South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor, the second such ruling in a week.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country's births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children.
As the South Korean southeastern port city of Busan awaits the outcome of a Tuesday vote that will decide the host city for the 2030 World Expo, a series of last-minute events are underwriting its bid.