The magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan has thrown neighboring Koreans a question: How safe are we?Experts here say Korea is unlikely to suffer such a massive earthquake but caution that the country should be fully alert for all possibilities.The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said the chances of a massive earthquake and tsunami affecting Korea are quite slim since the Japanese archip

 South Korea will send a large team of rescue workers to Japan Sunday night to help the neighboring country in rescue and recovery efforts in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami, government sources said.   The 102-member squad will depart for Japan at around 11:30 p.m. aboard an Air Force C-130 plane from a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, the sources said.   Japan's gove

A senior U.S. official said Saturday that Washington will consult closely with its ally South Korea before deciding whether to restart food aid to impoverished but nuclear-armed North Korea.Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell denied Washington is pressing to give the North badly needed aid, with Seoul reluctant to see its allies rushing to its communist neighbor with massive food supplies.“

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A human rights body here said Saturday it will launch balloons deep into North Korea and hold other events in Seoul next month to call international attention to the human rights situation in the reclusive communist state.“It is now reported that as many as 60 percent of North Koreans now have access to outside information and they are increasingly doubting the regime’s

Hyundai Motor Co. is holding a music video producing contest offering the new Veloster coupe as the top prize.The contest, which runs from Monday until April 25, is open to those over the age of 18.To enter, applicants need to produce an 80-seond-long music video for Mason Bates’ Mothership Remix to the theme of the carmaker’s new slogan “New Thinking. New Possibilities.”Applications can be filed

Volkswagen AG (VOW)’s Audi will add models and expand production in emerging markets as the luxury brand aims to topple Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) as the largest premium-car maker.“We expect further growth in the long term,” Chief Executive Officer Rupert Stadler said on March 8 at Audi’s annual press conference in Ingolstadt, Germany. “This gives us the confidence to extend our product ran

Toyota Motor Corp. president Akio Toyoda set the world’s largest carmaker on a course seeking sales growth in emerging markets and an improved image in the U.S., in a bid to rebound from record recalls and a recession.Toyoda laid out a “Global Vision” focused as much on boosting emotional ties to customers as on financial targets. His plan also shrinks Toyota’s board to 11 members from 27, the aut