Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered Saturday that emergency measures be taken to find a Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 jet that went missing with more than 150 Chinese on board.   Flight MH370, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, lost contact with air traffic controllers earlier Saturday, raising fears over the fate of a total of 239 people on board, including 153 Chinese.   "All-out efforts must be made for any emergency (measures) necessary in the aftermath of the incident," Xi said, accor

  North Korea on Thursday rejected South Korea's proposal to hold Red Cross talks to discuss regular reunions of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.   The North's Red Cross said in a message to its South Korean counterpart that an appropriate atmosphere has not been created for the proposed talks, according to the unification ministry.   The ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, expressed regret over the North's rejection.   The North's move came a day after South Korea propose

 South Korea's No. 2 tech giant LG Electronics Inc. saw its revenue from smartphone sales reach $11.07 billion last year, market research data showed Thursday, further distancing itself from smaller tech players around the globe.   The pursuer of Samsung Electronics Co. became the world's No. 3 smartphone maker in terms of sales in 2013 by accounting for 4.1 percent of the industry's combined revenue, the data by Strategy Analytics showed.   LG's latest standing marked an improvement from sixth

Virginia legislators wrapped up all legislative procedures in both chambers on the "East Sea" bill Wednesday, passing the onus to Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe.   Last month, the House and Senate approved bills that require all public schools to name the body of water between Korea and Japan as the East Sea as well as the Sea of Japan.    Koreans view the name Sea of Japan, which is still better known worldwide, as a relic of Japan's imperialistic past, including the colonization of Korea from

 The Pentagon said Wednesday North Korea has at least six Hwasong-13 road-mobile long-range missile launchers, as the U.S. updated the assessment of the secretive nation's military power.   It said the Hwasong-13 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) have a range of more than 3,400 miles, but its capability has yet to be tested.   The Hwasong-13 has not been flight-tested and "their current reliability as weapon systems would be low," the Pentagon said in its annual report, titled "Militar