The pilot of a South Korean airliner that crashed in San Francisco in July felt very stressed about touching down without a functioning instrument landing system to guide him, according to documents made public Wednesday.Three passengers died when Asiana Airlines Flight 214 clipped a seawall with its landing gear, skidded off the runway and burst into flames at the tragic end of an otherwise routine flight from Seoul on July 6.Another 182 passengers and crew aboard the Boeing 777 were injured, i

South Korea should not be granted a 'free pass' to enter the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) unless it fully implements the bilateral free trade agreement called "KORUS FTA," a representative from the U.S. business community said Wednesday.Speaking at a forum, Tami Overby, vice president for Asia at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said her organization is "excited" about South Korea's announcement of its interest in the TPP talks, which she expects to be completed in January.Realistically

South Korean stocks opened lower Thursday amid rising financial uncertainties from the United States as its central bank may announce a tapering of quantitative easing next week, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 11.28 points, or 0.57 percent, to 1,966.69 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Tech shares opened bearish, with Samsung Electronics slipping 1.2 percent and top chipmaker SK hynix decreasing 1.77 percent. LG Electronics remained unchanged from the

South Korean rapper Psy topped six categories of the U.S. Billboard magazine's year-end charts for 2013, his local management company said Wednesday.Psy, who rose to global stardom for "Gangnam Style" featuring his horse-riding dance in 2012, was chosen as the top "Dance/Electronic Streaming Song Artist," "Rap Streaming Song Artist" and "World Digital Song Artist" of 2013 in the year-end charts to be included in the December issue of the monthly music magazine, according to YG Entertainment.His

Uruguay's Senate gave final congressional approval Tuesday to create the world's first national marketplace for legal marijuana, an audacious experiment that will have the government oversee production, sales and consumption of a drug illegal almost everywhere else. The vote was 16 to 13, with the governing Broad Front majority united in favor. The plan now awaits the signature of President Jose Mujica, who wants the market to begin operating next year.Two-thirds of Uruguayans oppose a governmen