North Korea notified a U.N. maritime agency Tuesday that it will launch a satellite later this month, confirming widespread concern the communist nation is readying for a banned long-range rocket launch just weeks after its fourth nuclear test.The North said in a letter to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that an "earth observation satellite" will be launched between Feb. 8-25. It also provided coordinates for three maritime areas where rocket stages are expected to fall. This photo

U.S. presidential hopefuls trained their sights on New Hampshire and beyond Tuesday, with conservative Ted Cruz keen to build on his dramatic Iowa victory over Donald Trump, and Democrat Hillary Clinton reminded that she is not politically invincible.Republicans in the rural state backed the ultraconservative Cruz for their party's nomination, leaving a humbled Trump in second place just ahead of Senator Marco Rubio, according to nearly complete results given by the party. Republican presidentia

ANSAN, Gyeonggi Province – Lockers have not been emptied, boards not erased, class timetables not updated and the calendar not flipped since that fateful day of April 16, 2014. This photo shows one of the Memory Classrooms dedicated to the student victims. (Yoon Min-sik/The Korea Herald)Ten classrooms in Danwon High School in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province have been left untouched in memory of 250 students who were killed or remain missing from the sinking of the ferry Sewol en route from Incheon to J

It was a harsh end to the year 2015, as the nation roiled in escalating angst against the government’s agreement with Japan to settle the World War II wartime sexual slavery issue. The year had already been riven with conflicts over education, ideology, labor and other social issues that are likely to continue in the coming year.Social division is expected to only deteriorate as the nation enters major elections, starting with the April 13 general election, which is shaping up as a prelude to th

Ruling Saenuri Party leader Kim Moo-sung apologized Friday for a racist remark he made to an African student during volunteer work earlier in the day.Kim had been delivering briquettes to the socially underprivileged in southern Seoul as part of the party’s community outreach program, when he told an accompanying student that his face “was the same color as the briquettes.” The student reportedly did not understand the comment.Kim Moo-sung (Yonhap)As public criticism mounted, Kim posted a public

NAPLES, Florida (AP) -- Lydia Ko had just been handed a $1 million bonus for the second consecutive year, and the first thing she thought about buying with those newfound additional riches was a new phone.She’s had a bunch. She keeps dropping them.“My mom doesn’t like it,” Ko said. “Phones are expensive.”It’s moments like those that serve as the reminder that the New Zealander is only 18. The way she plays, no one believes she’s just a teenager. The LPGA’s rookie of the year from 2014 was the LP

한국학 전문가인 시카고 대학의 브루스 커밍스 교수는 최근 한국사 교과서를 국정화하기로 한 한국 정부의 결정에 대해 “멍청한 계획”이라면서, “박근혜 대통령이 일본 신조 아베 총리에게 놀아나는 것(playing into the hands of Abe)”이라고 비판을 했다. 그는 “올바른 역사란 없다”면서 역사란 끊임없는 토론을 통해 진실을 추구하는 과정이라고 설명했다.　다음은 커밍스 교수의 인터뷰 전문　1. 역사 검인정 제도를 국정화로 교체하는 것의 가장 큰 문제는 무엇인가?　커밍스: 가장 큰 문제는 정부가 역사를 다루는 방법을 모른다는 것이다. 정부는 정치인들이 이끌며, 정치인들은 지지도를 높이기 위해 달이 녹색으로 된 치즈로 만들어졌다는 식의 발언까지 불사하는 사람들이다. 미국에서 만약 도널드 트럼프가 역사 교과서에 무슨 내용이 들어갈지 결정한다고 상상해보라. 마치 만화책 같을 것이다.물론 정부는 “우리가 진짜(bona-fide) 역사가들을 고용할 거지 만화 작가를 고용하는 게 아