In need of up-to-date data on North Korea's leadership or South Korea's global trade, there is now a quicker way than searching for information on Google, where many long, time-consuming articles often turn up.The Korea Economic Institute of America (KEIA) is providing a one-stop solution -- Korea Analytics (http://keia.org/landing/welcome-korea-analytics).Recently, it updated the site so as to offer what it calls "interactive visualization of data" on Korea, from what's going on in North Korea

The foreign ministry said Sunday that it has released a total of 1,490 volumes of diplomatic documents, or about 220,000 pages, after more than 30 years of being classified.The diplomatic dossiers released this year include those on a 1982 proposal by former president Chun Doo-hwan for reunification with North Korea and South Korea's review of a proposal to take part in a multi-national force in Lebanon, the ministry said in a statement.The documents are available for viewing and printing at the

Holding a Bible in her arms at the start of Holy Week, seamstress Maria Munoz waited patiently to visit the tomb of the man she considers another savior of humanity.   The 64-year-old said she had already turned her humble one-bedroom house into a shrine devoted to the late President Hugo Chavez, complete with busts, photos and coffee mugs bearing his image. Now, she said, her brother-in-law was looking for a larger house to display six boxes' worth of Chavez relics that her family has collected

Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service Saturday after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he began to put his mark on the Catholic Church.   Francis processed into a darkened and silent St. Peter's Basilica at the start of the service, in which the faithful recall the period between Christ's crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter Sunday.   One of the most dramatic moments of the Easter Vigil service that usually follows _ when t

Myanmar's government on Saturday rejected remarks by a U.N. human rights official suggesting that the authorities bear some blame for recent mob attacks by Buddhists on minority Muslims that killed dozens of people.   The U.N. official, Tomas Ojea Quintana, urged Myanmar's government on Friday to investigate allegations that security forces watched as Buddhist mobs attacked Muslims. He also said the government needed to do more to protect the country's Muslims.   Deputy Information Minister Ye H

수요일 박근혜 정부는 17부 3처 17청의 공식 영문명을 발표했다. 신설된 미래창조과학부는 "Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning"으로, ICT는 정보(information), 커뮤니케이션 (communicatoin)과 기술(technology)의 약자다. 신설 부처 이외에는 기존 영문명을 대부분 유지했다. "해양수산부"의 경우 영문명을 지칭하는데 있어 어려움이 있었다고 전했다. 이전 정부에서 외교와 통상을 맡았던 부처의 경우 "외교부" 로 이름이 명명되었다. 지식경제부의 경우 "산업통상자원부(Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)"로 개명되었다. 아래가 박근혜 정부 부처 공식 영문명칭이다:한글명영문명미래창조과학부Ministry of Schience, ICT and Future Planning교육부Ministry of Education외교부Ministry of Foreign Affairs통일부Ministry