Ulan Bator (Mongolia), June 16 (ANI): In a daring act of fraud that has the potential of jeopardising his re-election in the June 26 presidential polls, Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and his close associates ingeniously duped a South Korean investor into buying a license for a gold mine that, after due diligence, was discovered to have no gold value at all.

Beijing, June 12 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea's top policymaker in charge of inter-Korean relations said Wednesday that the abrupt call-off of high-level inter-governmental talks between Seoul and Pyongyang would be a temporary pain for new inter-Korean relations, implying that Seoul is still open to the dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Washington, June 10 (ANI): Officials from North Korea and South Korea held first government-level talks in years on Sunday.

Beijing, June 11 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have agreed to hold a government meeting in Seoul later this week to resolve inter-Korean issues, media reported Monday.

Tokyo, June 8 (ANI): Japanese lawmaker Nariyaki Nakayama has said that Korean women were not forcibly taken as sex slaves during wartime.

Sydney, June 7 (ANI): Signaling a possible breakthrough in cross-border ties after months of escalated military tensions, North and South Korea have finally agreed to hold their first official talks.

Washington, June 5 (ANI): The Obama administration will be extending six-month sanctions exemptions to India and eight other countries for significantly reducing oil imports from Iran, officials have said.

Tokyo, June 5 (ANI): North Korea may be very close to restarting a plutonium reactor that can produce fissile material for nuclear bombs, a US research institute has said.

New York, May 29 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reportedly inspected the progress in work on a 'world class resort' even as rival South Korea is preparing to host the 2018 Winter Olympic games.

Seoul, May 27 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korean President Park Geun- hye will visit China at the end of June in what would be her second overseas trip since taking office in February, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said Monday.

Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defense ministry.

Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Japanese government confirmed the DPRK's missile launches on Saturday, saying none of the missiles have landed in Japan's territorial waters, Kyodo news agency reported.

Wellington, May 10 (ANI): South Korea has turned notorious in adding photoshop effects, emulating its northern counterpart in its attempts to photoshop a photo claiming to show South Korean President Park Geun-hye and US President Barack Obama shaking hands.

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central Government to take a decision on giving an iron ore license to the South Korean firm Posco for its proposed steel plant in Odisha's Khandadhar Hills.

Beijing, May 9 (Xinhua-ANI): Nepal's Department of Labor (DoL) is going to strictly regulate the non-diplomatic foreign workers working without employment permit in the country, according to a government official.

Washington, May 09 (ANI): US President Barack Obama, who appeared at a joint press conference with South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, on Tuesday, said that her country's culture is spreading around the world.

Kuala Lumpur, May 9 (ANI): A South Korean man cut his penis off, as he did not want to have any children.

Seoul, May 8 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States' nuclear envoy Glyn Davies will visit South Korea next week,Yonhap News Agency reported on Wednesday.

New York, May 5 (ANI): South Korean phonemaker LG has been selected by Google to build the next Android reference device - Nexus 5.

Ankara, May 2 (Xinhua-ANI): An alliance of Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France's Areva has won a bid to build Turkey' s second nuclear power plant, Turkish Daily News reported Thursday.

Beijing, Apr. 30 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea's consumer electronics giant LG Electronics said Monday that it began sales of curved organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV for the first time in the global industry.

Washington, Apr. 25 (ANI): The United States and South Korea have extended their current civilian nuclear agreement by two years.

London, Apr. 24 (ANI): South Korea is trying to establish who sent a letter threat to the defence minister.

London, Apr 24 (ANI): South Korean teach giant Samsung is reportedly working on a mind-controlled tablet that would changed the way we interact with our electronics.

New York, April 19 (ANI): One of South Korea's national TV networks has decided not to air the latest music video from Psy, due to a scene that involves vandalism.