Why North Korea Isn’t On UN’s Food Crisis Report for the 7th Consecutive Year

North Korea, a country chronically suffering from food shortages, has been excluded from the United Nations’ “Food Crisis Countries” list for the seventh consecutive year due to a lack of data on its ... Read More

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un says now is time to be ready for war, KCNA says

SEOUL (Reuters) -North ... in its possession," KCNA quoted Kim as telling the university staff and students. DPRK is short for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the North's official name. Read More

Small South Korea towns bear brunt of doctor shortage

STORY: As South Korean trainee doctors continue a strike against government plans to boost medical student quotas, hospitals in some smaller cities say they desperately need more physicians.Here at ... Read More

Social Security & You: Foreign-born parents not mooching off the Social Security system

Let’s say you are getting Social Security checks ... you can get your Social Security benefits sent to just about any country in the world. There are a few exceptions — places such as Cuba and North ... Read More

Taiwan hit by numerous quakes, strongest reaching 6.3 magnitude

The first strong quake – a magnitude 5.5 – hit on April 22 at around 5.08pm, local time. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read More