The history of the Korean Peninsula may be at a momentous turning point with Monday's inauguration of conservative former business leader Lee Myung-bak as president of South Korea, to be followed on Tuesday night by an epic performance by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang...
When the New York Philharmonic launched into the traditional Korean folk song "Arirang" as an encore, I heard an involuntary intake of breath from the North Korean interpreter sitting next to me...
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and about 180 other foreign dignitaries are to attend President-elect Lee Myung-bak’s inaugural ceremony on Feb. 25, officials at Lee’s transition team said Wednesday (Feb. 13)...
Social and political polarization in Taiwan could be harmful to the country's economic growth, participants said at a Taipei conference yesterday, citing developments in other countries...
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government's decision to remove the honor guard and military police from the mausoleums of former dictators Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo resulted in a backlash from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)...
Minister of Foreign Affairs James Huang returned from Swaziland yesterday, warning that China could use any of a series of major events to increase its efforts to isolate Taiwan...
