South Korea

Public appearances by North Korea leader and Ri Sol-ju may suggest more open leadership for notoriously secretive country.

Hermit state's recently installed dictator gains full control of army after military reshuffle and removal of vice-marshal Ri Yong-ho.

Former Liverpool and Manchester City goal keeper David James has hailed England's Joe Hart as the best keeper in the world

Christine Ohuruogu is refusing to consider making history as the first British athlete to retain an Olympic track and field title despite a return to her very best during the London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace.

Mud festival 2012 saw crazy pictures of attendees splashing mud on each other. Check out the photos below.

Celtic and South Korea midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng is one of Liverpool's summer transfer targets.

Australia and New Zealand join WWF and Greenpeace against plans, which they declare are 'commercial whaling in drag'.

The hugely controversial ACTA treaty has been rejected by the European Parliament in a landslide vote.

Secret technologies related to next generation television panels and belonging to LG and Samsung have been stolen with six employees of Israeli company Orbotech arrested.

A Toronto-based Kripparrian with help from another player called Krippi has beaten Diablo 3 at its hardest level.

China pledges to provide $43bn (£27.4bn) to International Monetary Fund to boost its lending power.

G20 Draft Communique to boost IMF firewall, tackle the sovereign debt crisis and prevent further emerging market contagion.

Friday, 08 June 2012, marked the 40th anniversary of an event captured by Associated Press (AP) photographer, Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut in his native Vietnam. Seen running from the village of Trang Bang, some 25 miles west of Saigon, and towards the camera, a small group of crying and screaming children accompanied by South Vietnamese soldiers of the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam).

As India seeks more oil and gas from OPEC and the wider markets following Iran's sanction woes, the move could intensify growth problems and high inflation

Blizzard finds itself in a mess, thanks to legal notices from France and Germany over false advertisement and poor server infrastructure for online gaming.

Extra oil demand from India, following cut backs from Iranian imports on sanction woes, will help push prices back up in H2 this year, say analysts

Tesco said its UK business is struggling in a tough economic environment as recession takes hold, but sales growth elsewhere was solid.

The MSCI Asia Pacific index, Hong Kong's Hang Seng and China's Shanghai Composite index all witnessed rises.

If Apple secures a ban on sale of the Galaxy S3 it may lose its trial date against the Galaxy Nexus, a judge has said.

Hackers are reportedly trying to infiltrate South Korea's information system and steal military secrets.

Detailed specs comparison of Samsung Galaxy S3 and Pantech Vega Racer 2.

The US is well behind leading countries including Denmark, China, Germany and Brazil.

South Korea's Ministry of Unification says the country is still ready for dialogues with North Korea, if it abandons the provocations.

Seoul is ready for dialogues with North Korea, if it abandons provocations, says a senior South Korean governmental official.

North Korea revised its constitution proclaiming itself as a nuclear state while Seoul and Washington refuted the claim.

Manchester United are not looking to sign Borussia Dortmund playmaker Shinji Kagawa purely to sell shirts, according to commercial director Richard Arnold.

Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso has tipped France and England to impress at the upcoming European championships.

New South-Korean Samsung Galaxy S3 model that has surfaced has a different design.

More than 3.5m copies sold in first 24 hours.

A 45-year-old man known as Park first person to be chemically castrated in South Korea.