of the three-way meeting, the ministry said.Wang and Kishida flew into Seoul on Friday for a three-day stay to attend a trilateral foreign ministers' meetin

Foreign Affairs March 21, 2015

The United States plans to expand its THAAD missile defense force to seven batteries by 2019 from the current four, a top military official in charge of missile defense has said.Lt. Gen. David Mann, commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, unveiled the plan in written testimony submitted Thursday for a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee's Strategic Forces Subcommittee."There are now four activated THAAD batteries. Equipment training and field

World March 21, 2015

The United States plans to send an additional multiple launch rocket system battalion to South Korea in May to better deter North Korea's artillery threats, U.S. Forces Korea said Saturday.The U.S. secretary of defense "approved the nine-month rotation of a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) battalion to South Korea to provide unique counter-fire capabilities supporting its defense," the 8th Army said in a press release.The first rotational battalion will join the 210th Field Artillery Brigade

Defense March 21, 2015

The European Union's executive has unveiled a vast plan to merge the EU's 28 national energy markets with the aim of providing cheaper energy for consumers and weaning Europe off Russian gas supplies.European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic on Wednesday called it ``undoubtedly the most ambitious energy project'' since the inception of the EU over half a century ago. He believes that a well-connected European energy grid could save businesses and consumers up to 40 billion euros ($45.4 b

World Feb. 25, 2015

President Barack Obama's national security adviser is calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to address Congress next week ``destructive'' to U.S.-Israel relations.Susan Rice told PBS Tuesday that Netanyahu's decision to accept House Speaker John Boehner's invitation has injected partisanship into bilateral relations. She called that ``destructive of the fabric of the relationship.''Rice said the relationship has always been bipartisan, and needs to stay that way.Netanyahu

World Feb. 25, 2015